The “Dare to Export” plan
Adopted in 2023, the “Dare to Export” plan aims to support the international growth of French businesses.
The aims of the plan
This government export plan aims to prepare, support and help firms to make the international development of their business activities a success. Structured around 13 concrete measures, the plan strengthens the work of Team France Export.
Its goal?
To increase the number of export businesses from 150,000 to 200,000 by 2030.
“With the "Dare to Export" plan, we’re expanding the range of tools that Business France makes available to exporting SMEs and mid-size companies.
Our aim is twofold: to effectively support businesses that have already incorporated export activities into their strategy and to encourage those that have not yet taken the plunge to commit to this initiative.”
Didier Boulogne, Chief Operating Officer (Export Division), Business France
Key measures
The measures of the “Dare to Export” plan revolve around three main focuses: investing in people and France’s regions, ensuring that France benefits from export activities, and preparing for the future.
Investing in people and regions
We train managers of SMEs and mid-size companies on export issues, and we help them to recruit the necessary resources. To do this, the plan aims to:
The idea is to promote the integration of VIEs within SMEs and mid-size companies by encouraging the recruitment of young people from priority neighborhoods or from short training courses.
We intend to meet with all businesses to promote the benefits of export activities (for example through the organization of “Export Days” in France’s regions, or through the “Parliamentarians for Export” program).
With our partners from Team France Export, we launched a digital platform, the Export Academy, which lists training courses on international development.
Helping France to benefit from export activities
To help our businesses grow their international market share, we are committed to raising their profile via four key measures:
- Support 5,000 SMEs and mid-size companies at international trade fairs by 2027
To do this, and to moderate the cost of taking part in the “France Pavilions” operated by Business France, the French government is increasing the public grant.
- Create a digital “France Pavilion”
The aim is to list the products of 400 French SMEs on reputed general and specialized e-commerce platforms.
- Strengthen the brand image of French products
Creation of the France brand to showcase French products and boost exports.
- Provide training on trade agreements
Make better use of European Union trade agreements to invest in new markets and enable our businesses to benefit from reduced customs duties on imports and exports.
Preparing for the future
This third series of measures aims to offer specific support to high-potential businesses, to facilitate access to export financing, and to strengthen our role as a liaison between international buyers and our entrepreneurs.
Create a “France 2030 Export” pathway
The aim is to enable “France 2030”-winning SMEs with strong export potential to benefit from personalized support from Team France Export.
Provide 200 high-export potential SMEs with intensive 12-month “Booster” collective support focused on the most promising markets:
- “France 2030” priority sectors: GreenTech, AgriTech, DeepTech and HealthTech.
- Geographic areas with high potential: Indo-Pacific, Africa, Latin America, and the Gulf Co-operation Council countries.
Digitize the funding procedures for international trade to facilitate and optimize the management and security of transactions abroad.
- An increase in very small export credits (less than €1 million) from Bpifrance.
- Nationwide rollout of the export bond insurance offering.
- Taken as a guarantee by Bpifrance Assurance Export, the financing of small green projects (less than €50 million), provided that they are eligible for the EU Taxonomy, and therefore for the climate bonus, and provided that there is a strong French element.
- Invitation and support for 700 foreign buyers every year to international events in France to meet 1,500 French SMEs.
- Creation of export guides by sector, which will give project leaders access to potential French suppliers (size, business sub-sector, export experience, location of production sites).
