Introduction

Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals in China 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 China 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 Chinese fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market had total revenue of $68,827.7 million in 2010, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.4% for the period spanning 2006-2010.

*Market consumption volumes increased with a CAGR of 2.2% between 2006 and 2010, to reach a total of 56,064.6 thousand metric tonnes in 2010.

*The performance of the market is forecast to decelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 5.6% for the five-year period 2010-2015, which is expected to drive the market to a value of $90,589.1 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 China economy

Key Questions Answered

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

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

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

How has the market performed over the last five years?

What are the main segments that make up China's fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market?
 

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
The Dow Chemical Company 21
Sinofert Holdings Limited 27
China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) 31
China BlueChemical Ltd. 36
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: China fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market value: $ million, 2006–10 10
Table 2: China fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market volume: thousand metric tone, 2006–10 11
Table 3: China fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market segmentation I:% share, by value, 2010 12
Table 4: China fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010 13
Table 5: The Dow Chemical Company: key facts 21
Table 6: The Dow Chemical Company: key financials ($) 25
Table 7: The Dow Chemical Company: key financial ratios 25
Table 8: Sinofert Holdings Limited: key facts 27
Table 9: Sinofert Holdings Limited: key financials ($) 28
Table 10: Sinofert Holdings Limited: key financials (CNY) 28
Table 11: Sinofert Holdings Limited: key financial ratios 29
Table 12: China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec): key facts 31
Table 13: China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec): key financials ($) 33
Table 14: China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec): key financials (CNY) 34
Table 15: China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec): key financial ratios 34
Table 16: China BlueChemical Ltd.: key facts 36
Table 17: China BlueChemical Ltd.: key financials ($) 37
Table 18: China BlueChemical Ltd.: key financials (CNY) 37
Table 19: China BlueChemical Ltd.: key financial ratios 38
Table 20: China fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market value forecast: $ million, 2010–15 40
Table 21: China fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market volume forecast: thousand metric tone, 2010–15 41
Table 22: China size of population (million), 2006–10 42
Table 23: China gdp (constant 2000 prices, $ billion), 2006–10 42
Table 24: China gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2006–10 42
Table 25: China inflation, 2006–10 43
Table 26: China consumer price index (absolute), 2006–10 43
Table 27: China exchange rate, 2006–10 43

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: China fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market value: $ million, 2006–10 11
Figure 2: China fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market volume: thousand metric tonne, 2006–10 12
Figure 3: China fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market segmentation I:% share, by value, 2010 13
Figure 4: China fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010 14
Figure 5: Forces driving competition in the fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market in China, 2010 15
Figure 6: Drivers of buyer power in the fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market in China, 2010 17
Figure 7: Drivers of supplier power in the fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market in China, 2010 18
Figure 8: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market in China, 2010 19
Figure 9: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market in China, 2010 20
Figure 10: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market in China, 2010 21
Figure 11: The Dow Chemical Company: revenues & profitability 27
Figure 12: The Dow Chemical Company: assets & liabilities 27
Figure 13: Sinofert Holdings Limited: revenues & profitability 30
Figure 14: Sinofert Holdings Limited: assets & liabilities 31
Figure 15: China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec): revenues & profitability 36
Figure 16: China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec): assets & liabilities 36
Figure 17: China BlueChemical Ltd.: revenues & profitability 39
Figure 18: China BlueChemical Ltd.: assets & liabilities 40
Figure 19: China fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market value forecast: $ million, 2010–15 41
Figure 20: China fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market volume forecast: thousand metric tonne, 2010–15 42