This report studies the global Agar market status and forecast, categorizes the global Agar market size (value & volume) by key players, type, application, and region. This report focuses on the top players in North America, Europe, China, Japan, Southeast Asia India and Other regions (Middle East & Africa, Central & South America).

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.
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 global Agar market is valued at 280 million US$ in 2017 and will reach 380 million US$ by the end of 2025, growing at a CAGR of 4.0% during 2018-2025.

The major players covered in this report
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

Geographically, this report studies the key regions, focuses on product sales, value, market share and growth opportunity in these regions, covering
United States
Europe
China
Japan
Southeast Asia
India

We can also provide the customized separate regional or country-level reports, for the following regions:
North America
United States
Canada
Mexico
Asia-Pacific
China
India
Japan
South Korea
Australia
Indonesia
Singapore
Rest of Asia-Pacific
Europe
Germany
France
UK
Italy
Spain
Russia
Rest of Europe
Central & South America
Brazil
Argentina
Rest of South America
Middle East & Africa
Saudi Arabia
Turkey
Rest of Middle East & Africa

On the basis of product, this report displays the production, revenue, price, market share and growth rate of each type, primarily split into
Wild Harvest Gelidium Agar
Aquafarm Gelidium Agar
Wild Harvest Gracilaria Agar
Aquafarm Gracilaria Agar
Other Wild Harvest Agar
Other Aquafarm Agar
On the basis on the end users/applications, this report focuses on the status and outlook for major applications/end users, sales volume, market share and growth rate for each application, including
Food Industry
Pharmaceutic
Cosmetics
Daily Chemical
Scientific Research

The study objectives of this report are:
To analyze and study the global Agar sales, value, status (2013-2017) and forecast (2018-2025);
To analyze the top players in North America, Europe, China, Japan, Southeast Asia and India, to study the sales, value and market share of top players in these regions.
Focuses on the key Agar players, to study the sales, value, market share and development plans in future.
Focuses on the global key manufacturers, to define, describe and analyze the market competition landscape, SWOT analysis.
To define, describe and forecast the market by type, application and region.
To analyze the global and key regions market potential and advantage, opportunity and challenge, restraints and risks.
To identify significant trends and factors driving or inhibiting the market growth.
To analyze the opportunities in the market for stakeholders by identifying the high growth segments.
To strategically analyze each submarket with respect to individual growth trend and their contribution to the market
To analyze competitive developments such as expansions, agreements, new product launches, and acquisitions in the market
To strategically profile the key players and comprehensively analyze their growth strategies.

In this study, the years considered to estimate the market size of Agar are as follows:
History Year: 2013-2017
Base Year: 2017
Estimated Year: 2018
Forecast Year 2018 to 2025

For the data information by region, company, type and application, 2017 is considered as the base year. Whenever data information was unavailable for the base year, the prior year has been considered.

Key Stakeholders
Agar Manufacturers
Agar Distributors/Traders/Wholesalers
Agar Subcomponent Manufacturers
Industry Association
Downstream Vendors

Available Customizations
With the given market data, QYResearch offers customizations according to the company's specific needs. The following customization options are available for the report:
Regional and country-level analysis of the Agar market, by end-use.
Detailed analysis and profiles of additional market players.