Datamonitor's Milk in the United States industry profile is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the milk industry. It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, plus textual analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, demographic information, and descriptions of the leading companies.

Scope

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

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

* Includes a five-year forecast of the industry

* Supported by the key macroeconomic and demographic data affecting the market

Highlights

* Detailed information is included on market size, measured by both value and volume

* Market shares are covered by manufacturer and/or brand

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Market Definition - The milk market consists of concentrated milk, fresh liquid milk, long-life liquid milk and powdered milk. The market is valued according to retail selling price (RSP) and includes any applicable taxes. Any currency conversions used in the creation of this report have been calculated using constant 2005 annual average exchange rates.

For the purpose of this report, the European market is deemed to consist of Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Spain, Sweden and the UK.

Asia-Pacific consists of Australia, China, India, Japan, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan.

Americas consists of the US, Canada, Brazil and Mexico.

The global market consists of Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3
CHAPTER 1 Market Overview 7
1.1 Market Definition 7
1.2 Research Highlights 7
1.3 Market Analysis 8
CHAPTER 2 Market Value 9
CHAPTER 3 Market Segmentation I 10
CHAPTER 4 Market Segmentation II 11
CHAPTER 5 Market Share 12
CHAPTER 6 Competitive Landscape 13
CHAPTER 7 Leading Companies 14
7.1 Dairy Farmers of America 14
7.2 Associated Milk Producers Inc. 14
7.3 Land O'Lakes, Inc. 14
CHAPTER 8 Distribution 15
CHAPTER 9 Market Forecasts 16
9.1 Market Value Forecast 16
CHAPTER 10 Macroeconomic Indicators 17
CHAPTER 11 Further Reading 18
11.1 Sources 18
11.2 Related Datamonitor Research 18

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: United States Milk Market Value: $ billion, 2002-2006 9
Table 2: United States Milk Market Segmentation I: % Share, by Value, 2006 10
Table 3: United States Milk Market Segmentation II: % Share, by Value, 2006 11
Table 4: United States Milk Market Share: % Share, by Value, 2004 12
Table 5: United States Milk Distribution: % Share, by Value, 2004 15
Table 6: United States Milk Market Value Forecast: $ billion, 2006-2011 16
Table 7: United States Size of Population (million) , 2002-2006 17
Table 8: United States GDP (1995=100), 2002-2006 17
Table 9: United States Inflation, 2002-2006 17