Introduction

Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals in the United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom 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 UK fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market had total revenue of $2,655.9 million in 2010, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.2% for the period spanning 2006-2010.

*Market consumption volumes decreased with a CARC of -3.3% between 2006 and 2010, to reach a total of 1,376.3 thousand metric tonnes in 2010.

*The performance of the market is forecast to decelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 4.2% for the five-year period 2010-2015, which is expected to drive the market to a value of $3,269.1 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 United Kingdom economy

Key Questions Answered

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

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

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

How has the market performed over the last five years?

What are the main segments that make up the United Kingdom'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
BASF SE 27
Bayer AG 33
Carr's Milling Industries PLC 38
MARKET FORECASTS 42
Market value forecast 42
Market volume forecast 44
MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS 45

APPENDIX 47
Methodology 47
Industry associations 48
Related Datamonitor research 48
Disclaimer 49
ABOUT DATAMONITOR 50
Premium Reports 50
Summary Reports 50
Datamonitor consulting 50

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: United Kingdom fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market value: $ million, 2006–10 11
Table 2: United Kingdom fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market volume: thousand metric tone, 2006–10 12
Table 3: United Kingdom fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market segmentation I:% share, by value, 2010 13
Table 4: United Kingdom 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 ($) 24
Table 7: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont): key financial ratios 25
Table 8: BASF SE: key facts 27
Table 9: BASF SE: key financials ($) 30
Table 10: BASF SE: key financials (€) 31
Table 11: BASF SE: key financial ratios 31
Table 12: Bayer AG: key facts 33
Table 13: Bayer AG: key financials ($) 35
Table 14: Bayer AG: key financials (€) 36
Table 15: Bayer AG: key financial ratios 36
Table 16: Carr's Milling Industries PLC: key facts 38
Table 17: Carr's Milling Industries PLC: key financials ($) 40
Table 18: Carr's Milling Industries PLC: key financials (£) 40
Table 19: Carr's Milling Industries PLC: key financial ratios 40
Table 20: United Kingdom fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market value forecast: $ million, 2010–15 42
Table 21: United Kingdom fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market volume forecast: thousand metric tone, 2010–15 44
Table 22: United Kingdom size of population (million), 2006–10 45
Table 23: United Kingdom gdp (constant 2000 prices, $ billion), 2006–10 45
Table 24: United Kingdom gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2006–10 45
Table 25: United Kingdom inflation, 2006–10 46
Table 26: United Kingdom consumer price index (absolute), 2006–10 46
Table 27: United Kingdom exchange rate, 2006–10 46

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: United Kingdom fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market value: $ million, 2006–10 11
Figure 2: United Kingdom fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market volume: thousand metric tone, 2006–10 12
Figure 3: United Kingdom fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market segmentation I:% share, by value, 2010 13
Figure 4: United Kingdom fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010 14
Figure 5: Forces driving competition in the fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market in the United Kingdom, 2010 15
Figure 6: Drivers of buyer power in the fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market in the United Kingdom, 2010 17
Figure 7: Drivers of supplier power in the fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market in the United Kingdom, 2010 18
Figure 8: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market in the United Kingdom, 2010 19
Figure 9: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market in the United Kingdom, 2010 20
Figure 10: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market in the United Kingdom, 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: BASF SE: revenues & profitability 32
Figure 14: BASF SE: assets & liabilities 32
Figure 15: Bayer AG: revenues & profitability 37
Figure 16: Bayer AG: assets & liabilities 37
Figure 17: Carr's Milling Industries PLC: revenues & profitability 41
Figure 18: Carr's Milling Industries PLC: assets & liabilities 41
Figure 19: United Kingdom fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market value forecast: $ million, 2010–15 43
Figure 20: United Kingdom fertilizers & agricultural chemicals market volume forecast: thousand metric tone, 2010–15 44