Barriers for carrying out international sourcing by industry, barriers, important and population (DISCONTINUED) - StatBank Denmark

Note: The population 50 employees or more includes the private business sector, while the population 20-50 includes only manufacturing and business activities.

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16-11-2025 Statistics Denmark , www.statbank.dk/OUT12

TOTAL
MANUFACTURING
1509 Mfr. of food, beverages and tobacco
1709 Mfr. of textiles and leather
2009 Mfr. of wood products, printing and publ.
2309 Mfr. of chemicals and plastic products
2600 Mfr. of other non-metallic mineral products
2709 Mfr. of basic metals and fabr. metal prod.
3600 Mfr. of furniture; manufacturing n.e.c.
WS. AND RETAIL TRADE, HOTELS, RESTAURANTS
5100 Wholesale except of motor vehicles
OTHER SERVICES
6009 Transport
6509 Finance and insurance
7209 Business activities

Legal or administrative barriers
Taxation issues
Trade Tariffs
Uncertainty of international standards
Concerns of the employees (including the Trade Unions)
Concern of violation of patents and/or Intellectual Property Rights
Conflicting with social values of your company (e.g. corporate social responsibility issues)
Problems with the distance to producer(s)
Proximity to existing clients needed
Linguistic or cultural barriers
Difficulties in identifying potential/suitable providers abroad
Overall concerns of the sourcing operation exceeding expected benefits
Other reasons

Very important
Some importance
Not important
Not applicable/ Do not know

50 employees or more
20-50 employees