UPS Europe Business Monitor

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EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE

In which western European countries are companies hardest/easiest to do business with?


	B	D	E	F	I	NL	UK
COUNTRIES MENTIONED %
HARDEST
Italy	23	30	21	21	-	44	29
Germany	37	-	33	30	27	10	18
France	19	32	20	-	29	59	53
UK	19	11	23	48	27	7	-
Spain	8	12	-	15	8	27	10
Greece	10	10	11	7	11	14	8
Netherlands	17	4	3	20	9	-	1
Portugal	7	8	7	5	7	9	2
Sweden	6	3	10	6	6	2	1
Denmark	3	2	8	5	4	2	1
Belgium	-	2	4	5	5	10	2
Switzerland	6	2	2	3	5	7	2
Norway	2	1	8	2	4	3	1
Finland	3	2	6	1	3	1	2
Austria	3	2	1	3	2	1	1
Ireland	1	0	2	2	1	0	0
None	4	12	4	5	4	2	2
COUNTRIES MENTIONED %
	B	D	E	F	I	NL	UK

Respondents were not permitted to mention their own country

B D E F I NL UK

COUNTRIES MENTIONED %

EASIEST

Germany

28

-

33

48

50

59

29

UK

21

33

26

18

29

52

0

France

41

29

38
-
36

5

8

Netherlands

30

42

11

15

8
-
38

Italy

15

11

32

41

-

12

6

Spain

8

9

-

32

35

13

7

Belgium

-

16

4

19

3

14

5

Sweden

5

13

3

4

3

20

16

Denmark

4

10

4

6

2

22

13

Portugal

2

2

18

5

2

1

1

Norway

3

6

2

3

1

13

8

Austria

0

20

0

3

3

3

0

Luxembourg

4

12

2

7

1

3

2

Switzerland

1

14

1

2

1

5

2

Finland

0

5

0

3

1

12

5

Ireland

1

1

2

1

2

3

6

Greece

1

0

2

0

2

1

0

None

7

5

5

5

3

2

6

COUNTRIES MENTIONED %

B D E F I NL UK