Datamonitor's Agricultural Products: Global Industry Guide is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the agricultural products industry. It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, textual analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, and profiles of the leading companies. This incisive report provides expert analysis on a global, regional and country basis.

Scope of the Report

* Contains an executive summary and data on value, volume and segmentation

* Provides textual analysis of the industry's prospects, competitive landscape and profiles of the leading companies

* Covers Global, European, Asia-Pacific & 11 individual country markets

* Includes a five-year forecast of the industry

Highlights

The market for agricultural products experienced strong growth in revenues this year following a downturn in 2002. Growth was led by the cereal sector due to favorable weather conditions for crop growth.

The spread of large transnational retailers with immense purchasing power has led to an international supply chain. Agricultural produce is not stocked from the closest locality, but from the cheapest international source. Therefore, the world’s farmers are directly competing with each other across national borders.

The bulk of market consumption in the Asia-Pacific region is housed in the region's largest two countries, China and India, which account for 90% of the entire market between them. Value is concentrated in China, India and Japan, making these three countries the most profitable in the region.

Why you should buy this report:

* Spot future trends and developments

* Inform your business decisions

* Add weight to presentations and marketing materials

* Save time carrying out entry-level research

Definition

The agricultural products market consists of cereals, roots and tubers, sugarcrops, sugars and sweetners, oilseeds, fruit, vegetables, vegetable oil, treenuts, beans and pulses, spices, coffee, tea and cocoa. It does not include forage products. In addition, products consumed at a subsistence level are not given a market value, although they are included in market volumes. Also, any part of production that is wasted has been disregarded. Market values are calculated at retail selling price (RSP) for those products that are sold to consumers in their original form.

However, where products have been processed into other forms of foodstuff, values have been calculated at producers selling price. Market volumes reflect domestic supply of agricultural products. Any currency conversions included in this report have been calculated using constant 2004 annual average exchange rates.

For the purposes of this report, Asia-Pacific comprises Australia, China, India, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan.

Europe comprises France, Germany, UK, Belgium, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Russia, Sweden, Czech Republic, Norway and Denmark.

The global market is comprised of Asia-Pacific, Europe, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, South Africa, and the US.

Datamonitor's Agricultural Products: Global Industry Guide is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the agricultural products industry. It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, textual analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, and profiles of the leading companies. This incisive report provides expert analysis on a global, regional and country basis.

Scope of the Report

* Contains an executive summary and data on value, volume and segmentation

* Provides textual analysis of the industry's prospects, competitive landscape and profiles of the leading companies

* Covers Global, European, Asia-Pacific & 11 individual country markets

* Includes a five-year forecast of the industry

Highlights

The market for agricultural products experienced strong growth in revenues this year following a downturn in 2002. Growth was led by the cereal sector due to favorable weather conditions for crop growth.

The spread of large transnational retailers with immense purchasing power has led to an international supply chain. Agricultural produce is not stocked from the closest locality, but from the cheapest international source. Therefore, the world’s farmers are directly competing with each other across national borders.

The bulk of market consumption in the Asia-Pacific region is housed in the region's largest two countries, China and India, which account for 90% of the entire market between them. Value is concentrated in China, India and Japan, making these three countries the most profitable in the region.

Why you should buy this report:

* Spot future trends and developments

* Inform your business decisions

* Add weight to presentations and marketing materials

* Save time carrying out entry-level research

Definition

The agricultural products market consists of cereals, roots and tubers, sugarcrops, sugars and sweetners, oilseeds, fruit, vegetables, vegetable oil, treenuts, beans and pulses, spices, coffee, tea and cocoa. It does not include forage products. In addition, products consumed at a subsistence level are not given a market value, although they are included in market volumes. Also, any part of production that is wasted has been disregarded. Market values are calculated at retail selling price (RSP) for those products that are sold to consumers in their original form.

However, where products have been processed into other forms of foodstuff, values have been calculated at producers selling price. Market volumes reflect domestic supply of agricultural products. Any currency conversions included in this report have been calculated using constant 2004 annual average exchange rates.

For the purposes of this report, Asia-Pacific comprises Australia, China, India, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan.

Europe comprises France, Germany, UK, Belgium, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Russia, Sweden, Czech Republic, Norway and Denmark.

The global market is comprised of Asia-Pacific, Europe, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, South Africa, and the US.