Japan Meat Market Assessment and Forecast to 2025 - Analyzing Product Categories and Segments, Distribution Channel, Competitive Landscape, Packaging and Consumer Segmentation

The publisher’s Country Profile report on the meat sector in Japan provides insights on high growth markets to target, trends in the usage of packaging materials, types and closures category level distribution data and companies market shares.

The Japan meat sector is led by the fresh meat (counter) category in value and in volume terms. Furthermore, the frozen meat category is forecast to register fastest value growth and the ambient meat category is forecast to register the fastest volume growth during 2020-2025. Hypermarkets & supermarkets is the leading channel in the distribution of meat in the country. Itoham Foods Inc., NH Foods Ltd. and Nichirei are the top three companies in the Japanese meat sector. Rigid plastics is the most commonly used pack material in the Japanese meat sector.

What else is contained?

• Sector data: Overall sector value and volume data with growth analysis for 2015-2025
• Category coverage: Value and growth analysis for ambient meat, chilled raw packaged meat - processed, chilled raw packaged meat - whole cuts, cooked meats - counter, cooked meats - packaged, fresh meat (counter), and frozen meat with inputs on individual segment share within each category and the change in their market share forecast for 2020-2025
• Leading players: Market share of companies (in value terms) and private labels (in value terms) in 2020
• Distribution data: Percentage of sales within each category through distribution channels such as convenience stores, food & drinks specialists, hypermarkets & supermarkets, E-retailers, cash & carries & warehouse clubs, “dollar stores”, variety stores & general merchandise retailers, department stores, and other general retailers.
• Packaging data: consumption breakdown for package materials and pack types in each category, in terms of percentage share of number of units sold. Pack material data for glass, rigid metal, flexible packaging, rigid plastics, and paper & board; pack type for: jar, bag/sachet, tub, stand up pouch, carton - folding, can, tray, film, clamshell, specialty container, and blister pack and other pack type, closure type for: screw top, prize off, twist off, plastic tie, foil, film, and other closure types, primary outer types for: carton - folding, bag, sleeve, shrink wrap, and other primary outer type.

Scope

• Per capita consumption and per capita expenditure of meat was higher in Japan than on a regional level in 2020
• Hypermarkets & supermarkets was the largest distribution channel in the Japanese meat sector.
• Fresh meat (counter) was the leading category in volume terms across the leading cities in the Japanese meat sector in 2020.
• In Japan, consumption of meat is higher among females than males. Furthermore, “kids & babies” represent the largest subset of the meat sector in Japan.
• Private labels are growing at a higher CAGR than brands in the Japanese meat sector
• In the ambient meat category, products with health & wellness claims grew at a higher CAGR than products without health & wellness claims during 2015-2020

Reasons to Buy

• Identify high potential categories and explore further market opportunities based on detailed value and volume analysis
• Existing and new players can analyze key distribution channels to identify and evaluate trends and opportunities
• Gain an understanding of the total competitive landscape based on detailed company share analysis to plan effective market positioning
• Our team of analysts have placed a significant emphasis on changes expected in the market that will provide a clear picture of the opportunities that can be tapped over the next five years, resulting in revenue expansion
• The packaging analysis report helps manufacturers, in identifying the most commonly used packaging materials in the sector
• Analysis on key macro-economic indicators such as real GDP, nominal GDP, consumer price index, household consumption expenditure, population (by age group, gender, rural-urban split, and employed people and unemployment rate. It also includes economic summary of the country along with labor market and demographic trends.