Datamonitor's Household Appliances in China industry profile is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the household appliances industry. It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, plus textual and graphical analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, leading companies and demographic information.

Scope

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

* Provides textual analysis of the industry’s recent performance and future prospects

* Incorporates in-depth five forces competitive environment analysis and scorecards

* Includes a five-year forecast of the industry

* The leading companies are profiled with supporting key financial metrics

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

Highlights

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

* Five forces scorecards provide an accessible yet in depth view of the market’s competitive landscape

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* Inform your business decisions

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Market Definition

The household appliances market reflects the sale of six product sectors: refrigeration appliances (including fridges, freezers and fridge freezers), cooking appliances (including cookers, microwaves, ovens, cooker hoods, food processors and toasters), washing appliances (including washing machines, clothes dryers and washer-dryers), heaters (which include space heaters and water heaters), vacuum cleaners, and dishwashers.

The market value has been calculated using retail selling prices, and includes all applicable taxes and levies. Any currency conversions used in the creation of this profile have been calculated using constant 2006 annual average exchange rates.

Asia-Pacific is deemed to be Australia, China, India, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan.

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 Volume 10
CHAPTER 4 Market Segmentation I 11
CHAPTER 5 Market Segmentation II 12
CHAPTER 6 Five Forces Analysis 13
6.1 Buyer Power 13
6.2 Supplier Power 14
6.3 New Entrants 15
6.4 Substitutes 16
6.5 Rivalry 17
CHAPTER 7 Leading Companies 18
7.1 Haier Group 18
7.2 Midea Group 20
7.3 Wuxi Little Swan Co Limited 21
CHAPTER 8 Market Forecasts 22
8.1 Market Value Forecast 22
8.2 Market Volume Forecast 23
CHAPTER 9 Macroeconomic Indicators 24
CHAPTER 10 APPENDIX 26
10.1 Methodology 26
10.2 Industry Associations 27
10.3 Related Datamonitor Research 27

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: China Household Appliances Market Value: $ billion, 2002-2006 9
Table 2: China Household Appliances Market Volume: Units million, 2002-2006 10
Table 3: China Household Appliances Market Segmentation I: % Share, by Value, 2006 11
Table 4: China Household Appliances Market Segmentation II: % Share, by Value, 2006 12
Table 5: Key Facts: Haier Group. 18
Table 6: Key Financials: Haier Group. 19
Table 7: Key Facts: Midea Group 20
Table 8: Key Facts: Wuxi Little Swan Co Limited. 21
Table 9: China Household Appliances Market Value Forecast: $ billion, 2006-2011 22
Table 10: China Household Appliances Market Volume Forecast: Units million, 2006-2011 23
Table 11: China Size of Population (million) , 2002-2006 24
Table 12: China GDP (1995=100), 2002-2006 24
Table 13: China Inflation, 2002-2006 25
Table 14: China Exchange Rate, 2002-2006 25