Fertilizer in North America

Introduction

Fertilizer in North America industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value 2007-11, and forecast to 2016). 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 North America fertilizer market. Includes market size data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

Highlights

*The fertilizer market volume (measured in tonnes) is the annual agricultural consumption of manufactured fertilizer containing nutrients nitrogen (N), potash (K2O), and phosphates (P2O5). The market is valued at farmer's retail price, taking into account any applicable taxes and subsidized price reductions. The currency conversions used in this report have been calculated using constant 2011 annual average exchange rates.

*The North American fertilizer market had total revenue of $14.8 billion in 2011, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 1.4% between 2007 and 2011.

*Market consumption volumes decreased with a CARC of -2.5% between 2007-2011, to reach a total of 22.8 million tonnes in 2011.

*The performance of the market is forecast to accelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 4.3% for the five-year period 2011 - 2016, which is expected to drive the market to a value of $18.3 billion by the end of 2016.

Features

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Macroeconomic indicators provide insight into general trends within the North America economy

Key Questions Answered

What was the size of the North America fertilizer market by value in 2011?

What will be the size of the North America fertilizer market in 2016?

What factors are affecting the strength of competition in the North America fertilizer market?

How has the market performed over the last five years?

Fertilizer Industry in North America

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Executive Summary 2
Market value 2
Market value forecast 2
Market volume 2
Market volume forecast 2
Category segmentation 2
Geography segmentation 2
Market rivalry 2
Market Overview 7
Market definition 7
Market analysis 7
Market Data 8
Market value 8
Market volume 9
Market Segmentation 10
Category segmentation 10
Geography segmentation 11
Market Outlook 12
Market value forecast 12
Market volume forecast 13
Five Forces Analysis 14
Summary 14
Buyer power 15
Supplier power 16
New entrants 17
Threat of substitutes 18
Degree of rivalry 19
Leading Companies 20
Bunge Limited 20
The Mosaic Company 23
Wilbur-Ellis Company 26
Appendix 27
Methodology 27
Industry associations 28
Related MarketLine research 28

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: North America fertilizer market value: $ billion, 2007–11 8
Table 2: North America fertilizer market volume: million tonnes, 2007–11 9
Table 3: North America fertilizer market category segmentation: $ billion, 2011 10
Table 4: North America fertilizer market geography segmentation: $ billion, 2011 11
Table 5: North America fertilizer market value forecast: $ billion, 2011–16 12
Table 6: North America fertilizer market volume forecast: million tonnes, 2011–16 13
Table 7: Bunge Limited: key facts 20
Table 8: Bunge Limited: key financials ($) 21
Table 9: Bunge Limited: key financial ratios 21
Table 10: The Mosaic Company: key facts 23
Table 11: The Mosaic Company: key financials ($) 24
Table 12: The Mosaic Company: key financial ratios 24
Table 13: Wilbur-Ellis Company: key facts 26

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: North America fertilizer market value: $ billion, 2007–11 8
Figure 2: North America fertilizer market volume: million tonnes, 2007–11 9
Figure 3: North America fertilizer market category segmentation: % share, by value, 2011 10
Figure 4: North America fertilizer market geography segmentation: % share, by value, 2011 11
Figure 5: North America fertilizer market value forecast: $ billion, 2011–16 12
Figure 6: North America fertilizer market volume forecast: million tonnes, 2011–16 13
Figure 7: Forces driving competition in the fertilizer market in North America, 2011 14
Figure 8: Drivers of buyer power in the fertilizer market in North America, 2011 15
Figure 9: Drivers of supplier power in the fertilizer market in North America, 2011 16
Figure 10: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the fertilizer market in North America, 2011 17
Figure 11: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the fertilizer market in North America, 2011 18
Figure 12: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the fertilizer market in North America, 2011 19
Figure 13: Bunge Limited: revenues & profitability 22
Figure 14: Bunge Limited: assets & liabilities 22
Figure 15: The Mosaic Company: revenues & profitability 25
Figure 16: The Mosaic Company: assets & liabilities 25