Europe Commercial Seaweed Market was worth USD XX.XX billion in 2020 and estimated to be growing at a CAGR of X.XX%, to reach USD XX.XX billion by 2025. Seaweed is the collective name given to the plethora of species of macroscopic, multicellular marine algae present in the world’s oceans. The broad categorization is on the basis of color and they are segmented as red, brown and green algae.
Commercial Seaweed has many applications in human food, pharmaceutical productions, cosmetics, animal feed, agricultural production, alternative fuel source and management of waste among others. The figures in recent years show that Indonesia is the world’s largest seaweed producer with the Philippines coming a close second. In more specific applications, alginates are commonly used in wound dressings and the action of dental molds in the medical field. Also, applications in microbiology research are found for agar — a plant-based goo similar to gelatin and made from seaweed — is extensively used as a culture medium.
The growth of the Commercial Seaweed market is mainly driven by a rise in investments from several multinational manufacturers, and extensive R&D initiatives have been taken for exploring the applications of seaweeds in several fields. Seaweeds are also used on a large scale for human consumption due to their high nutritive value and applications of seaweed in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean cuisines is quite popular providing additional impetus for the market growth. As for the restraints of the market, the high costs, as well as the fact that the market remains a specialty sector, are the main problems faced by the industry.
The Europe Commercial Seaweed market is broadly classified based on Applications into Agriculture, Animal Feed, Human Feed and Other, based on Type into Brown, Red and Green Seaweed, and based on Form into Liquid, Powdered and Flakes. Based on geography, the European market is divided into Italy, France, UK, Germany,and Spain. The European region has the second-highest market share globally only behind the likes of North America, albeit with a low CAGR rate. The low growth rate of the region can be attributed to the fact that most countries in the region are in their pinnacle of development and the room to grow is fast decreasing.
Key Players:
The Commercial Seaweed market is highly competitive with a large number of players. Key market players dominating the market with their products are Cargill, Incorporated. (U.S.), Roullier Group (France), E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (U.S.), Gelymar SA (Chile), Biostadt India Limited (India), Acadian Seaplants Limited (Canada), Compo GmbH (Germany), CP Kelco (U.S.), and Seasol International Pty. Ltd. (Australia).
1. Introduction
1.1 Market Definition
1.2 Study Deliverables
1.3 Base Currency, Base Year and Forecast Periods
1.4 General Study Assumptions
2. Research Methodology
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Research Phases
2.2.1 Secondary Research
2.2.2 Primary Research
2.2.3 Econometric Modelling
2.2.4 Expert Validation
2.3 Analysis Design
2.4 Study Timeline
3. Overview
3.1 Executive Summary
3.2 Key Inferences
3.3 Epidemology
4. Drivers, Restraints, Opportunities, and Challenges Analysis (DROC)
4.1 Market Drivers
4.2 Market Restraints
4.3 Key Challenges
4.4 Current Opportunities in the Market
5. Market Segmentation
5.1 Form
5.1.1 Introduction
5.1.2 Liquid
5.1.3 Powdered
5.1.4 Flakes
5.1.5 Y-o-Y Growth Analysis, By Form
5.1.6 Market Attractiveness Analysis, By Form
5.1.7 Market Share Analysis, By Form
5.2 Type
5.2.1 Introduction
5.2.2 Brown Seaweed
5.2.3 Red Seaweed
5.2.4 Green Seaweed
5.2.5 Y-o-Y Growth Analysis, By Type
5.2.6 Market Attractiveness Analysis, By Type
5.2.7 Market Share Analysis, By Type
5.3 Application
5.3.1 Introduction
5.3.2 Agriculture
5.3.3 Animal Feed
5.3.4 Human Feed
5.3.5 Other Applications
5.3.6 Y-o-Y Growth Analysis, By Application
5.3.7 Market Attractiveness Analysis, By Application
5.3.8 Market Share Analysis, By Application
6. Geographical Analysis
6.1 Introduction
6.1.1 Regional Trends
6.1.2 Impact Analysis
6.1.3 Y-o-Y Growth Analysis
6.1.3.1 By Geographical Area
6.1.3.2 By Form
6.1.3.3 By Type
6.1.3.4 By Application
6.1.4 Market Attractiveness Analysis
6.1.4.1 By Geographical Area
6.1.4.2 By Form
6.1.4.3 By Type
6.1.4.4 By Application
6.1.5 Market Share Analysis
6.1.5.1 By Geographical Area
6.1.5.2 By Form
6.1.5.3 By Type
6.1.5.4 By Application
6.2 U.K
6.3 Spain
6.4 Germany
6.5 Italy
6.6 France
7. Strategic Analysis
7.1 PESTLE analysis
7.1.1 Political
7.1.2 Economic
7.1.3 Social
7.1.4 Technological
7.1.5 Legal
7.1.6 Environmental
7.2 Porter’s Five analysis
7.2.1 Bargaining Power of Suppliers
7.2.2 Bargaining Power of Consumers
7.2.3 Threat of New Entrants
7.2.4 Threat of Substitute Products and Services
7.2.5 Competitive Rivalry within the Industry
8. Market Leaders' Analysis
8.1 Cargill
8.1.1 Overview
8.1.2 Product Analysis
8.1.3 Financial analysis
8.1.4 Recent Developments
8.1.5 SWOT analysis
8.1.6 Analyst View
8.2 Roullier
8.3 E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
8.4 Gelymar SA
8.5 Biostadt India Limited
8.6 Acadian Seaplants
8.7 Comp GmbH
8.8 CP Kelco
8.9 Seasol International
9. Competitive Landscape
9.1 Market share analysis
9.2 Merger and Acquisition Analysis
9.3 Agreements, collaborations and Joint Ventures
9.4 New Product Launches
10. Market Outlook and Investment Opportunities
Appendix
a) List of Tables
b) List of Figures
