Organic Retail Food Industry Market Research

Organic Retail Food Industry Market Research

Overview of the industry (Global)

Mass market retailers (supermarkets, specialty stores / warehouses and hypermarkets) constantly improve its market share due to the expansion of their networks worldwide. Overall, conventional retailers contributed over 50% of Global sales in 2010. The demand for organic food is increasing in conventional food stores due to the development of private labels and increasing interest of large retailers such as Wal-Mart, Tesco, Safeway and others.

Globally, countries that have the largest number of organic food producers are India, Uganda and Global. In addition, more than one third of organic producers are in Africa. This indicates that there are exciting prospects for exporters from developing country. In Latin America, Global and Argentina have most of the organic food market. In 1999, the estimated consumption of organic products in Global was 150 million dollars. The production of organic food is growing at a rate between 30% and 50% per year. In 2001, Global had approximately 275,576 hectares of land under organic management. In 2004, there were about 841 769 hectares of land under organic management, with about 19,003 organic farms. The number of organic producers in 2004 was about 14 000. Currently, drive sales is about 250 million dollars, of which over 70% are exported to countries like the United States and other European nations.

Most organic products are exported fresh fruits, vegetables, dried fruits, meat, drinks, tissues, etc. Global is also a supplier of organic ingredients used in various industries such as pharmaceutical, personal care and cosmetics.

History of the Industry and Recent Advances

Non conventional products as organic chocolates are made in Global for export. Research is underway to include more organic products under the banner.

Without a doubt, Global is prepared for growth in the organic sector and the day is not far when Global will be among the top three nations in the world in organic production.

Responsible for 2.5% of Global trade in food and drinks, the market for organic products has tripled its sales in eight years, from the range of $ 15 billion in 1999 to $ 46 billion in 2007. The expectation is to reach the 2050 level of U.S. $ 210 billion.

The chances are increased if it is 100% organic foods are produced and processed. As such this occupied only 10% of the field of agricultural use of the country while exports generate revenues close to $ 300 million.

In total agricultural food exports in globally could reach a value of 20,000 million dollars in 2011, according to the regulator of business GS1 standards.

Global is leading exporter of fruits and green chili, avocado and orange, however, although the products are of high quality, the incident of organic foodellosis found in papaya sold in the United States caused the Food and Drug Administration (FDA, for its acronym in English) issued an import alert, which prohibits the entry of Mexican papayas produced by 28 companies in most of the country.

Except for those companies that have a record of ...