Cement in Japan

Cement in Japan industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value 2009-13, and forecast to 2018). 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 Japan cement market. Includes market size data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

For the purposes of this profile, cement is taken to be hydraulic cement (e.g. Portland cement) used for construction and similar purposes. Volumes are for the annual consumption of cement within the specified geography, whether produced domestically or imported. The profile focuses on manufacturers, so volumes include cement sold by them in dry form, cement sold as a component of ready-mix concrete slurry, and so on. Values are calculated by multiplying total volumes by the average annual bulk price of dry cement per tonne. All currency conversions were carried out using constant average annual 2013 exchange rates.

The Japanese cement market had total revenues of $5,073.4m in 2013, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.3% between 2009 and 2013.

Market consumption volume increased with a CAGR of 2.4% between 2009-2013, to reach a total of 49.4 million tonnes in 2013.

The performance of the market is forecast to accelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 4.9% for the five-year period 2013 – 2018, which is expected to drive the market to a value of $6,435.0m by the end of 2018.

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Macroeconomic indicators provide insight into general trends within the Japan economy

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What was the size of the Japan cement market by value in 2013?

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Companies mentioned

Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd., Taiheiyo Cement Corporation and Ube Industries

Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Executive Summary 2

Market value 2

Market value forecast 2

Market volume 2

Market volume forecast 2

Geography segmentation 2

Market rivalry 2

Market Overview 7

Market definition 7

Market analysis 7

Market Data 8

Market value 8

Market volume 9

Market Segmentation 10

Geography segmentation 10

Market Outlook 11

Market value forecast 11

Market volume forecast 12

Five Forces Analysis 13

Summary 13

Buyer power 14

Supplier power 15

New entrants 16

Threat of substitutes 17

Degree of rivalry 18

Leading Companies 19

Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. 19

Taiheiyo Cement Corporation 23

Ube Industries 26

Macroeconomic Indicators 29

Country Data 29

Appendix 31

Methodology 31

Industry associations 32

Related MarketLine research 32

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1: Japan cement market value: $ million, 200913 8

Table 2: Japan cement market volume: million tonnes, 200913 9

Table 3: Japan cement market geography segmentation: $ million, 2013 10

Table 4: Japan cement market value forecast: $ million, 201318 11

Table 5: Japan cement market volume forecast: million tonnes, 201318 12

Table 6: Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd.: key facts 19

Table 7: Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd.: key financials ($) 20

Table 8: Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd.: key financials (Â¥) 20

Table 9: Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd.: key financial ratios 21

Table 10: Taiheiyo Cement Corporation: key facts 23

Table 11: Taiheiyo Cement Corporation: key financials ($) 24

Table 12: Taiheiyo Cement Corporation: key financials (Â¥) 24

Table 13: Taiheiyo Cement Corporation: key financial ratios 24

Table 14: Ube Industries: key facts 26

Table 15: Ube Industries: key financials ($) 27

Table 16: Ube Industries: key financials (Â¥) 27

Table 17: Ube Industries: key financial ratios 27

Table 18: Japan size of population (million), 200913 29

Table 19: Japan gdp (constant 2005 prices, $ billion), 200913 29

Table 20: Japan gdp (current prices, $ billion), 200913 29

Table 21: Japan inflation, 200913 30

Table 22: Japan consumer price index (absolute), 200913 30

Table 23: Japan exchange rate, 200913 30

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1: Japan cement market value: $ million, 200913 8

Figure 2: Japan cement market volume: million tonnes, 200913 9

Figure 3: Japan cement market geography segmentation: % share, by value, 2013 10

Figure 4: Japan cement market value forecast: $ million, 201318 11

Figure 5: Japan cement market volume forecast: million tonnes, 201318 12

Figure 6: Forces driving competition in the cement market in Japan, 2013 13

Figure 7: Drivers of buyer power in the cement market in Japan, 2013 14

Figure 8: Drivers of supplier power in the cement market in Japan, 2013 15

Figure 9: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the cement market in Japan, 2013 16

Figure 10: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the cement market in Japan, 2013 17

Figure 11: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the cement market in Japan, 2013 18

Figure 12: Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd.: revenues & profitability 21

Figure 13: Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd.: assets & liabilities 22

Figure 14: Taiheiyo Cement Corporation: revenues & profitability 25

Figure 15: Taiheiyo Cement Corporation: assets & liabilities 25

Figure 16: Ube Industries: revenues & profitability 28

Figure 17: Ube Industries: assets & liabilities 28

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