The Global Market Outlook for Agrochemicals to 2015: Competitive landscape, market size and company profiles.

The constant decline in the area of cultivable lands, increasing global population, global warming and soil & wind erosion are some major factors driving the use of agrochemicals. This report details the world agrochemical market broadly classified into fertilizers and pesticides. The fertilizer and pesticide markets and their microsegments are studied extensively with respect to market performance in 2009. The global market outlook and strategic analysis of fertilizers and pesticides market is provided. RBCE0005

Scope of this research
• Identify the key drivers and resistors to agrochemical market growth through to 2015.
• Identify the leading players in the agrochemical market and what their key products and strategies are.
• Discover which segments of the pesticides market such as organochlorines, organophosphates and pyrethoids are forecast to experience the most growth.
• Discover which segments of the fertilizer market such as nitrogenous and phosphatic fertilizers are forecast to experience the most growth.

Research and analysis highlights

The total agrochemicals market was valued at $118bn in 2009 and is nticipated to reach $215bn by 2015 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.9%.

The total fertilizer market accounted for $68bn in 2009 and is anticipated to reach $131.7bn by 2015 at a CAGR of 10.9%. This follows a major decline in demand of 5% in 2009, but is expected to see a quick rebound by the end of 2010.

Agrochemicals companies are leveraging the extensive amount of cultivation in many Asian countries such as Japan, China, India and Russia. The US agrochemicals market is expected to grow at a rate of 10.9% and the European market is expected to grow at 10.3%.

Key reasons to purchase this research
• What is the size of the global agrochemicals market and how is it forecast to grow?
• What is the size of the global market for pesticides and how is it forecast to grow through to 2015?
• What is the size of the global market for fertilizer and how is it forecast to grow through to 2015?
• What are the key drivers of the global agrochemicals market and how are leading players responding to them?
• Which companies lead the global agrochemical market and what are their key products?


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Table of Contents
Executive Summary 15
World agrochemical market 15
World fertilizer market 15
World pesticides market 16
Global innovation 16
Regulatory framework and geographical analysis 17
Competitive Landscape 18
Chapter 1 World agrochemical market 19
Summary 19
Introduction 19
High-level analysis 21
Fertilizer 21
Fertilizer demand to rebound in 2010 22
Pesticide 23
Market for organophosphate to continue to grow 24
Growing markets in developing economies 25
Emergence of environmentally friendly pesticides to win market presence 26
Market dynamics 27
Drivers 27
The increasing world population and decreasing availability of arable land 27
Global warming adversely impacts farming 27
Increased soil erosion and degradation 28
Increased demand for corn crops in the US to meet ethanol needs boosts fertilizer market revenues 28
Reduction in the time and effort required for the protection of crops 28
High economic benefits 29
Pricing issues 29
Health and productivity issues 30
Restraints 31
Mounting environmental concerns restricting the use of agrochemicals 31
Low awareness about agrochemicals in developing nations 32
Growing adoption of organic farming practices and integrated pest management techniques 32
The cost of production is expensive 33
Irrigation and monsoon issues in developing countries 33
Production of new goods and patent protection 33
Research for risk assessment of pesticide proves expensive 33
Opportunities 35
Communication of crop management technologies to agriculturists in developing nations 35
R&D around environmentally hazard-free chemicals will boost agrochemical market growth 35
Chapter 2 World Fertilizer Market 37
Summary 37
Global outlook 37
Nitrogenous fertilizers 40
Sodium nitrate 42
Calcium ammonium nitrate 42
Ammonium nitrate 42
Carbamide (urea) 43
Ammonium sulfate 43
Ammonium sulfate nitrate 43
Urea ammonium nitrate 44
Calcium nitrate 44
Anhydrous ammonia 44
Ammonium chloride 44
Phosphatic fertilizers 45
Water-soluble phosphate fertilizers 46
Citric-acid-soluble phosphatic fertilizers 48
Potassic fertilizers 50
Potassium nitrate 51
Potassium sulfate 52
Potassium chloride 52
Chapter 3 World Pesticides Market 53
Summary 53
Global outlook 53
Organochlorine pesticides 55
Endosulfan 58
Methoxychlor 58
Other organochlorines 59
Organophosphates 59
Acephate 62
Bensulide 62
Chlorethoxyfos 63
Chlorpyrifos 63
Diazinon 64
Dicrotophos 64
Dimethoate 65
Disulfoton 65
Fenthion 66
Fosthiazate 66
Glyphosate 67
Malathion 67
Methamidophos 68
Methidathion 68
Naled 69
Oxydemeton-methyl 69
Phorate 69
Phosmet 70
Phostebupirim 70
Phoxim 71
Profenofos 71
Terbufos 71
Trichlorfon 72
Pyrethroids 72
Bifenthrin 74
Cypermethrin 74
Deltamethrin 75
Lambda-cyhalothrin 75
Permethrin 75
Resmethrin 76
Tetramethrin 76
Tralomethrin 76
Neonicotinoids 77
Acetamiprid 78
Clothianidin 79
Imidacloprid 79
Thiacloprid 79
Thiamethoxam 80
Biological pesticides 80
Abamectin 82
Spinosad 82
Carbamate 83
Other pesticides 83
Benzoylurea 84
Hydrazides 85
Fipronil 85
Indoxacarb 85
Other acaricides 86
Chapter 4 Global innovation 87
Summary 87
Innovations in agrochemicals 87
Fertilizers 88
Organic fertilizer from turkey feathers 88
Donaghys’ LessN 89
Wastewater to fertilizer technology 89
Environmentally Smart Nitrogen 89
Pesticides 90
Pesticides for organic farming 90
Innovation in production processes 90
Biotechnology 90
Anti-resistance technology 91
Reduced-risk pesticides 92
Drought-tolerant technologies 92
Chapter 5 Regulatory framework and geographical analysis 95
Summary 95
Fertilizer regulations 95
The US 96
Europe 96
Asia 96
Pesticide regulations 97
The US 97
Europe 98
Asia 98
Geographical analysis 100
The US agrochemicals market 101
The European agrochemicals market 102
The Asian agrochemicals market 103
The ROW agrochemicals market 104
Chapter 6 Competitive Landscape 105
Summary 105
Mergers and acquisitions 105
Market share analysis 108
Fertilizer 108
Pesticides 109
Chapter 7 Company Profiles 110
Agrium Inc. 110
Product portfolio: 111
Recent developments: 112
Amvac Chemical Corp 113
Products of the company: 113
Recent developments: 114
Arysta LifeScience Corp. 115
Recent developments: 116
BASF 117
Product portfolio: 117
Bayer CropScience AG 118
Products portfolio: 118
Recent developments: 119
Bunge Limited 120
Recent developments: 122
CF Industries, Inc. 122
Product portfolio: 123
Recent developments: 123
Cheminova A/S 124
Product portfolio: 124
Recent developments: 125
Conquest Agrochemicals 127
Product portfolio: 127
Dow AgroSciences LLC 128
Product portfolio: 128
Recent developments: 129
Drexel Chemical Company 130
Product portfolio: 131
Recent developments: 133
OCI Agro 133
Product portfolio: 133
DuPont 134
Product portfolio: 135
Recent developments: 136
Eden Research plc 136
Product portfolio: 137
Recent developments: 137
FMC Agricultural Products Group 138
Product portfolio: 138
Recent developments: 139
ICL Fertilizers 139
Product portfolio: 140
Recent developments: 141
IFFCO 141
Product portfolio: 142
Recent developments: 143
International Potash Company 143
Product portfolio: 144
Isagro SpA 144
Product portfolio: 145
Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha, Ltd 146
Product portfolio: 146
JSC Acron 147
Recent developments: 148
Koch Minerals Company LLC 148
Product portfolio: 149
Recent developments: 150
K+S AG 150
Product portfolio: 151
Makhteshim Agan Industries Ltd 151
Product portfolio: 153
Recent developments: 154
Mitsui Chemicals Inc. 154
Product portfolio: 155
Recent developments: 156
Monsanto Company 156
Product portfolio: 157
Recent developments: 158
Nihon Nohyaku Co., Ltd 158
Nippon Soda Co. Ltd 161
Product portfolio: 161
Recent developments: 162
Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd 162
Product portfolio: 163
Recent developments: 164
Nufarm Limited 165
Product portfolio: 166
Recent developments: 167
Potash Corp 167
Product portfolio: 168
Comparison of sales: 168
Recent developments: 169
Prentiss 170
Product portfolio: 170
Recent developments: 171
Qatar Fertilizer Company Ltd 171
Recent developments: 172
Rotam CropSciences Inc. 172
Product portfolio: 173
Recent developments: 175
SipcamAdvan 175
Product portfolio: 176
Recent developments: 177
Sumitomo Chemical 178
Product portfolio: 179
Recent developments: 180
Syngenta AG 180
Product portfolio: 181
Recent developments: 182
United Phosphorus Limited (UPL) 183
Product portfolio: 183
Recent developments: 185
Valent USA Corp. 186
Product portfolio: 186
Recent developments: 187
Yara International ASA 188
Product portfolio: 188
Recent developments: 189
Index 191
Table of Figures
Figure 1: Market revenues of agrochemicals, 2008–15 ($m) 21
Figure 2: Market revenues of fertilizers, 2008–15 ($m) 22
Figure 3: Market revenues of pesticides, 2008-15 ($bn) 24
Figure 4: Market dynamics in emerging economies 25
Figure 5: Evolution of biopesticides 26
Figure 6: Impact analysis for agrochemical market drivers 30
Figure 7: Impact analysis of agrochemical market restraints 34
Figure 8: Fertilizer market outlook 38
Figure 9: World fertilizer market structure 39
Figure 10: World pesticide market structure 54
Figure 11: Innovation analysis (2010 compared to 2015) 93
Figure 12: Role of the Environment Protection Agency 99
Table of Tables
Table 1: Global agrochemicals market by product type, 2007–15 ($m) 20
Table 2: Global agrochemicals market by region, 2007–15 ($m) 20
Table 3: Global fertilizer market by product type, 2007–15 ($m) 40
Table 4: Global fertilizer market by region, 2007–15 ($m) 40
Table 5: Global nitrogenous market by product, 2007–15 ($m) 41
Table 6: Global nitrogenous market by region, 2007–15 ($m) 42
Table 7: Global phosphatic market by product type, 2007–15 ($m) 45
Table 8: Global phosphatic market by region, 2007–15 ($m) 46
Table 9: Global water-soluble phosphate market by product, 2007–15 ($m) 46
Table 10: Global water-soluble phosphate market by region, 2007–15 ($m) 47
Table 11: Global citric-acid-soluble phosphatic market by product type, 2007–15 ($m) 49
Table 12: Global citric-acid-soluble phosphatic market by region, 2007–15 ($m) 49
Table 13: Global potassic market by product, 2007–15 ($m) 51
Table 14: Global potassic market by region, 2007–15, $m 51
Table 15: Global pesticides market by product type, 2007–15 ($m) 55
Table 16: Global pesticides market by region, 2007–15 ($m) 55
Table 17: Global organochlorine pesticide market by product, 2007–15 ($m) 57
Table 18: Global organochlorine pesticide market by region, 2007–15 ($m) 57
Table 19: Global organophosphate market by product, 2007–15 ($m) 61
Table 20: Global organophosphate market by region, 2007–15 ($m) 62
Table 21: Global pyrethroid pesticide market by product, 2007–15 ($m) 73
Table 22: Global pyrethroid pesticide market by region, 2007–15 ($m) 74
Table 23: Global neonicotinoid market by product, 2007–15 ($m) 78
Table 24: Global neonicotinoid market by region, 2007–15 ($m) 78
Table 25: Global biological pesticides market by product, 2007–15 ($m) 81
Table 26: Global biological pesticides market by product, 2007–15 ($m) 82
Table 27: Global other pesticides market by product, 2007–15 ($m) 84
Table 28: Global other pesticides market by region, 2007–15 ($m) 84
Table 29: World agrochemical market by region, 2007–15 ($m) 100
Table 30: The US market for agrochemicals, 2007–15 ($m) 101
Table 31: The European market for agrochemicals, 2007–15 ($m) 102
Table 32: The Asian market for agrochemicals, 2007–15 ($m) 103
Table 33: The market for agrochemicals in the ROW, 2007–15 ($m) 104 13
Table 34: Major recent merger and acquisitions and licensing deals in the agrochemical industry 106
Table 35: Major merger and acquisitions in the agrochemical industry (continued) 107
Table 36: Leading players in the global fertilizer market, 2009 108
Table 37: Leading players in the global pesticides market, 2009 109
Table 38: Agrium’s product portfolio 111
Table 39: Recent developments for Agrium 112
Table 40: Recent developments for Amvac 114
Table 41: Recent developments for Amvac (continued) 115
Table 42: Recent developments for Arysta LifeScience 116
Table 43: BASF’s product portfolio 117
Table 44: Bayer CropScience’s product portfolio 118
Table 45: Recent developments for Bayer CropScience 119
Table 46: Recent developments for Bayer CropScience (continued) 120
Table 47: Recent developments for Bunge 122
Table 48: CF Industries’ product portfolio 123
Table 49: Recent developments for CF Industries 123
Table 50: Cheminova’s product portolio 124
Table 51: Recent developments for Cheminova 125
Table 52: Recent developments for Cheminova (continued) 126
Table 53: Conquest Agrochemicals’ product portfolio 127
Table 54: Recent developments for Dow AgroSciences 129
Table 55: Drexel’s insecticide portfolio 131
Table 56: Drexel’s fungicide portfolio 131
Table 57: Drexel’s herbicide portfolio 132
Table 58: Recent developments for Drexel 133
Table 59: Dupont’s product portfolio 135
Table 60: Recent developments for Dupont 136
Table 61: Recent developments for Eden Research 137
Table 62: FMC Agricultural products’ product portfolio 138
Table 63: Recent developments for FMC Agricultural Products 139
Table 64: Recent developments for ICL Fertilizers 141
Table 65: Recent developments for IFFCO 143
Table 66: Isagro’s product portfolio 145
Table 67: Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha’s product portfolio 146
Table 68: Recent developments for JSC Acron 148
Table 69: Recent developments for Koch Minerals 150
Table 70: Makhteshim Agan’s product portfolio 153
Table 71: Recent developments for Makhteshim Agan 154
Table 72: Recent developments for Mitsui Chemicals 156
Table 73: Recent developments for Monsanto 158
Table 74: Nippon Soda’s product portfolio 161
Table 75: Recent developments for Nippon Soda 162
Table 76: Recent developments for Nissan Chemicals 164
Table 77: Nufarm’s product portfolio 166
Table 78: Recent developments for Nufarm 167
Table 79: Potash Corp’s sales 2007-2009 ($m) 168
Table 80: Recent developments for Potash Corp 169
Table 81: Recent developments for Prentiss 171
Table 82: Recent developments for Qatar Fertilizer Company 172
Table 83: Rotam CropSciences product portfolio 173
Table 84: Rotam’s recently US registered products 174
Table 85: Recent developments for Rotam 175
Table 86: Table Title 176
Table 87: Recent development for SipcamAdvan 177
Table 88: Sumitomo Chemical’s product portfolio 179
Table 89: Recent developments for Sumitomo Chemicals 180
Table 90: Syngenta’s product portfolio 181
Table 91: Recent developments for Syngenta 182
Table 92: UPL’s portfolio of herbicides and fungicides 183
Table 93: UPL’s portfolio of insecticides 184
Table 94: Recent developments for UPL 185
Table 95: Valent USA’s product portfolio 186
Table 96: Recent developments for Valent USA 187
Table 97: Yara International ASA’s product portfolio 188
Table 98: Yara International ASA’s product portfolio (continued) 189
Table 99: Recent developments for Yara International 189
Table 100: Recent developments for Yara International (continued) 190


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