Global Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals

Introduction

Global Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value and volume 2006-10, and forecast to 2015). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market. Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the Global fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market. Includes market size and segmentation data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

Highlights

*The fertilizer and agrochemical market consists of fertilizers and the broad range of insecticides, herbicides, and fungicides, it may also include synthetic fertilizers, hormones and other growth regulator substances. Fertilizer consumption refers to the amount, in thousand metric tons, of the nutrients nitrogen (N), potash (K2O), and phosphate (P2O5) consumed in agriculture on an annual basis. Agrochemical consumption volume refers to the amount of active ingredients. Both fertilizer and agrochemical consumption refer to their use in field crops farming.

*The global fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market had total revenue of $205,727.4 million in 2010, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.8% for the period spanning 2006-2010.

*Market consumption volumes increased with a CAGR of 2.7% between 2006 and 2010, to reach a total of 164,348.0 thousand metric tonnes in 2010.

*The performance of the market is forecast to decelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 6.1% for the five-year period 2010-2015, which is expected to drive the market to a value of $276,338.8 million by the end of 2015.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2
MARKET OVERVIEW 7
Market definition 7
Research highlights 8
Market analysis 9
MARKET VALUE 10
MARKET VOLUME 11
MARKET SEGMENTATION I 12
MARKET SEGMENTATION II 13
FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS 14
Summary 14
Buyer power 16
Supplier power 17
New entrants 18
Substitutes 20
Rivalry 21
LEADING COMPANIES 22
The Dow Chemical Company 22
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont) 28
BASF SE 33
Bayer AG 39
MARKET FORECASTS 44
Market value forecast 44
Market volume forecast 45

APPENDIX 46
Methodology 46
Industry associations 47
Related Datamonitor research 47
Disclaimer 48
ABOUT DATAMONITOR 49
Premium Reports 49
Summary Reports 49
Datamonitor consulting 49

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Global fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market value: $ million, 2006–10 10
Table 2: Global fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market volume: thousand metric tone, 2006–10 11
Table 3: Global fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market segmentation I:% share, by value, 2010 12
Table 4: Global fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010 13
Table 5: The Dow Chemical Company: key facts 22
Table 6: The Dow Chemical Company: key financials ($) 26
Table 7: The Dow Chemical Company: key financial ratios 26
Table 8: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont): key facts 28
Table 9: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont): key financials ($) 30
Table 10: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont): key financial ratios 31
Table 11: BASF SE: key facts 33
Table 12: BASF SE: key financials ($) 36
Table 13: BASF SE: key financials (€) 37
Table 14: BASF SE: key financial ratios 37
Table 15: Bayer AG: key facts 39
Table 16: Bayer AG: key financials ($) 41
Table 17: Bayer AG: key financials (€) 42
Table 18: Bayer AG: key financial ratios 42
Table 19: Global fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market value forecast: $ million, 2010–15 44
Table 20: Global fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market volume forecast: thousand metric tone, 2010–15 45

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Global fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market value: $ million, 2006–10 10
Figure 2: Global fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market volume: thousand metric tone, 2006–10 11
Figure 3: Global fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market segmentation I:% share, by value, 2010 12
Figure 4: Global fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010 13
Figure 5: Forces driving competition in the global fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market, 2010 14
Figure 6: Drivers of buyer power in the global fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market, 2010 16
Figure 7: Drivers of supplier power in the global fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market, 2010 17
Figure 8: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the global fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market, 2010 18
Figure 9: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the global fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market, 2010 20
Figure 10: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the global fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market, 2010 21
Figure 11: The Dow Chemical Company: revenues & profitability 27
Figure 12: The Dow Chemical Company: assets & liabilities 27
Figure 13: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont): revenues & profitability 31
Figure 14: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont): assets & liabilities 32
Figure 15: BASF SE: revenues & profitability 38
Figure 16: BASF SE: assets & liabilities 38
Figure 17: Bayer AG: revenues & profitability 43
Figure 18: Bayer AG: assets & liabilities 43
Figure 19: Global fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market value forecast: $ million, 2010–15 44
Figure 20: Global fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market volume forecast: thousand metric tone, 2010–15 45