Introduction

Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals in Germany 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 Germany 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 German fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market had total revenue of $4,593.7 million in 2010, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.1% for the period spanning 2006-2010.

*Market consumption volumes decreased with a CARC of -2.7% between 2006 and 2010, to reach a total of 2,091.3 thousand metric tone in 2010.

*The performance of the market is forecast to decelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 3.3% for the five-year period 2010-2015, which is expected to drive the market to a value of $5,405 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 Germany economy

Key Questions Answered

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

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

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

How has the market performed over the last five years?

What are the main segments that make up Germany'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
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont) 22
K+S AG 27
BASF SE 31
Bayer AG 37
MARKET FORECASTS 42
Market value forecast 42
Market volume forecast 43
MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS 44

APPENDIX 46
Methodology 46
Industry associations 47
Related Datamonitor research 47
Disclaimer 48
ABOUT DATAMONITOR 49
Premium Reports 49
Summary Reports 49
Datamonitor consulting 49

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Germany fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market value: $ million, 2006–10 11
Table 2: Germany fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market volume: thousand metric tone, 2006–10 12
Table 3: Germany fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market segmentation I:% share, by value, 2010 13
Table 4: Germany fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010 14
Table 5: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont): key facts 22
Table 6: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont): key financials ($) 24
Table 7: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont): key financial ratios 25
Table 8: K+S AG: key facts 27
Table 9: K+S AG: key financials ($) 28
Table 10: K+S AG: key financials (€) 29
Table 11: K+S AG: key financial ratios 29
Table 12: BASF SE: key facts 31
Table 13: BASF SE: key financials ($) 34
Table 14: BASF SE: key financials (€) 35
Table 15: BASF SE: key financial ratios 35
Table 16: Bayer AG: key facts 37
Table 17: Bayer AG: key financials ($) 39
Table 18: Bayer AG: key financials (€) 40
Table 19: Bayer AG: key financial ratios 40
Table 20: Germany fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market value forecast: $ million, 2010–15 42
Table 21: Germany fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market volume forecast: thousand metric tone, 2010–15 43

Table 22: Germany size of population (million), 2006–10 44
Table 23: Germany gdp (constant 2000 prices, $ billion), 2006–10 44
Table 24: Germany gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2006–10 44
Table 25: Germany inflation, 2006–10 45
Table 26: Germany consumer price index (absolute), 2006–10 45
Table 27: Germany exchange rate, 2006–10 45

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Germany fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market value: $ million, 2006–10 11
Figure 2: Germany fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market volume: thousand metric tone, 2006–10 12
Figure 3: Germany fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market segmentation I:% share, by value, 2010 13
Figure 4: Germany fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010 14
Figure 5: Forces driving competition in the fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market in Germany, 2010 15
Figure 6: Drivers of buyer power in the fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market in Germany, 2010 17
Figure 7: Drivers of supplier power in the fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market in Germany, 2010 18
Figure 8: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market in Germany, 2010 19
Figure 9: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market in Germany, 2010 20
Figure 10: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market in Germany, 2010 21
Figure 11: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont): revenues & profitability 25
Figure 12: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont): assets & liabilities 26
Figure 13: K+S AG: revenues & profitability 30
Figure 14: K+S AG: assets & liabilities 30
Figure 15: BASF SE: revenues & profitability 36
Figure 16: BASF SE: assets & liabilities 36
Figure 17: Bayer AG: revenues & profitability 41
Figure 18: Bayer AG: assets & liabilities 41
Figure 19: Germany fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market value forecast: $ million, 2010–15 42
Figure 20: Germany fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market volume forecast: thousand metric tone, 2010–15 43