Abstract
Enzyme demand worldwide to reach $7 billion in 2013
The world market for enzymes will recover from a difficult 2009 to reach $7
billion in 2013. Continued strong demand for specialty enzymes, as well as
above average growth in the animal feed and ethanol production markets, will
drive advances. Reflecting the above-average growth in specialty enzymes,
nucleases and polymerases, along with various other enzyme types, will outpace
the more industrially concentrated lipases, carbohydrases and proteases. From
a regional perspective, the developed economies of North America and Western
Europe will achieve healthy gains, while the fastest growth will continue to
come from the more rapidly developing economies of the Asia/Pacific and
Africa/ Mideast regions, as well as Latin America and Eastern Europe.
World enzyme demand grew at a nearly double-digit pace from 2003 to 2008,
helped in large part by the rapid increase in world energy prices (which made
enzyme-related processes and products more cost effective, and facilitated the
legislation of a rapid expansion of the fuel ethanol market, particularly in
the United States) and the successful launch of several enzyme-containing
pharmaceuticals. With the world in a global economic downturn in 2009,
however, the market for enzymes has become much more challenging, and growth
will moderate significantly going forward.
Pharmaceutical, biocatalyst enzymes to lead growth
Through 2013 world enzyme demand will average annual gains of 6.3 percent per
year, led by pharmaceutical and biocatalyst enzymes, both of which will be
less susceptible to the effects of lowered economic activity. Diagnostics
enzyme demand will also fair well due to expanded access to medical care in
developing countries, and the drive to achieve nearly universal health care in
the United States. With pharmaceutical companies having difficulty bringing
new small-molecule drugs to market, biotechnology will continue to gain in
importance, helping to sustain demand for research and biotechnology enzymes.
Animal feed, ethanol markets fastest growing
Among the industrial enzyme markets, animal feed and ethanol production will
both achieve above average advances, while the food and beverage market will
grow at a healthy pace. Animal feed enzymes will achieve their fastest growth
in developing markets where rising per capita incomes will continue to
increase demand for meat in the local diets. However, demand for ethanol
production enzymes will slow from the torrid pace of 2003 to 2008 as countries
re-evaluate the use of food-derived raw materials for ethanol production.
While the development of second generation biofuels derived from cellulosic
raw materials will help sustain demand growth, a variety of processes --
including some that do not use enzymes - - will be employed, restraining
advances. Food and beverage enzyme demand growth will moderate to a below
average pace through 2013, reflecting the challenging environment in North
America and Western Europe. Similarly, growth in the cleaning product and
other industrial markets will also be below average.
Study coverage
This new Freedonia industry study, World Enzymes, presents historical demand
data (1998, 2003 and 2008) plus forecasts for 2013 and 2018 by market and
product type. This study also assesses key market environment factors,
evaluates company market share and profiles global industry competitors.
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