Summary

The report provides top-level market analysis, information and insights into the Chinese packaging industry, including:
-Current, historic and forecast values and trends for the Chinese packaging industry, including individual categories
-Comprehensive, country-specific analysis of the industry¡¯s market attractiveness, covering key trends and drivers, China¡¯s competitive landscape and benchmarking with other key markets
-Description and analysis of the packaging categories and end-user markets for the overall packaging industry
-Porter¡¯s Five Forces Analysis of all individual categories and overall packaging industry

Table of Contents

1 Executive Summary
2 Future Growth Potential of Packaging in China
2.1 Chinese Packaging Industry Overview
2.1.1 The packaging industry has grown in line with China's economy and population
2.1.2 Rapid growth in China's pharmaceuticals market is driving the packaging industry
2.1.3 The financial crisis in the West is expected to benefit China's packaging industry
2.1.4 Urbanization is driving the packaging boom
2.2 Chinese Packaging Industry Future Outlook
2.3 Chinese Packaging Material Size
2.4 China Packaging Material Market Size by Category
2.4.1 Paper and board packaging
2.4.2 Flexible plastic packaging
2.4.3 Rigid plastic packaging
2.4.4 Metal packaging
2.4.5 Glass packaging
2.5 China Packaging Machinery Market Size
3 China's Packaging Market Benchmarking
3.1 Ranking in the Global Packaging Space
3.2 Global Packaging Market Growth Potential
3.3 Market Shares in Paper and Board Packaging
3.4 Market Shares in Flexible Plastic
3.5 Market Shares in Rigid Plastic
3.6 Market Shares in Metal Packaging
3.7 Market Shares in Glass Packaging
4 Market Environment, Growth Drivers and Challenges
4.1 Macroeconomic Factors
4.1.1 GDP growth
4.1.2 Annual disposable income
4.1.3 Inflation
4.2 Regulatory Environment
4.3 Key End-user Market Drivers
4.3.1 Industry growth
4.3.2 Market drivers-food and beverages
4.3.3 Market drivers-pharmaceuticals
4.3.4 Market drivers-PET bottles
4.3.5 Market drivers-retail
4.4 Emerging Business Strategy Trends
4.4.1 Robust economic growth to drive the packaging industry
4.4.2 Urbanization and the aspiring middle class are fueling the packaging boom
4.4.3 China's economic reconstruction removes government subsidies
4.4.4 New environmental regulations to bolster growth in the packaging industry
4.4.5 Reforms and foreign investment set to drive China's packaging industry
4.5 Key Challenges
4.5.1 Intellectual property regulations
4.5.2 Longer-term returns on investment
4.5.3 Ineffective advertising and media management
4.5.4 Complicated currency
4.5.5 Environmental pollution
5 Chinese Packaging Trade Dynamics
5.1 Trade Dynamics-Overview
5.2 Packaging Imports and Exports: Category Analysis
5.2.1 Paper and board packaging
5.2.2 Flexible plastic packaging
5.2.3 Rigid plastic packaging
5.2.4 Metal packaging
5.2.5 Glass packaging
5.2.6 Packaging machinery
6 Industry Structure and Competitive Landscape
6.1 Competitive Landscape: Overview
6.1.1 Key operators in the industry
6.1.2 Metal packaging is highly fragmented with several domestic companies
6.1.3 Flexible plastic packaging category set to consolidate
6.1.4 The beer bottles sub-category is dominated by foreign investors
6.1.5 A large number of domestic businesses are present in paper and board packaging
6.1.6 Rigid plastic packaging is moderately fragmented with domestic dominance
6.2 Industry Dynamics: Five Forces Analysis
6.3 Five Forces Analysis: Paper and Board
6.3.1 Bargaining power of supplier: low to medium
6.3.2 Bargaining power of buyer: medium
6.3.3 Barriers to entry: medium
6.3.4 Intensity of rivalry: high
6.3.5 Threat of substitution: low
6.4 Five Forces Analysis: Flexible Plastic
6.4.1 Bargaining power of supplier: medium to high
6.4.2 Bargaining power of buyer: medium to high
6.4.3 Barriers to entry: low to medium
6.4.4 Intensity of rivalry: high
6.4.5 Threat of substitution: low
6.5 Five Forces Analysis: Rigid Plastic
6.5.1 Bargaining power of supplier: medium
6.5.2 Bargaining power of buyer: high
6.5.3 Barriers to entry: low to medium
6.5.4 Intensity of rivalry: high
6.5.5 Threat of substitution: low to medium
6.6 Five Forces Analysis: Metal Packaging
6.6.1 Bargaining power of supplier: high
6.6.2 Bargaining power of buyer: medium
6.6.3 Barriers to entry: medium
6.6.4 Intensity of rivalry: high
6.6.5 Threat of substitution: medium
6.7 Five Forces Analysis: Glass
6.7.1 Bargaining power of supplier: medium
6.7.2 Bargaining power of buyer: medium
6.7.3 Barrier to entry: low
6.7.4 Intensity of rivalry: high
6.7.5 Threat of substitution: medium
7 Appendix
7.1 About BRICdata
7.2 Methodology
7.3 Definitions
7.4 Disclaimer