Introduction

Global Agricultural Products 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 Global agricultural products market. Includes market size and segmentation data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

Highlights

*The agricultural product market is considered here as having six segments: cereals (barley, wheat, maize, rice, etc); fruit, vegetables, roots and tubers (apples, cabbages, potatoes, etc); oilcrops & pulses (lentils, soybeans, linseed, etc); sugarcrops and sweeteners (represented here by raw and refined sugar expressed as raw sugar equivalent); spices and stimulants (coffee, ginger, etc); and nuts (walnuts, almonds, etc).

*The global agricultural products market had total revenue of $1,720.9 billion in 2010, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.9% between 2006 and 2010.

*Market consumption volumes increased with a CAGR of 2.4% between 2006-2010, to reach a total of 4.5 billion units in 2010.

*The performance of the market is forecast to decelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 6% for the five-year period 2010 - 2015, which is expected to drive the market to a value of $2,307.6 billion by the end of 2015.

Features

Save time carrying out entry-level research by identifying the size, growth, major segments, and leading players in the agricultural products market in Global

Use the Five Forces analysis to determine the competitive intensity and therefore attractiveness of the globalagricultural products market

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

Add weight to presentations and pitches by understanding the future growth prospects of the Global agricultural products market with five year forecasts by both value and volume



Key Questions Answered

What was the size of the Global agricultural products market by value in 2010?

What will be the size of the Global agricultural products market in 2015?

What factors are affecting the strength of competition in the Global agricultural products market?

How has the market performed over the last five years?

What are the main segments that make up Globals agricultural products 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 15
Supplier power 17
New entrants 18
Substitutes 20
Rivalry 21
LEADING COMPANIES 22
Carrefour S.A. 22
Metro AG 26
Tesco PLC 30
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 34
MARKET FORECASTS 38
Market value forecast 38
Market volume forecast 39

APPENDIX 40
Methodology 40
Industry associations 41
Related Datamonitor research 41
Disclaimer 42
ABOUT DATAMONITOR 43
Premium Reports 43
Summary Reports 43
Datamonitor consulting 43

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Global agricultural products market value: $ billion, 2006–10 10
Table 2: Global agricultural products market volume: billion tons, 2006–10 11
Table 3: Global agricultural products market segmentation I:% share, by value, 2010 12
Table 4: Global agricultural products market segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010 13
Table 5: Carrefour S.A.: key facts 22
Table 6: Carrefour S.A.: key financials ($) 23
Table 7: Carrefour S.A.: key financials (€) 24
Table 8: Carrefour S.A.: key financial ratios 24
Table 9: Metro AG: key facts 26
Table 10: Metro AG: key financials ($) 27
Table 11: Metro AG: key financials (€) 27
Table 12: Metro AG: key financial ratios 28
Table 13: Tesco PLC: key facts 30
Table 14: Tesco PLC: key financials ($) 31
Table 15: Tesco PLC: key financials (£) 31
Table 16: Tesco PLC: key financial ratios 32
Table 17: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.: key facts 34
Table 18: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.: key financials ($) 36
Table 19: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.: key financial ratios 36
Table 20: Global agricultural products market value forecast: $ billion, 2010–15 38
Table 21: Global agricultural products market volume forecast: billion tons, 2010–15 39

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Global agricultural products market value: $ billion, 2006–10 10
Figure 2: Global agricultural products market volume: billion tons, 2006–10 11
Figure 3: Global agricultural products market segmentation I:% share, by value, 2010 12
Figure 4: Global agricultural products market segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010 13
Figure 5: Forces driving competition in the global agricultural products market, 2010 14
Figure 6: Drivers of buyer power in the global agricultural products market, 2010 15
Figure 7: Drivers of supplier power in the global agricultural products market, 2010 17
Figure 8: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the global agricultural products market, 2010 18
Figure 9: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the global agricultural products market, 2010 20
Figure 10: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the global agricultural products market, 2010 21
Figure 11: Carrefour S.A.: revenues & profitability 25
Figure 12: Carrefour S.A.: assets & liabilities 25
Figure 13: Metro AG: revenues & profitability 28
Figure 14: Metro AG: assets & liabilities 29
Figure 15: Tesco PLC: revenues & profitability 32
Figure 16: Tesco PLC: assets & liabilities 33
Figure 17: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.: revenues & profitability 37
Figure 18: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.: assets & liabilities 37
Figure 19: Global agricultural products market value forecast: $ billion, 2010–15 38
Figure 20: Global agricultural products market volume forecast: billion tons, 2010–15 39