On the eve of the 51th Paris Boat Show, the uncertainty is set at the manufacturers of pleasure boats in 2012, the sovereign debt crisis with little visibility, while the water sports market has improved slightly in 2010 / 2011.
French production increased 11% between September 2010 and August 2011, compared to the same period in 2009/2010, while the world market has increased slightly from 0% to 3%, said the Federation of Nautical Industries ( FIN).
"We are in a somewhat unique because our customers are there, the practice is growing, but at the same time we are in a period when accumulated outside the marine industry factors of concern," said Yves Lyon Caen, Vice President and President of the END of the supervisory board of Beneteau.
"The day there will be a release of the brakes, mainly psychological, the industry will rebound very important," he pointed out, however.
The rate of exports is 67% in 2010/2011, against 63.2% a year earlier.