Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1 Introduction 21
1.1 What is this report about? 21
1.2 Who is the target reader? 21
1.3 How to use this report 21
1.4 Definitions 22
CHAPTER 2 GROUP OF EIGHT (G8) AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY OUTLOOK 23
CHAPTER 3 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS IN Canada 28
3.1 Market Overview 28
3.2 Market Value 29
3.3 Market Volume 30
3.4 Market Segmentation I 31
3.5 Market Segmentation II 32
3.6 Five Forces Analysis 33
3.7 Leading Companies 40
3.8 Market Forecasts 52
3.9 Macroeconomic Indicators 54
CHAPTER 4 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS IN FRANCE 56
4.1 Market Overview 56
4.2 Market Value 58
4.3 Market Volume 59
4.4 Market Segmentation I 60
4.5 Market Segmentation II 61
4.6 Five Forces Analysis 62
4.7 Leading Companies 68
4.8 Market Forecasts 77
4.9 Macroeconomic Indicators 79
CHAPTER 5 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS IN GERMANY 81
5.1 Market Overview 81
5.2 Market Value 83
5.3 Market Volume 84
5.4 Market Segmentation I 85
5.5 Market Segmentation II 86
5.6 Five Forces Analysis 87
5.7 Leading Companies 93
5.8 Market Forecasts 99
5.9 Macroeconomic Indicators 101
CHAPTER 6 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS IN ITALY 103
6.1 Market Overview 103
6.2 Market Value 105
6.3 Market Volume 106
6.4 Market Segmentation I 107
6.5 Market Segmentation II 108
6.6 Five Forces Analysis 109
6.7 Leading Companies 115
6.8 Market Forecasts 121
6.9 Macroeconomic Indicators 123
CHAPTER 7 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS IN JAPAN 125
7.1 Market Overview 125
7.2 Market Value 127
7.3 Market Volume 128
7.4 Market Segmentation I 129
7.5 Market Segmentation II 130
7.6 Five Forces Analysis 131
7.7 Leading Companies 137
7.8 Market Forecasts 144
7.9 Macroeconomic Indicators 146
CHAPTER 8 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS IN RUSSIA 147
8.1 Market Overview 147
8.2 Market Value 149
8.3 Market Volume 150
8.4 Market Segmentation I 151
8.5 Market Segmentation II 152
8.6 Five Forces Analysis 153
8.7 Leading Companies 159
8.8 Market Forecasts 164
8.9 Macroeconomic Indicators 166
CHAPTER 9 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 168
9.1 Market Overview 168
9.2 Market Value 170
9.3 Market Volume 171
9.4 Market Segmentation I 172
9.5 Market Segmentation II 173
9.6 Five Forces Analysis 174
9.7 Leading Companies 180
9.8 Market Forecasts 187
9.9 Macroeconomic Indicators 189
CHAPTER 10 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS IN THE UNITED STATES 191
10.1 Market Overview 191
10.2 Market Value 193
10.3 Market Volume 194
10.4 Market Segmentation I 195
10.5 Market Segmentation II 196
10.6 Five Forces Analysis 197
10.7 Leading Companies 203
10.8 Market Forecasts 214
10.9 Macroeconomic Indicators 216
CHAPTER 11 Appendix 217
11.1 Data Research Methodology 217
List of Tables
Table 1: Agricultural products industry, Group of Eight (G8), revenue ($bn), 2003-12 23
Table 2: Agricultural products industry, Group of Eight (G8), revenue by country ($bn) 2003-2007 26
Table 3: Agricultural products industry forecast, Group of Eight (G8), revenue by country ($ bn) 2007-2012 27
Table 4: Canada Agricultural Products Market Value: $ billion, 2003-2007 29
Table 5: Canada Agricultural Products Market Volume: Tons million, 2003-2007 30
Table 6: Canada Agricultural Products Market Segmentation I: % Share, by Value, 2007 31
Table 7: Canada Agricultural Products Market Segmentation II: % Share, by Value, 2007 32
Table 8: Key Facts: Costco Wholesale Corporation 40
Table 9: Key Financials: Costco Wholesale Corporation 43
Table 10: Key Facts: Empire Company Limited 44
Table 11: Key Financials: Empire Company Limited 45
Table 12: Key Facts: Loblaw Companies Ltd 46
Table 13: Key Financials: Loblaw Companies Ltd 47
Table 14: Key Facts: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 48
Table 15: Key Financials: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc 51
Table 16: Canada Agricultural Products Market Value Forecast: $ billion, 2007-2012 52
Table 17: Canada Agricultural Products Market Volume Forecast: Tons million, 2007-2012 53
Table 18: Canada Size of Population (million) , 2003-2007 54
Table 19: Canada GDP (Constant 2000 Prices, $ billion), 2003-2007 54
Table 20: Canada Inflation, 2003-2007 54
Table 21: Canada Exchange Rate, 2003 55
Table 22: France Agricultural Products Market Value: $ billion, 2003-2007 58
Table 23: France Agricultural Products Market Volume: Tons million, 2003-2007 59
Table 24: France Agricultural Products Market Segmentation I: % Share, by Value, 2007 60
Table 25: France Agricultural Products Market Segmentation II: % Share, by Value, 2007 61
Table 26: Key Facts: Auchan Groupe 68
Table 27: Key Financials: Auchan Groupe 69
Table 28: Key Facts: Carrefour S.A. 70
Table 29: Key Financials: Carrefour S.A. 72
Table 30: Key Facts: Casino Guichard-Perrachon 73
Table 31: Key Financials: Casino Guichard-Perrachon 75
Table 32: Key Facts: E. Leclerc 76
Table 33: France Agricultural Products Market Value Forecast: $ billion, 2007-2012 77
Table 34: France Agricultural Products Market Volume Forecast: Tons million, 2007-2012 78
Table 35: France Size of Population (million) , 2003-2007 79
Table 36: France GDP (Constant 2000 Prices, $ billion), 2003-2007 79
Table 37: France Inflation, 2003-2007 79
Table 38: France Exchange Rate, 2003 80
Table 39: Germany Agricultural Products Market Value: $ billion, 2003-2007 83
Table 40: Germany Agricultural Products Market Volume: Tons million, 2003-2007 84
Table 41: Germany Agricultural Products Market Segmentation I: % Share, by Value, 2007 85
Table 42: Germany Agricultural Products Market Segmentation II: % Share, by Value, 2007 86
Table 43: Key Facts: ALDI Group 93
Table 44: Key Facts: Edeka Zentrale 94
Table 45: Key Facts: Metro AG 95
Table 46: Key Financials: Metro AG 96
Table 47: Key Facts: REWE Group 97
Table 48: Germany Agricultural Products Market Value Forecast: $ billion, 2007-2012 99
Table 49: Germany Agricultural Products Market Volume Forecast: Tons million, 2007-2012 100
Table 50: Germany Size of Population (million) , 2003-2007 101
Table 51: Germany GDP (Constant 2000 Prices, $ billion), 2003-2007 101
Table 52: Germany Inflation, 2003-2007 101
Table 53: Germany Exchange Rate, 2003 102
Table 54: Italy Agricultural Products Market Value: $ billion, 2003-2007 105
Table 55: Italy Agricultural Products Market Volume: Tons million, 2003-2007 106
Table 56: Italy Agricultural Products Market Segmentation I: % Share, by Value, 2007 107
Table 57: Italy Agricultural Products Market Segmentation II: % Share, by Value, 2007 108
Table 58: Key Facts: Carrefour S.A. 115
Table 59: Key Financials: Carrefour S.A. 117
Table 60: Key Facts: Conad 118
Table 61: Key Facts: COOP Italia 119
Table 62: Key Facts: Esselunga S.p.A. 120
Table 63: Italy Agricultural Products Market Value Forecast: $ billion, 2007-2012 121
Table 64: Italy Agricultural Products Market Volume Forecast: Tons million, 2007-2012 122
Table 65: Italy Size of Population (million) , 2003-2007 123
Table 66: Italy GDP (Constant 2000 Prices, $ billion), 2003-2007 123
Table 67: Italy Inflation, 2003-2007 123
Table 68: Italy Exchange Rate, 2003 124
Table 69: Japan Agricultural Products Market Value: $ billion, 2003-2007 127
Table 70: Japan Agricultural Products Market Volume: Tons million, 2003-2007 128
Table 71: Japan Agricultural Products Market Segmentation I: % Share, by Value, 2007 129
Table 72: Japan Agricultural Products Market Segmentation II: % Share, by Value, 2007 130
Table 73: Key Facts: AEON Co., Ltd. 137
Table 74: Key Financials: AEON Co., Ltd. 139
Table 75: Key Facts: Daiei, Inc., The 140
Table 76: Key Facts: Ito-Yokada Co., Ltd 141
Table 77: Key Facts: The Maruetsu, Inc. 142
Table 78: Key Financials: The Maruetsu, Inc. 143
Table 79: Japan Agricultural Products Market Value Forecast: $ billion, 2007-2012 144
Table 80: Japan Agricultural Products Market Volume Forecast: Tons million, 2007-2012 145
Table 81: Japan Size of Population (million) , 2003-2007 146
Table 82: Japan GDP (Constant 2000 Prices, $ billion), 2003-2007 146
Table 83: Japan Exchange Rate, 2003 146
Table 84: Russia Agricultural Products Market Value: $ billion, 2003-2007 149
Table 85: Russia Agricultural Products Market Volume: Tons million, 2003-2007 150
Table 86: Russia Agricultural Products Market Segmentation I: % Share, by Value, 2007 151
Table 87: Russia Agricultural Products Market Segmentation II: % Share, by Value, 2007 152
Table 88: Key Facts: Metro AG 159
Table 89: Key Financials: Metro AG 161
Table 90: Key Facts: X5 Retail Group 162
Table 91: Key Facts: Magnit 163
Table 92: Russia Agricultural Products Market Value Forecast: $ billion, 2007-2012 164
Table 93: Russia Agricultural Products Market Volume Forecast: Tons million, 2007-2012 165
Table 94: Russia Size of Population (million) , 2003-2007 166
Table 95: Russia GDP (Constant 2000 Prices, $ billion), 2003-2007 166
Table 96: Russia Inflation, 2003-2007 166
Table 97: Russia Exchange Rate, 2003 167
Table 98: United Kingdom Agricultural Products Market Value: $ billion, 2003-2007 170
Table 99: United Kingdom Agricultural Products Market Volume: Tons million, 2003-2007 171
Table 100: United Kingdom Agricultural Products Market Segmentation I: % Share, by Value, 2007 172
Table 101: United Kingdom Agricultural Products Market Segmentation II: % Share, by Value, 2007 173
Table 102: Key Facts: J Sainsbury plc 180
Table 103: Key Financials: J Sainsbury plc 182
Table 104: Key Facts: Tesco PLC 183
Table 105: Key Financials: Tesco PLC 184
Table 106: Key Facts: Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC 185
Table 107: United Kingdom Agricultural Products Market Value Forecast: $ billion, 2007-2012 187
Table 108: United Kingdom Agricultural Products Market Volume Forecast: Tons million, 2007-2012 188
Table 109: United Kingdom Size of Population (million) , 2003-2007 189
Table 110: United Kingdom GDP (Constant 2000 Prices, $ billion), 2003-2007 189
Table 111: United Kingdom Inflation, 2003-2007 189
Table 112: United Kingdom Exchange Rate, 2003 190
Table 113: United States Agricultural Products Market Value: $ billion, 2003-2007 193
Table 114: United States Agricultural Products Market Volume: Tons million, 2003-2007 194
Table 115: United States Agricultural Products Market Segmentation I: % Share, by Value, 2007 195
Table 116: United States Agricultural Products Market Segmentation II: % Share, by Value, 2007 196
Table 117: Key Facts: Ahold 203
Table 118: Key Facts: Safeway Inc. 205
Table 119: Key Financials: Safeway Inc. 207
Table 120: Key Facts: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 208
Table 121: Key Financials: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 212
Table 122: Key Facts: Albertsons LLC 213
Table 123: United States Agricultural Products Market Value Forecast: $ billion, 2007-2012 214
Table 124: United States Agricultural Products Market Volume Forecast: Tons million, 2007-2012 215
Table 125: United States Size of Population (million) , 2003-2007 216
Table 126: United States GDP (Constant 2000 Prices, $ billion), 2003-2007 216
Table 127: United States Inflation, 2003-2007 216
List of Figures
Figure 1: Agricultural products industry, Group of Eight (G8), revenue ($bn) 2003-2012 23
Figure 2: Agricultural products industry, Group of Eight (G8), revenue by country (%) 2003-2012 24
Figure 3: Agricultural products industry, Group of Eight (G8), revenue by country ($bn) 2003-2007 25
Figure 4: Agricultural products industry forecast, Group of Eight (G8), revenue by country ($bn) 2007-2012 27
Figure 5: Canada Agricultural Products Market Value: $ billion, 2003-2007 29
Figure 6: Canada Agricultural Products Market Volume: Tons million, 2003-2007 30
Figure 7: Canada Agricultural Products Market Segmentation I: % Share, by Value, 2007 31
Figure 8: Canada Agricultural Products Market Segmentation II: % Share, by Value, 2007 32
Figure 9: Forces Driving Competition in the Agricultural Products Market in Canada, 2007 33
Figure 10: Drivers of Buyer Power in the Agricultural Products Market in Canada, 2007 34
Figure 11: Drivers of Supplier Power in the Agricultural Products Market in Canada, 2007 36
Figure 12: Factors Influencing the Likelihood of New Entrants in the Agricultural Products Market in Canada, 2007 37
Figure 13: Factors Influencing the Threat of Substitutes in the Agricultural Products Market in Canada, 2007 38
Figure 14: Drivers of Degree of Rivalry in the Agricultural Products Market in Canada, 2007 39
Figure 15: Revenues & Profitability:Costco Wholesale Corporation 43
Figure 16: Revenues & Profitability: Empire Company Limited 45
Figure 17: Revenues & Profitability: Loblaw Companies Ltd 47
Figure 18: Revenues & Profitability: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc 51
Figure 19: Canada Agricultural Products Market Value Forecast: $ billion, 2007-2012 52
Figure 20: Canada Agricultural Products Market Volume Forecast: Tons million, 2007-2012 53
Figure 21: France Agricultural Products Market Value: $ billion, 2003-2007 58
Figure 22: France Agricultural Products Market Volume: Tons million, 2003-2007 59
Figure 23: France Agricultural Products Market Segmentation I: % Share, by Value, 2007 60
Figure 24: France Agricultural Products Market Segmentation II: % Share, by Value, 2007 61
Figure 25: Forces Driving Competition in the Agricultural Products Market in France, 2007 62
Figure 26: Drivers of Buyer Power in the Agricultural Products Market in France, 2007 63
Figure 27: Drivers of Supplier Power in the Agricultural Products Market in France, 2007 64
Figure 28: Factors Influencing the Likelihood of New Entrants in the Agricultural Products Market in France, 2007 65
Figure 29: Factors Influencing the Threat of Substitutes in the Agricultural Products Market in France, 2007 66
Figure 30: Drivers of Degree of Rivalry in the Agricultural Products Market in France, 2007 67
Figure 31: Revenues & Profitability: Auchan Groupe 69
Figure 32: Revenues & Profitability: Carrefour S.A. 72
Figure 33: Revenues & Profitability: Casino Guichard-Perrachon 75
Figure 34: France Agricultural Products Market Value Forecast: $ billion, 2007-2012 77
Figure 35: France Agricultural Products Market Volume Forecast: Tons million, 2007-2012 78
Figure 36: Germany Agricultural Products Market Value: $ billion, 2003-2007 83
Figure 37: Germany Agricultural Products Market Volume: Tons million, 2003-2007 84
Figure 38: Germany Agricultural Products Market Segmentation I: % Share, by Value, 2007 85
Figure 39: Germany Agricultural Products Market Segmentation II: % Share, by Value, 2007 86
Figure 40: Forces Driving Competition in the Agricultural Products Market in Germany, 2007 87
Figure 41: Drivers of Buyer Power in the Agricultural Products Market in Germany, 2007 88
Figure 42: Drivers of Supplier Power in the Agricultural Products Market in Germany, 2007 89
Figure 43: Factors Influencing the Likelihood of New Entrants in the Agricultural Products Market in Germany, 2007 90
Figure 44: Factors Influencing the Threat of Substitutes in the Agricultural Products Market in Germany, 2007 91
Figure 45: Drivers of Degree of Rivalry in the Agricultural Products Market in Germany, 2007 92
Figure 46: Revenues & Profitability: Metro AG 96
Figure 47: Germany Agricultural Products Market Value Forecast: $ billion, 2007-2012 99
Figure 48: Germany Agricultural Products Market Volume Forecast: Tons million, 2007-2012 100
Figure 49: Italy Agricultural Products Market Value: $ billion, 2003-2007 105
Figure 50: Italy Agricultural Products Market Volume: Tons million, 2003-2007 106
Figure 51: Italy Agricultural Products Market Segmentation I: % Share, by Value, 2007 107
Figure 52: Italy Agricultural Products Market Segmentation II: % Share, by Value, 2007 108
Figure 53: Forces Driving Competition in the Agricultural Products Market in Italy, 2007 109
Figure 54: Drivers of Buyer Power in the Agricultural Products Market in Italy, 2007 110
Figure 55: Drivers of Supplier Power in the Agricultural Products Market in Italy, 2007 111
Figure 56: Factors Influencing the Likelihood of New Entrants in the Agricultural Products Market in Italy, 2007 112
Figure 57: Factors Influencing the Threat of Substitutes in the Agricultural Products Market in Italy, 2007 113
Figure 58: Drivers of Degree of Rivalry in the Agricultural Products Market in Italy, 2007 114
Figure 59: Revenues & Profitability: Carrefour S.A. 117
Figure 60: Italy Agricultural Products Market Value Forecast: $ billion, 2007-2012 121
Figure 61: Italy Agricultural Products Market Volume Forecast: Tons million, 2007-2012 122
Figure 62: Japan Agricultural Products Market Value: $ billion, 2003-2007 127
Figure 63: Japan Agricultural Products Market Volume: Tons million, 2003-2007 128
Figure 64: Japan Agricultural Products Market Segmentation I: % Share, by Value, 2007 129
Figure 65: Japan Agricultural Products Market Segmentation II: % Share, by Value, 2007 130
Figure 66: Forces Driving Competition in the Agricultural Products Market in Japan, 2007 131
Figure 67: Drivers of Buyer Power in the Agricultural Products Market in Japan, 2007 132
Figure 68: Drivers of Supplier Power in the Agricultural Products Market in Japan, 2007 133
Figure 69: Factors Influencing the Likelihood of New Entrants in the Agricultural Products Market in Japan, 2007 134
Figure 70: Factors Influencing the Threat of Substitutes in the Agricultural Products Market in Japan, 2007 135
Figure 71: Drivers of Degree of Rivalry in the Agricultural Products Market in Japan, 2007 136
Figure 72: Revenues & Profitability: AEON Co., Ltd. 139
Figure 73: Revenues & Profitability: The Maruetsu, Inc. 143
Figure 74: Japan Agricultural Products Market Value Forecast: $ billion, 2007-2012 144
Figure 75: Japan Agricultural Products Market Volume Forecast: Tons million, 2007-2012 145
Figure 76: Russia Agricultural Products Market Value: $ billion, 2003-2007 149
Figure 77: Russia Agricultural Products Market Volume: Tons million, 2003-2007 150
Figure 78: Russia Agricultural Products Market Segmentation I: % Share, by Value, 2007 151
Figure 79: Russia Agricultural Products Market Segmentation II: % Share, by Value, 2007 152
Figure 80: Forces Driving Competition in the Agricultural Products Market in Russia, 2007 153
Figure 81: Drivers of Buyer Power in the Agricultural Products Market in Russia, 2007 154
Figure 82: Drivers of Supplier Power in the Agricultural Products Market in Russia, 2007 155
Figure 83: Factors Influencing the Likelihood of New Entrants in the Agricultural Products Market in Russia, 2007 156
Figure 84: Factors Influencing the Threat of Substitutes in the Agricultural Products Market in Russia, 2007 157
Figure 85: Drivers of Degree of Rivalry in the Agricultural Products Market in Russia, 2007 158
Figure 86: Revenues & Profitability: Metro AG 161
Figure 87: Russia Agricultural Products Market Value Forecast: $ billion, 2007-2012 164
Figure 88: Russia Agricultural Products Market Volume Forecast: Tons million, 2007-2012 165
Figure 89: United Kingdom Agricultural Products Market Value: $ billion, 2003-2007 170
Figure 90: United Kingdom Agricultural Products Market Volume: Tons million, 2003-2007 171
Figure 91: United Kingdom Agricultural Products Market Segmentation I: % Share, by Value, 2007 172
Figure 92: United Kingdom Agricultural Products Market Segmentation II: % Share, by Value, 2007 173
Figure 93: Forces Driving Competition in the Agricultural Products Market in the United Kingdom, 2007 174
Figure 94: Drivers of Buyer Power in the Agricultural Products Market in the United Kingdom, 2007 175
Figure 95: Drivers of Supplier Power in the Agricultural Products Market in the United Kingdom, 2007 176
Figure 96: Factors Influencing the Likelihood of New Entrants in the Agricultural Products Market in the United Kingdom, 2007 177
Figure 97: Factors Influencing the Threat of Substitutes in the Agricultural Products Market in the United Kingdom, 2007 178
Figure 98: Drivers of Degree of Rivalry in the Agricultural Products Market in the United Kingdom, 2007 179
Figure 99: Revenues & Profitability: J Sainsbury plc 182
Figure 100: Revenues & Profitability: Tesco PLC 184
Figure 101: United Kingdom Agricultural Products Market Value Forecast: $ billion, 2007-2012 187
Figure 102: United Kingdom Agricultural Products Market Volume Forecast: Tons million, 2007-2012 188
Figure 103: United States Agricultural Products Market Value: $ billion, 2003-2007 193
Figure 104: United States Agricultural Products Market Volume: Tons million, 2003-2007 194
Figure 105: United States Agricultural Products Market Segmentation I: % Share, by Value, 2007 195
Figure 106: United States Agricultural Products Market Segmentation II: % Share, by Value, 2007 196
Figure 107: Forces Driving Competition in the Agricultural Products Market in the United States, 2007 197
Figure 108: Drivers of Buyer Power in the Agricultural Products Market in the United States, 2007 198
Figure 109: Drivers of Supplier Power in the Agricultural Products Market in the United States, 2007 199
Figure 110: Factors Influencing the Likelihood of New Entrants in the Agricultural Products Market in the United States, 2007 200
Figure 111: Factors Influencing the Threat of Substitutes in the Agricultural Products Market in the United States, 2007 201
Figure 112: Drivers of Degree of Rivalry in the Agricultural Products Market in the United States, 2007 202
Figure 113: Revenues & Profitability: Safeway Inc. 207
Figure 114: Revenues & Profitability: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 212
Figure 115: United States Agricultural Products Market Value Forecast: $ billion, 2007-2012 214
Figure 116: United States Agricultural Products Market Volume Forecast: Tons million, 2007-2012 215