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Eurocommerce launched its report “Wholesale at the Centre of Europe’s Economy”

01/03/2020

On 3 March 2020 EuroCommerce launched its report “Wholesale at the Centre of Europe’s Economy” setting out wholesalers’ key contribution to making the European economy work. The report describes the very diverse roles of wholesalers across a wide range of sectors and the challenges they face. It also points to a number of priorities for policy action which can serve to address these. Wholesale is a key contributor to Europe’s economy. Nearly 2 million companies are wholesale businesses providing quality work to 11 million Europeans, making up 5% of total EU employment, and generating together €660 billion value-added.

Fecc contributed to the report with a section dedicated to chemical distribution, which includes a description of the sector and relevant facts & figures.

For more information, please read the full Eurocommerce's press relase here.
See the report “Wholesale at the Centre of Europe’s Economy" here.