Introduction

Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals in France 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 France 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 French fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market had total revenue of $5,455.3 million in 2010, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.7% for the period spanning 2006-2010.

*Market consumption volumes decreased with a CARC of -4% between 2006 and 2010, to reach a total of 3,029.4 thousand metric tone in 2010.

*The performance of the market is forecast to decelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 1.5% for the five-year period 2010-2015, which is expected to drive the market to a value of $5,887.8 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 France economy

Key Questions Answered

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

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

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

How has the market performed over the last five years?

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

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2
MARKET OVERVIEW 8
Market definition 8
Research highlights 9
Market analysis 10
MARKET VALUE 11
MARKET VOLUME 12
MARKET SEGMENTATION I 13
MARKET SEGMENTATION II 14
FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS 15
Summary 15
Buyer power 17
Supplier power 18
New entrants 19
Substitutes 20
Rivalry 21
LEADING COMPANIES 22
TOTAL S.A. 22
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont) 25
BASF SE 30
Bayer AG 36
MARKET FORECASTS 41
Market value forecast 41
Market volume forecast 42
MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS 43

APPENDIX 45
Methodology 45
Industry associations 46
Related Datamonitor research 46
Disclaimer 47
ABOUT DATAMONITOR 48
Premium Reports 48
Summary Reports 48
Datamonitor consulting 48

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: France fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market value: $ million, 2006–10 11
Table 2: France fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market volume: thousand metric tone, 2006–10 12
Table 3: France fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market segmentation I:% share, by value, 2010 13
Table 4: France fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010 14
Table 5: TOTAL S.A.: key facts 22
Table 6: TOTAL S.A.: key financials ($) 23
Table 7: TOTAL S.A.: key financials (€) 23
Table 8: TOTAL S.A.: key financial ratios 23
Table 9: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont): key facts 25
Table 10: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont): key financials ($) 27
Table 11: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont): key financial ratios 28
Table 12: BASF SE: key facts 30
Table 13: BASF SE: key financials ($) 33
Table 14: BASF SE: key financials (€) 34
Table 15: BASF SE: key financial ratios 34
Table 16: Bayer AG: key facts 36
Table 17: Bayer AG: key financials ($) 39
Table 18: Bayer AG: key financials (€) 39
Table 19: Bayer AG: key financial ratios 39
Table 20: France fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market value forecast: $ million, 2010–15 41
Table 21: France fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market volume forecast: thousand metric tone, 2010–15 42
Table 22: France size of population (million), 2006–10 43
Table 23: France gdp (constant 2000 prices, $ billion), 2006–10 43
Table 24: France gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2006–10 43
Table 25: France inflation, 2006–10 44
Table 26: France consumer price index (absolute), 2006–10 44
Table 27: France exchange rate, 2006–10 44

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: France fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market value: $ million, 2006–10 11
Figure 2: France fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market volume: thousand metric tone, 2006–10 12
Figure 3: France fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market segmentation I:% share, by value, 2010 13
Figure 4: France fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010 14
Figure 5: Forces driving competition in the fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market in France, 2010 15
Figure 6: Drivers of buyer power in the fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market in France, 2010 17
Figure 7: Drivers of supplier power in the fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market in France, 2010 18
Figure 8: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market in France, 2010 19
Figure 9: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market in France, 2010 20
Figure 10: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market in France, 2010 21
Figure 11: TOTAL S.A.: revenues & profitability 24
Figure 12: TOTAL S.A.: assets & liabilities 24
Figure 13: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont): revenues & profitability 28
Figure 14: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont): assets & liabilities 29
Figure 15: BASF SE: revenues & profitability 35
Figure 16: BASF SE: assets & liabilities 35
Figure 17: Bayer AG: revenues & profitability 40
Figure 18: Bayer AG: assets & liabilities 40
Figure 19: France fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market value forecast: $ million, 2010–15 41
Figure 20: France fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market volume forecast: thousand metric tone, 2010–15 42