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Introduction Report Coverage Executive Summary Other Access Asia Reports of Possible Interest Free Monthly Online Newsletters Glossary 1 China’s Ready Meals Market 1.1 Overview of China’s Ready Meals Market 1.2 China’s Total Food Market 1.2.1 Total Food Market: Food and Non-food Sales Table 1.1 Total Current Value Retail Sales By Food And Non-Food In China, 1996-2002 1.2.2 Total Food Market: Food/Non-food Sales Split Table 1.2 Percentage Breakdown Of Sales By Food And Non-Food In China 1996-2002 1.2.3 Total Food Market: Urban and Rural Split Table 1.3 Total Current Value Retail Sales By Food And Non-Food In China, 1996-2002 1.2.4 Total Food Market: Total Value Trends Table 1.4 Current Value Of Food Sales By Major Product Category In China, 1996-2002 1.2.5 Total Food Market: Urban Value Trends Table 1.5 Urban Food Sales Value By Major Product Category In China, 1996-2002 1.2.6 Total Food Market: Rural Value Trends Table 1.6 Value Of Rural Food Sales By Major Product Category In China, 1996-2002 1.3 China’s Total Ready Meals Market 1.3.1 Ready Meals Market: Total Market Size in Value Terms Table 1.7 Total Market For Ready Meals In China By Value 1996-2002 1.3.2 Ready Meals Market: Food Market Significance Table 1.8 The Market For Ready Meals As A Proportion Of Total Food Sales In China, 1994-1998 1.3.3 Ready Meals Market: Total Market Size in Volume Terms Table 1.9 Total Market For Ready Meals In China By Volume 1996-2002 1.4 China’s Canned Ready Meals Market 1.4.1 Canned Ready Meals Sector: Subsector Values & Volumes Table 1.10 Market For Canned Ready Meals By Value & Volume In China, 1996-2002 1.4.2 Canned Ready Meals Sector: Subsector Breakdown Table 1.11 Percentage Breakdown Of Canned Ready Meals By Value & Volume In China, 1996-2002 1.4.3 Canned Ready Meals Sector: Growth Rates Table 1.12 % Annual Growth For Canned Ready Meals By Value & Volume In China, 1996-2002 1.5 China’s Chilled Ready Meals Market 1.5.1 Chilled Ready Meals Sector: Subsector Values & Volumes Table 1.13 Chilled Ready Meals Sector Value & Volume Retail Sales By Subsector In China, 1996-2002 1.5.2 Chilled Ready Meals Sector: Subsector Breakdown Table 1.14 % Breakdown Of The Chilled Ready Meals Sector Value & Volume Retail Sales By Subsector In China, 1996-2002 1.5.3 Chilled Ready Meals Sector: Subsector Growth Table 1.15 Annual Growth Of The Chilled Ready Meals Sector Value & Volume Retail Sales By Subsector In China, 1996-2002 1.6 China’s Frozen Ready Meals Market Values 1.6.1 Frozen Ready Meals: Sector Value Table 1.16 Retail Value Sales Of Frozen Ready Meals In China, 1996-2002 1.6.2 Frozen Ready Meals: Sector Value Breakdown Table 1.17 % Breakdown Of Retail Value Sales Of Frozen Ready Meals In China, 1996-2002 1.6.3 Frozen Ready Meals: Sector Value Growth Table 1.18 % Annual Growth For Retail Value Sales Of Frozen Ready Meals In China, 1996-2002 1.6.4 Frozen Ready Meals: Sector Volume Table 1.19 Retail Volume Sales Of Frozen Ready Meals In China, 1996-2002 1.6.5 Frozen Ready Meals: Sector Volume Breakdown Table 1.20 % Breakdown Of Retail Volume Sales Of Frozen Ready Meals In China, 1996-2002 1.6.6 Frozen Ready Meals: Sector Volume Growth Table 1.21 % Annual Growth For Retail Volume Sales Of Frozen Ready Meals In China, 1996-2002 1.7 Prices 1.7.1 Prices: Retail Price Indices Table 1.22 Retail Price Indices By Broad Sector In China, 1996-2002 1.7.2 Prices: Canned Ready Meals Average Unit Values Table 1.23 Average Canned Ready Meals Retail Price Of Ready Meals In China, 1996-2002 1.7.3 Prices: Canned Ready Meals Selected Retail Prices Table 1.24 Selected Canned Ready Meals Prices In Beijing And Shanghai 2003 1.7.4 Prices: Chilled Ready Meals Average Unit Values Table 1.25 Average Unit Retail Prices On Chilled Ready Meals By Sector In China, 1996-2002 Table 1.26 Growth Of Average Unit Retail Prices On Chilled Ready Meals By Sector, 1996-2002 1.7.5 Prices: Chilled Ready Meals Selected Retail Prices Table 1.27 Retail Prices On Selected Chilled Ready Meals In Shanghai & Beijing 2003 1.7.6 Prices: Frozen Ready Meals Average Unit Prices Table 1.28 Average Frozen Ready Meals Product Retail Prices In China, 1996-2002 1.7.7 Prices: Frozen Ready Meals Average Unit Price Growth Table 1.29 Percentage Annual Growth Of Average Frozen Ready Meals Product Retail Prices In China, 1996-2002 1.7.8 Prices: Frozen Ready Meals Selected Retail Prices Table 1.30 Retail Prices On Selected Frozen Ready Meals Products In China 2003 1.8 Ready Meals Outlook 1.8.1 Outlook: Forecast Trends 1.8.2 Outlook: Total Sector Values Table 1.31 Total Forecast Market For Ready Meals In China By Value 2003-2007 1.8.3 Outlook: Canned Ready Meals Sector Values & Volumes Table 1.32 Forecast Sales Of Canned Ready Meals By Value & Volume In China, 2003-2007 1.8.4 Outlook: Canned Ready Meals Sector Value & Volume Breakdown Table 1.33 Forecast Percentage Breakdown Of Canned Ready Meals By Value & Volume In China, 2003-2007 1.8.5 Outlook: Canned Ready Meals Sector Value & Volume Growth Table 1.34 Forecast Annual Growth Of Canned Ready Meals In China, 2003-2007 1.8.6 Outlook: Chilled Ready Meals Sector Values & Volumes Table 1.35 Forecast Value & Volume Sales Of Chilled Ready Meals By Value & Volume In China, 2003-2007 1.8.7 Outlook: Chilled Ready Meals Sector Value & Volume Breakdown Table 1.36 Forecast Percentage Value & Volume Breakdown Of Chilled Ready Meals By Value & Volume In China, 2003-2007 1.8.8 Outlook: Chilled Ready Meals Sector Value & Volume Growth Table 1.37 Forecast Annual Value & Volume Growth Of Chilled Ready Meals By Value & Volume In China, 2003-2007 1.8.9 Outlook: Frozen Ready Meals Sector Values & Volumes Table 1.38 Forecast Retail Sales Of Frozen Ready Meals In China By Value & Volume, 2003-2007 1.8.10 Outlook: Frozen Ready Meals Sector Value & Volume Breakdown Table 1.39 Forecast % Breakdown Of Frozen Ready Meals Retail Sales By Value & Volume In China, 2003-2007 1.8.11 Outlook: Frozen Ready Meals Sector Value & Volume Growth Table 1.40 Forecast Annual % Growth Of Frozen Ready Meals Retail Sales By Value & Volume In China, 2003-2007 1.9 Current Issues 1.9.1 Current Issues: Legislation 1.9.2 Current Issues: Food Safety 1.9.3 Current Issues: Refrigerator Ownership Table 1.41 Household Ownership Of Refrigerators By Urban/Rural Divide In China, 1995-2002 1.9.4 Current Issues: Freezer Ownership Table 1.42 Number Of Owners Of Freezers Per 100 Urban Households In China, 1998-2002 1.9.5 Current Issues: Black Market Products 2 Marketing & Distribution 2.1 Marketing 2.1.1 Marketing: Trends 2.2 Distribution 2.2.1 Distribution: Wholesale Distribution 2.2.2 Distribution: Retail Sales by Outlet Table 2.1 Percentage Breakdown Of Ready Meals Sales By Outlet Type In China 2000/2002 3 SWOT Analysis 3.1 Strengths 3.2 Weaknesses 3.3 Opportunities 3.4 Threats 4 Company Profiles 4.1 Beijing Sanyuan Foods Company Ltd 4.1.1 Beijing Sanyuan Foods: Company Details 4.1.2 Beijing Sanyuan Foods: Company Background & China Activities 4.1.3 Beijing Sanyuan Foods: Financial Summary Table 4.1 Beijing Sanyuan Foods Company Ltd: Financial Results 1998/1999* Table 4.2 Beijing Enterprises Holdings Ltd.: Financial Results 1998/1999 4.2 Diageo 4.2.1 Diageo: Company Details 4.2.2 Diageo: Company Background 4.2.3 Diageo: Financial Results Table 4.3 Diageo: Financial Results 2001/2002* 4.2.4 Diageo: Future Strategies 4.3 Guangdong Jinman 4.4 Hormel Foods Corporation 4.4.1 Hormel: Company Details 4.4.2 Hormel: Company Background 4.4.3 Hormel: China Operations 4.4.4 Hormel: Financial Results Table 4.4 Hormel: Financial Results 2001/2002* 4.5 Hangzhou Wufeng Cold Food Company Ltd 4.6 Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Co. Ltd 4.6.1 Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Co. Ltd: Company Details 4.6.2 Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Co. Ltd: Company Background 4.6.3 Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Co. Ltd: Activities 4.6.4 Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Co. Ltd: Financial Results Table 4.5 Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Co. Ltd: Financial Results 1997-2000 4.7 Jinhua Iceman Foods Company Ltd 4.8 Jinhua Tianyuan Foods Company Ltd 4.9 Nanjing Yurun Food Company 4.9.1 Nanjing Yurun Food Co.: Company Details 4.9.2 Nanjing Yurun Food Co.: Company Background 4.10 Nestlé SA 4.10.1 Nestlé: Company Details 4.10.2 Nestlé SA: Company Background Table 4.6 Nestlé: Financial Results 2001/2002* 4.10.3 Nestlé SA: China Operations 4.10.4 Nestlé SA: Future Strategy 4.11 Pacific Andes International Holdings Ltd 4.11.1 Pacific Andes: Company Details 4.11.2 Pacific Andes: Company Background & Activities 4.12 Perdue Farms Inc 4.13 Shandong Foreign Economic & Trade Food General Factory 4.14 Shanghai Guanshengyuan Factory 4.14.1 Shanghai Guanshengyuan: Company Details 4.14.2 Shanghai Guanshengyuan: Company Background & Activities 5 Contacts 5.1 Trade Organisations 5.1.1 China National Cereals, Oils & Foodstuffs Import & Export Corporation 5.1.2 All-China Federation of Industry & Commerce 5.1.3 China Canned Food Industry Association 5.2 Government Departments 5.2.1 State Economic and Trade Commission - State Light Industry Bureau 6 Relevant Exhibitions & Trade Fairs 6.1 International Packing, Printing, Food Processing & Packaging & Plastic Machinery Fair (Hangzhou) 6.2 Tianjin Exhibition on Food Machinery & Packing 6.3 Trade Show of Machinery for Print, Packaging, Plastic Products & Food 6.4 Food Ingredients & Food Ingredients Asia 6.5 Agro-Foodtech 6.6 SIAL China 6.7 International Fast Food Products Exhibition 6.8 Zhengzhou Sugar, Alcoholic Drink & Food Trade Show 6.9 Guangzhou Exhibition on Machinery for Food, Packaging, Printing & Plastics 6.10 China Northeast International Exhibition on Food, subsidiary Material, Processing Technology & Equipment 6.11 International Exhibition For Food & Drink South China 6.12 International Exhibition For Hotel & Bakery South China 6.13 International Quick Frozen Food Exhibition 6.14 Beijing National Food & Food Processing Machine & Packaging Machinery Show 6.15 Food China 6.16 International Food, Packaging, Print, Plastic Products Exhibition 6.17 Zhejiang Food & Drink Summer Sales Show 6.18 Dalian International Food Manufacturing & Packaging Machine Exhibition/Dalian International Food, Raw Materials & Food Additives Show 6.19 Shanghai International Food Machine & Package Machine Expo 6.20 China International Fair For Food, Food Processing & Packaging 6.21 Shanghai International Supermarket Expo 6.22 Shanghai International Food Expo 6.23 Packtech & Foodtech 6.24 Liaoning Food Show 6.25 Food & Hotel South China 6.26 Chengdu International Food , Food Processing & Packaging Show 6.27 International Food Show 6.28 Interfood Shanghai 6.29 International Food Processing & Packaging Machinery Exhibition 6.30 China Food Industry Exhibition Appendix 1: China Market Background 1.1 Fast Facts 1.2 Regions of China Map 1.1 China: Provinces And Municipalities 1.3 Demographics 1.3.1 Demographics: Total Population Table 1.1 Total Population, 1996-2002 1.3.2 Demographics: Population by Location Table 1.2 Population By Urban-Rural Divide, 1996-2002 1.3.3 Demographics: Population Breakdown by Location Table 1.3 Population Breakdown By Urban-Rural Divide, 1996-2002 1.3.4 Demographics: Population by Province Table 1.4 Population By Province, 1999-2002 1.3.5 Demographics: Population Density by Province Table 1.5 Population Density By Province, 1999-2002 1.3.6 Demographics: Population Concentration Map 1.2 Population Concentrations By Province, 2002 1.3.7 Demographics: Population by Gender Table 1.6 Total Population Breakdown By Gender, 1996-2002 1.3.8 Demographics: Population by Age Group Table 1.7 Population By Age Group, 1996-2002 Table 1.8 Population By Age Group (Percentage), 1996-2002 1.4 Consumer Attitudes 1.4.1 Consumer Attitudes: Overview 1.4.2 Consumer Attitudes: Response to Political Change 1.4.2 Consumer Attitudes: Response to Economic Change 1.4.3 Consumer Attitudes: Changes in Lifestyle Livelihood Individual loans Housing Possessions Travel Entertainment Health and Fitness Purchasing Influences Taboos 1.5 Consumer Wealth 1.5.1 Consumer Wealth: GDP and Cost of Living Dealing with WTO Confident Shoppers Table 1.9 Gdp And Cost Of Living Index, 1996-2002* 1.5.2 Consumer Wealth: Provincial Differences in GDP Table 1.10 Gdp Ranked By Province, 1996-2002* 1.5.3 Consumer Wealth: GDP Growth by Province Table 1.11 Gdp Growth Ranked By Province, 1996-2002* 1.5.4 Consumer Wealth: GDP Per Capita by Province Table 1.12 Per Capita Gdp Ranked By Province, 1999-2002 1.5.5 Consumer Wealth: Concentration of Wealth by Province Map 1.3 Value Of Gdp Per Capita By Province, 2002 1.5.6 Consumer Wealth: The Major Cities Table 1.13 Leading Cities Key Economic Indicators, 2002 1.6 Households 1.6.1 Households: Overview of Household Conditions 1.6.2 Households: Total Households by Size Table 1.14 Number Of Households By Size, 1996-2002 1.6.3 Households: Total households by Urban/Rural Split Table 1.15 Number And Size Of Households By Location, 1996-2002 1.6.4 Households: Income Earners Per Household Table 1.16 Average Number Of Income Earners Per Household, 1996-2002 1.7 Employment 1.7.1 Employment: Number of Workers by Sector Table 1.17 National Employment By Sector, 1996-2002 1.7.2 Employment: Growth by Sector Table 1.18 Growth In Employment By Sector, 1996-2002 1.7.3 Employment: Number of Workers by Gender Table 1.19 Total National Workforce By Gender, 1996-2002 1.7.3 Employment: Number of Workers by Habitation Table 1.20 National Workforce By Habitation, 1996-2002 1.7.4 Employment: Urban Unemployment Table 1.21 Urban Unemployment Rates, 1996-2002 1.8 Consumer Income 1.8.1 Consumer Income: Average Incomes by Sector Table 1.22 Average Incomes By Sector, 1996-2002 1.8.2 Consumer Income: Growth by Sector Table 1.23 Growth In Average Incomes By Sector, 1996-2002 1.8.3 Consumer Income: Average Incomes by Region Table 1.24 Average Incomes By Region, 1998-2002 1.8.4 Consumer Income: Growth by Region Table 1.25 Growth In Average Incomes By Region, 1998-2002 1.9 Consumer Market 1.9.1 Consumer Market: Spending Trends Table 1.26 Consumer Expenditure* By Broad Sector At Current Prices, 1996-2002 1.9.2 Consumer Market: Per Capita Consumer Expenditure Table 1.27 Per Capita Consumer Expenditure* By Broad Sector At Current Prices, 1996-2002 1.9.3 Consumer Market: Retail Sales and Consumer Spending Table 1.28 Retail Sales As A Proportion Of Consumer Expenditure, 1996-2002 1.9.4 Consumer Market: Urban Income and Spending Compared Table 1.29 Urban Average Annual Income/Expenditure, 1996-2002 1.9.5 Consumer Market: Average Urban Weekly Shopping Basket Chart 1.1 Average Weekly Urban Shopping Basket, 2002 1.9.6 Consumer Market: Average Rural Weekly Shopping Basket Chart 1.2 Average Weekly Rural Shopping Basket, 2002 1.9.7 Consumer Market: Average Urban & Rural Weekly Shopping Baskets Compared Chart 1.3 Urban & Rural Shopping Baskets Compared, 2002 1.10 Exchange Rates 1.10.1 Exchange Rates: China Table 1.30 Average Annual Exchange Rates, 1997-2002 1.10.2 Exchange Rates: Hong Kong Table 1.31 Average Annual Exchange Rates, 1997-2002