Chemicals in South Korea

Chemicals in South Korea

Datamonitor's Chemicals in South Korea industry profile is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the chemicals 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 chemicals market consists of base, consumer, pharmaceutical, specialty and fine chemicals. Market values are taken at producer selling price (PSP). Any currency conversions used in the creation of this report have been calculated using constant 2006 annual average exchange rates.

Asia-Pacific comprises Australia, China, Japan, India, 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 Segmentation I 10
CHAPTER 4 Market Segmentation II 11
CHAPTER 5 Five Forces Analysis 12
5.1 Summary 12
5.2 Buyer Power 13
5.3 Supplier Power 14
5.4 New Entrants 15
5.5 Substitutes 17
5.6 Rivalry 18
CHAPTER 6 Leading Companies 19
6.1 LG Chem Ltd 19
6.2 Hanwha Chemical Corporation 21
6.3 Korea Petroleum Industrial Co., Ltd. 23
CHAPTER 7 Market Forecasts 24
7.1 Market Value Forecast 24
CHAPTER 8 Macroeconomic Indicators 25
CHAPTER 9 Appendix 26
9.1 Methodology 26
9.2 Industry Associations 27
9.3 Related Datamonitor Research 27

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: South Korea Chemicals Market Value: $ billion, 2002-2006 9
Table 2: South Korea Chemicals Market Segmentation I: % Share, by Value, 2006 10
Table 3: South Korea Chemicals Market Segmentation II: % Share, by Value, 2006 11
Table 4: Key Facts: LG Chem Ltd 19
Table 5: Key Facts: Hanwha Chemical Corporation 21
Table 6: Key Facts: Korea Petroleum Industrial Co., Ltd. 23
Table 7: South Korea Chemicals Market Value Forecast: $ billion, 2006-2011 24
Table 8: South Korea GDP (1995=100), 2002-2006 25
Table 9: South Korea Inflation, 2002-2006 25
Table 10: South Korea Exchange Rate, 2002 25