Between the North Sea, the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, France benefits from an exceptional shipping location which favours its trade with foreign countries.
In fact 5 of the major European ports are in France and all French ports handle more than 345 million tonnes of goods a year which represents almost half of the country's foreign trade.
Constant modernisation of transport networks (motorways and high speed trains) makes France the essential gateway between the Iberian Peninsula and the rest of Europe, between the Mediterranean world and Great Britain.
With no less than 140 airports spread out all over France including Roissy Charles de Gaulle, one of the main international airports and one of Europe's leading airports, France has considerable air traffic means. Roissy CDG is the first European airport to have set up an integrated train station making passenger transfer easier. Today it handles more than 200,000 passengers and 6000 tonnes of freight daily.
This huge outward looking attitude makes France a major player in world economy. Producing more than 5% of the world GDP, it is the 4th largest industrial products exporter and 2nd largest agricultural products and services exporter.
It is in this environment which is favourable to world trade development that the group SDV International Logistics was born. Today, hundreds of our agencies are all located in strategic crossroads.
