Report Buyer, the online destination for business intelligence for major industry sectors, has now added a new report showing that China’s telecommunications sector continues to be dynamic across most segments of the market. With the mobile sector still expanding the long-awaited licensing of 3G services is getting closer and is predicted to give the market yet another boost.

2007 Asia - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband in China reports that China has the world’s largest mobile subscriber base, passing 450 million in early 2007. The country’s largest mobile operator, China Mobile, is the world’s largest in terms of subscribers and having passed 300 million in December 2006, it was still growing at more than 20% coming into 2007.

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Report Buyer, the online destination for business intelligence, has added a new report showing that the global market for cardiovascular diagnostics, drugs and devices will be worth $119.8 billion in 2007. This is expected to increase to over $192.4 billion by 2012, experiencing a compound average annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.9%.

Cardiovascular Medicine: Diagnostics, Drugs and Devices reports that the market is broken down into applications of cardiovascular diagnostics, drugs and devices. Of these, cardiovascular drugs is the largest in terms of revenue. Valued at $82.4 billion in 2007, it is expected to reach $121.6 billion by 2012, a CAGR of 8.1%.

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Report Buyer, the online destination for business intelligence, has added a new report showing that the average price of EU clothing imports from Vietnam was slashed by 40% last year. At the same time, the average price of clothing imports from all sources rose by 1.9%. As a result of these changes, Vietnamese clothing prices were less than half of those from other sources.

Trends in EU Textile and Clothing Imports reports that the drop in prices- from Euro 11.29 per kg to Euro 6.76 per kg - coincided with a colossal 147% increase in the volume of imports from Vietnam. In fact, Vietnam became the EU’s fifth biggest clothing supplier in volume last year - although in value terms it did not even rank among the top ten suppliers because its prices were so low.

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Report Buyer, the online destination for business intelligence, has added a new report showing that the global market for non-reactive components for fuel cell balance-of-plant is expected to be worth $138 million in 2007. This is expected to increase to over $326 million by 2012, a compound average annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18.8%.

Demand For Nonreactive Components for Fuel Cell Balance of Plant reports that although demand for non-reactive components for fuel cell balance-of-plant will continue to increase over the forecast period, the percentage penetration will reduce from 8.3% in 2007 to 2.5% in 2012. This is because the global fuel cell market will reach $13 billion in 2012, from $1.7 billion in 2007, a CAGR of 50%.

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Report Buyer, the online destination for business intelligence for major industry sectors, has now added a new report showing that the U.S. market for food safety testing will be worth $2.1 billion in 2007.  This is expected to increase to over $2.8 billion by 2012, experiencing a compound average annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.8%.

Food Safety Testing: The U.S. Market reports that the market is broken down by contaminant type including pathogens, genetically modified organisms (GMOs), toxins, residues and others. Of these, pathogen testing has the largest share of the market. Valued at nearly $1.8 billion in 2007, this segment is expected to be worth $2.4 billion by 2012, a CAGR of 5.1%.

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Report Buyer, the online destination for business intelligence for major industry sectors, has now added a new report showing that growing price competition is forcing food ingredient companies to sell products and byproducts to the healthcare industry, to sustain profitable growth. By selling these products to pharmaceutical, medical foods, or biomedical device companies, food ingredient companies have a potential of generating $1 billion.

Healthcare Opportunities for Food Ingredient Manufacturers reports that thousands of bioactive phytochemicals have established pharmaceutical or medicinal applications. The report shows that food-grade pectin, used as a thickening agent and stabilizer in food, tops the industry’s list of ingredients most likely to succeed in healthcare. Useful for such applications as drug delivery, gene repair, and tissue repair, pectin offers food ingredient manufacturers as much as $890 million in sales to the healthcare industry.

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Source: Convenience Store Decisions 4 December 2007

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Report Buyer, the online destination for business intelligence for major industry sectors, has now added a new report showing that energy drinks, including market pop star Red Bull, are expected to ride the non-carbonated wave rushing the drink scene, growing at an annual rate of 12% and surpassing $9 billion by 2011.

Energy Drinks in the U.S. reports that although energy drinks just accounted for two percent of all non-alcoholic drinks sold in mass-market channels tracked in 2006, the phenomenal growth seen in recent years could continue, propelling energy drinks to capture a larger share of the market.

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Report Buyer, the online destination for business intelligence for major industry sectors, has now added a new report showing that by 2012 the gourmet/premium foods and drinks industry should rise to $96 billion, with the cheese and dairy sector expected to post the highest growth rate at 13%.

Gourmet, Specialty and Premium Foods and Beverages in the U.S reports that connoisseurs craving gourmet, specialty and premium foods and drinks, consumed mass quantities in 2007 valued at $59 billion — a growth of 10.9% over 2006.

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Report Buyer, the online destination for business intelligence, has added a new report showing that the global telecom services revenue reached US$1.5 trillion in 2006, representing a 7.4% increase on 2005, and a slight slowing of growth (which was 8.8% between 2004 and 2005).

Global Telecom Market Status and Forecast reports that over the projected period to the end of 2011, growth is projected to slow to a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.2% and revenue is expected to increase by US$347 billion to reach almost US$1.9 trillion.

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