Introduction

Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals in Canada 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 Canada 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 Canadian fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market had total revenue of $4,019.4 million in 2010, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.9% for the period spanning 2006-2010.

*Market consumption volumes decreased with a CARC of -2.8% between 2006 and 2010, to reach a total of 3,624.1 thousand metric tonnes in 2010.

*The performance of the market is forecast to decelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 2% for the five-year period 2010-2015, which is expected to drive the market to a value of $4,439 million by the end of 2015.

Features

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Leading company profiles reveal details of key fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market players’ global operations and financial performance

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Macroeconomic indicators provide insight into general trends within the Canada economy

Key Questions Answered

What was the size of the Canada fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market by value in 2010?

What will be the size of the Canada fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market in 2015?

What factors are affecting the strength of competition in the Canada fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market?

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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 19
Rivalry 20
LEADING COMPANIES 21
Agrium Inc. 21
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont) 24
BASF SE 29
Bayer AG 35
MARKET FORECASTS 40
Market value forecast 40
Market volume forecast 41
MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS 42
APPENDIX 44
Methodology 44
Industry associations 45
Related Datamonitor research 45
Disclaimer 46
ABOUT DATAMONITOR 47
Premium Reports 47
Summary Reports 47
Datamonitor consulting 47

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Canada fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market value: $ million, 2006–10 10
Table 2: Canada fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market volume: thousand metric tonne, 2006–10 11
Table 3: Canada fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market segmentation I:% share, by value, 2010 12
Table 4: Canada fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010 13
Table 5: Agrium Inc.: key facts 21
Table 6: Agrium Inc.: key financials ($) 22
Table 7: Agrium Inc.: key financial ratios 22
Table 8: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont): key facts 24
Table 9: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont): key financials ($) 26
Table 10: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont): key financial ratios 27
Table 11: BASF SE: key facts 29
Table 12: BASF SE: key financials ($) 32
Table 13: BASF SE: key financials (€) 33
Table 14: BASF SE: key financial ratios 33
Table 15: Bayer AG: key facts 35
Table 16: Bayer AG: key financials ($) 37
Table 17: Bayer AG: key financials (€) 38
Table 18: Bayer AG: key financial ratios 38
Table 19: Canada fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market value forecast: $ million, 2010–15 40
Table 20: Canada fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market volume forecast: thousand metric tonne, 2010–15 41
Table 21: Canada size of population (million), 2006–10 42
Table 22: Canada gdp (constant 2000 prices, $ billion), 2006–10 42
Table 23: Canada gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2006–10 42
Table 24: Canada inflation, 2006–10 43
Table 25: Canada consumer price index (absolute), 2006–10 43
Table 26: Canada exchange rate, 2006–10 43

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Canada fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market value: $ million, 2006–10 10
Figure 2: Canada fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market volume: thousand metric tonne, 2006–10 11
Figure 3: Canada fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market segmentation I:% share, by value, 2010 12
Figure 4: Canada fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010 13
Figure 5: Forces driving competition in the fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market in Canada, 2010 14
Figure 6: Drivers of buyer power in the fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market in Canada, 2010 16
Figure 7: Drivers of supplier power in the fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market in Canada, 2010 17
Figure 8: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market in Canada, 2010 18
Figure 9: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market in Canada, 2010 19
Figure 10: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market in Canada, 2010 20
Figure 11: Agrium Inc.: revenues & profitability 23
Figure 12: Agrium Inc.: assets & liabilities 23
Figure 13: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont): revenues & profitability 27
Figure 14: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont): assets & liabilities 28
Figure 15: BASF SE: revenues & profitability 34
Figure 16: BASF SE: assets & liabilities 34
Figure 17: Bayer AG: revenues & profitability 39
Figure 18: Bayer AG: assets & liabilities 39
Figure 19: Canada fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market value forecast: $ million, 2010–15 40
Figure 20: Canada fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market volume forecast: thousand metric tonne, 2010–15 41