Global Agar Market 2018 by Manufacturers, Regions, Type and Application, Forecast to 2023

Agar or agar-agar is a jelly-like substance, obtained from algae. Agar is derived from the polysaccharide agarose, which forms the supporting structure in the cell walls of certain species of algae, and which is released on boiling. These algae are known as agarophytes and belong to the Rhodophyta (red algae) phylum. Agar is actually the resulting mixture of two components: the linear polysaccharide agarose and a heterogeneous mixture of smaller molecules called agaropectin.

Scope of the Report:
This report focuses on the Agar in global market, especially in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific, South America, Middle East and Africa. This report categorizes the market based on manufacturers, regions, type and application.
The global Agar market was valued at USD 268.58 million in 2016 and is expected to reach USD 338.17 million by 2022.

The technical barriers of Agar are relatively high, resulting in high level concentration degree. The key companies in Agar market are Green Fresh Group, Kingyen, Shantou Chenghai District Agar Glue Factory, Huey shying, Fuli Agar Factory, Mingfu Fujian Agar Co., Marine Hydrocolloids, ROKO, Agarmex, etc. And the enterprises are concentrated in China. China is the largest producer, occupied about 62% production.

According to customer types, Agar is widely used in Food Industry, Pharmaceutic, Cosmetics, Daily Chemical and Scientific Research. In 2016, Agar for Food Industry occupied more than 57% of total amount. With the improvement of living standards and global higher scientific research investment from government, enterprises, research institutions, schools, etc. the demand for Agar is expected to increase during the remaining years of the forecast period of 2017-2022. Agar industry will usher in a stable growth space.

However, the improvement of energy, transportation costs, employee wages, and equipment depreciation will play a significant role in promoting the cost of Agar. Therefore, to some extent, the companies face the risk of profit decline.

The worldwide market for Agar is expected to grow at a CAGR of roughly 3.9% over the next five years, will reach 350 million US$ in 2023, from 280 million US$ in 2017, according to a new study.

Market Segment by Manufacturers, this report covers
Green Fresh Group
Kingyen
Shantou Chenghai District Agar Glue Factory
Huey shyang
Fuli Agar Factory
Mingfu Fujian Agar Co.
Marine Hydrocolloids
ROKO
Agarmex
Hispanagar
Sobigel
B&V Agar
Iberagar
Global BioIngredients
Fujian Global Ocean Biotechnology
Taike Biotechnology
Agar Brasileiro
Fujian Wuyi Feiyan Agar

Market Segment by Regions, regional analysis covers
North America (United States, Canada and Mexico)
Europe (Germany, France, UK, Russia and Italy)
Asia-Pacific (China, Japan, Korea, India and Southeast Asia)
South America (Brazil, Argentina, Colombia etc.)
Middle East and Africa (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, Nigeria and South Africa)

Market Segment by Type, covers
Wild Harvest Gelidium Agar
Aquafarm Gelidium Agar
Wild Harvest Gracilaria Agar
Aquafarm Gracilaria Agar
Other Wild Harvest Agar
Other Aquafarm Agar

Market Segment by Applications, can be divided into
Food Industry
Pharmaceutic
Cosmetics
Daily Chemical
Scientific Research

There are 15 Chapters to deeply display the global Agar market.
Chapter 1, to describe Agar Introduction, product scope, market overview, market opportunities, market risk, market driving force;
Chapter 2, to analyze the top manufacturers of Agar, with sales, revenue, and price of Agar, in 2016 and 2017;
Chapter 3, to display the competitive situation among the top manufacturers, with sales, revenue and market share in 2016 and 2017;
Chapter 4, to show the global market by regions, with sales, revenue and market share of Agar, for each region, from 2013 to 2018;
Chapter 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, to analyze the market by countries, by type, by application and by manufacturers, with sales, revenue and market share by key countries in these regions;
Chapter 10 and 11, to show the market by type and application, with sales market share and growth rate by type, application, from 2013 to 2018;
Chapter 12, Agar market forecast, by regions, type and application, with sales and revenue, from 2018 to 2023;
Chapter 13, 14 and 15, to describe Agar sales channel, distributors, traders, dealers, Research Findings and Conclusion, appendix and data source

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