The Baby Food Sector in Japan, 2018
Region:Asia
Product Code:BF229MR
April 2018
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About the Report
The Baby Food Sector in Japan, 2018
Summary
The Baby Food Sector in Japan, 2018, is an analytical report by GlobalData which provides extensive and highly detailed current and future market trends in the Japanese market.
Although baby food is expensive by international standards, it remains affordable to most mothers, but the market has been plagued by steeply declining birth numbers. Value sales have been static as a result of deflation and a decline in consumption of milks, the most expensive category. Volume sales have risen a little, growth mostly coming from meals and drinks, but milks have been negatively affected by rising breastfeeding rates and bad publicity. The market relies almost totally on domestic production. A handful of local manufacturers (Meiji, Wakodo, Morinaga Milk, Kewpie, Pigeon and Snow Brand Beanstalk) have dominated the market since its inception. Imports are negligible, but exports have increased strongly since 2013. The top three manufacturers accounted for 68.3% of 2017 market value. The withdrawal of Meiji from the non-milk categories in 2016 boosted the shares of most of its competitors. Pharmacies and drugstores continue to account for a significant share of value sales, thanks to their importance in milks, but specialist baby stores have seen their share rise. Supermarkets and hypermarkets (including their online shopping sites) are particularly important in urban areas, and now form the most important channel. Against the backdrop of a continuing fall in the number of births and low price rises, retail sales are not expected to show much growth in real terms between 2017 and 2023. Consumption is predicted to increase marginally.
What else does this report offer?
- Consumption data based upon a unique combination of industry research, fieldwork, market sizing work and our in-house expertise to offer extensive data about the trends and dynamics affecting the industry.
- Detailed profile of the companies operating and new companies considering entry in the industry along with their key focus product sectors.
- Market profile of the various product sectors with the key features & developments, segmentation, per capita trends and the various manufacturers & brands.
- Overview of baby food retailing with a mention of the major retailers in the country along with the distribution channel.
- Future projections considering various trends which are likely to affect the industry.
Scope
- Japanese consumers are generally very health-conscious and are used to paying relatively high prices for premium and organic products.
- Manufacturers have increased the number of ranges that do not contain the most common allergens. In late 2010, Kewpie advertised a new line as 7-dai allergen fushiyo
- In value terms, wet meals made up 84.4% of the total in 2016, and increased over the 79.4% they claimed in 2010. In 2015 and 2016, however, the last two years for which figures are available, dry meals rallied slightly, claiming 15.6% of retail sales in 2016, compared with only 14.2% in 2014.
- With birth rates expected to continue falling, the overall size of the baby population (aged 0-3 years) is expected to decline to 2.6 million by 2023, compared with 2.9 million in 2017, a decrease of 12.4%.
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Scope of the Report
Products
Companies
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Introduction
Executive Summary
Definations
Background to the Market
Birth
The Consumer
Socio-Demographic Trends
Working Women
Regulations
Breastfeeding Trends
Market Overview
Sector Overview
Manufacturers Shares
The Future
CategoryAnalysis
Baby Milks
Meals
Baby Drinks
Finger Foods
Production and trade
Production
Exports
Company profiles
Meiji Company Ltd
Wakodo Company Ltd
Morinaga Milk Industry
Snow Brand Milk/Bean Stalk Snow Co.
Kewpie Corporation
Pigeon Corporation
Glico Group
Other Manufacturers
Distribution
Baby Food Retailing
Economic Background
Key Macroeconomic Forecasts
Prospects and forecasts
Birth & Population Projections
Forecast Overview
Consumer Attitude
Appendix
Research Methodology
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