Eurostat data requirements for the topic "Global Value Chains":

• Number of employees and self-employed persons;

• Number of enterprises purchasing goods and material abroad;

• Number of enterprises supplying goods and material abroad;

• Number of enterprises purchasing services abroad;

• Number of enterprises supplying services abroad;

• Number of enterprises carrying out international sourcing;

• Number of enterprises carrying out or having considered carrying out international sourcing;

• Number of jobs created in the enterprise as a result of international sourcing;

• Number of jobs lost (or relocated abroad) as a result of international sourcing.

In the French survey, are also considered as parameters of interest:

• Number of enterprises carrying out domestic sourcing;

• Number of jobs created in the enterprise as a result of domestic sourcing;

• Number of jobs lost as a result of domestic sourcing;

• Number of enterprises carrying out relocalisation;

The main areas of dissemination are the activity sector of the company described according to the Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community (NACE Rev. 2) and their Core Business Function ; the size of the enterprise ; activities definined by the survey.

The most fields of broadcast are:

• Section B : Mining and quarrying ;

• Section C : Manufacturing ;

• Sections D : Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply ;

• Section E : Water supply ; Sewerage ; Waste management and remediation activities ;

• Section F : Construction ;

• Section G : Wholesale and retail treade ; Repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles ;

• Section H : Transportation and storage ;

• Section I : Accommodation and Food and beverage service activities ;

• Section J : Information and communication  ;

• Section K : Financial and insurance activities ;

• Section L : Real estate activities ;

• Section M : Professional, scientific and technical activities ;

• Section N : Administrative and support service activities.

Number of employees  :  

• 50 to 249 employees;  

• 250 employees and more.

In the context of this survey, sourcing refers to the total or partial movement of business functions by an

enterprise to another enterprise. This term relates to the well-known term outsourcing (sourcing outside of the enterprise group) and the less known term insourcing (sourcing within the enterprise group). It is important to note that prior to being sourced in the reference period, these functions were performed in the enterprise (the statistical unit enterprise). On the other hand, if an enterprise has been purchasing a business function (e.g. as a purchase of services) since its creation, then there is no sourcing involved.

There are three basic concepts:

• Domestic sourcing : refers to the total or partial movement of business functions by a French enterprise to another French enterprise.

• International sourcing : refers to the total or partial movement of business functions by a French enterprise to a foreign enterprise, belonging or not to the same enterprise.

• Intern international sourcing : refers to the total or partial movement of business functions made abroad to a French enterprise, belonging or not to the same enterprise.

The interrogation unit is the enterprise (independent or profiled). As the interrogation unit is modified for tje 2020 CIS, an oversample consisting of legal units is drawn. The objective is to compare the answers of these legal units with those of the enterprise to which they belong. The results will only be published at the enterprise level.

The survey covers the french enterprises of 50 employees or more, with NACE code belonging to the sections B to N.

The questions cover the period 2018 to 2020

First GVC survey covering all enterprises as defined by the 2008 LME. The 2016 survey (CAM-PME) was limited to SMEs.