Report on Japanese Supplement Market Available 31848

Report on Japanese Supplement Market Available

TARRYTOWN, N.Y.--The Japanese market fornutritional supplements expanded by 22 percent in 2001 to top $8.22 billion,according to a new market research report available from Paul Yamaguchi &Associates. The 110-page report, Nutritional Supplement Japan 2002,covers the dietary supplement industry in Japan, including consumer anddistribution profiles, market characteristics, value chains, trends, regulatorychanges and more.

For example, the report notes that direct sales channelscontinue to be the "locomotive of the industry," generating 72 percentof total nutritional supplement sales. On the ingredient side, the top botanicalsales were for prune ($208 million), Panax ginseng ($167 million) andaloe vera ($167 million), while non-botanical top products were royal jelly($375 million), chlorella ($333 million) and propolis ($292 million). In salesvolume, the top category was non-herbal products at $3.5 billion; othercategories included botanical and herbal products ($2.12 billion), vitamins($1.1 billion), minerals ($671 million) and fungal ($580 million).

The report is $399, which includes a free copy of the 20-pagespecial report on Upcoming Ingredients Japan 2001. Further details areavailable online (www.functionalfoodsjapan.com).