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Table of Contents 1 INTRODUCTION 9

1.1 Overview 9 1.2 Market Potential Estimation Methodology 9 1.3 The Worldwide Market Potential for Vitamins and Dietary Supplements 11

2 AFRICA: VITAMINS AND DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS 13 2.1 Executive Summary 13 2.2 Algeria 15 2.3 Angola 15 2.4 Benin 16 2.5 Botswana 16 2.6 Burkina Faso 17 2.7 Burundi 17 2.8 Cameroon 18 2.9 Cape Verde 18 2.10 Central African Republic 19 2.11 Chad 19 2.12 Comoros 20 2.13 Congo (formerly Zaire) 20 2.14 Djibouti 21 2.15 Egypt 21 2.16 Equatorial Guinea 22 2.17 Eritrea 22 2.18 Ethiopia 23 2.19 Gabon 23 2.20 Ghana 24 2.21 Guinea 24 2.22 Guinea-Bissau 25 2.23 Ivory coast 25 2.24 Kenya 26 2.25 Lesotho 26 2.26 Liberia 27 2.27 Libya 27 2.28 Madagascar 28 2.29 Malawi 28 2.30 Mali 29 2.31 Mauritania 29 2.32 Mauritius 30 2.33 Morocco 30 2.34 Mozambique 31 2.35 Namibia 31 2.36 Niger 32 2.37 Nigeria 32

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2.38 Republic of Congo 33 2.39 Rwanda 33 2.40 Sao Tome E Principe 34 2.41 Senegal 34 2.42 Sierra Leone 35 2.43 Somalia 35 2.44 South Africa 36 2.45 Sudan 36 2.46 Swaziland 37 2.47 Tanzania 37 2.48 The Gambia 38 2.49 Togo 38 2.50 Tunisia 39 2.51 Uganda 39 2.52 Zambia 40 2.53 Zimbabwe 40

3 ASIA: VITAMINS AND DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS 41 3.1 Executive Summary 41 3.2 Bangladesh 43 3.3 Bhutan 43 3.4 Brunei 44 3.5 Burma 44 3.6 Cambodia 45 3.7 China 45 3.8 Hong Kong 46 3.9 India 46 3.10 Indonesia 47 3.11 Japan 47 3.12 Laos 48 3.13 Macau 48 3.14 Malaysia 49 3.15 Maldives 49 3.16 Mongolia 50 3.17 Nepal 50 3.18 North Korea 51 3.19 Papua New Guinea 51 3.20 Philippines 52 3.21 Seychelles 52 3.22 Singapore 53 3.23 South Korea 53 3.24 Sri Lanka 54 3.25 Taiwan 54 3.26 Thailand 55 3.27 Vietnam 55

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4 EUROPE: VITAMINS AND DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS 56 4.1 Executive Summary 56 4.2 Albania 58 4.3 Andorra 58 4.4 Austria 59 4.5 Belarus 59 4.6 Belgium 60 4.7 Bosnia and Herzegovina 60 4.8 Bulgaria 61 4.9 Croatia 61 4.10 Cyprus 62 4.11 Czech Republic 62 4.12 Denmark 63 4.13 Estonia 63 4.14 Finland 64 4.15 France 64 4.16 Georgia 65 4.17 Germany 65 4.18 Greece 66 4.19 Hungary 66 4.20 Iceland 67 4.21 Ireland 67 4.22 Italy 68 4.23 Kazakhstan 68 4.24 Latvia 69 4.25 Liechtenstein 69 4.26 Lithuania 70 4.27 Luxembourg 70 4.28 Macedonia 71 4.29 Malta 71 4.30 Moldova 72 4.31 Monaco 72 4.32 Netherlands 73 4.33 Norway 73 4.34 Poland 74 4.35 Portugal 74 4.36 Romania 75 4.37 Russia 75 4.38 Serbia and Montenegro 76 4.39 Slovakia 76 4.40 Slovenia 77 4.41 Spain 77 4.42 Sweden 78 4.43 Switzerland 78

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4.44 Ukraine 79 4.45 United Kingdom 79

5 LATIN AMERICA: VITAMINS AND DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS 80 5.1 Executive Summary 80 5.2 Argentina 82 5.3 Belize 82 5.4 Bolivia 83 5.5 Brazil 83 5.6 Chile 84 5.7 Colombia 84 5.8 Costa Rica 85 5.9 Ecuador 85 5.10 El Salvador 86 5.11 Guatemala 86 5.12 Guyana 87 5.13 Honduras 87 5.14 Mexico 88 5.15 Nicaragua 88 5.16 Panama 89 5.17 Paraguay 89 5.18 Peru 90 5.19 Suriname 90 5.20 Uruguay 91 5.21 Venezuela 91

6 NORTH AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN: VITAMINS AND DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS92 6.1 Executive Summary 92 6.2 Antigua and Barbuda 94 6.3 Bahamas 94 6.4 Barbados 95 6.5 Bermuda 95 6.6 Canada 96 6.7 Cuba 96 6.8 Dominica 97 6.9 Dominican Republic 97 6.10 Grenada 98 6.11 Haiti 98 6.12 Jamaica 99 6.13 Martinique 99 6.14 Netherlands Antilles 100 6.15 St. Kitts and Nevis 100 6.16 St. Lucia 101 6.17 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 101 6.18 Trinidad and Tobago 102

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6.19 United States 102 7 OCEANA: VITAMINS AND DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS 103

7.1 Executive Summary 103 7.2 American Samoa 104 7.3 Australia 105 7.4 Fiji 105 7.5 Kiribati 106 7.6 Marshall Islands 106 7.7 Micronesia Federation 107 7.8 Nauru 107 7.9 New Zealand 108 7.10 Palau 108 7.11 Solomon Islands 109 7.12 Tonga 109 7.13 Tuvalu 110 7.14 Vanuatu 110

8 THE MIDDLE EAST: VITAMINS AND DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS 111 8.1 Executive Summary 111 8.2 Afghanistan 113 8.3 Armenia 113 8.4 Azerbaijan 114 8.5 Bahrain 114 8.6 Iran 115 8.7 Iraq 115 8.8 Israel 116 8.9 Jordan 116 8.10 Kuwait 117 8.11 Kyrgyzstan 117 8.12 Lebanon 118 8.13 Oman 118 8.14 Pakistan 119 8.15 Qatar 119 8.16 Saudi Arabia 120 8.17 Syrian Arab Republic 120 8.18 Tajikistan 121 8.19 Turkey 121 8.20 Turkmenistan 122 8.21 United Arab Emirates 122 8.22 Uzbekistan 123 8.23 Yemen 123

9 DISCLAIMERS, WARRANTEES, AND USER AGREEMENT PROVISIONS 124 9.1 Disclaimers & Safe Harbor 124 9.2 Icon Group Ltd. User Agreement Provisions 125

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1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 OVERVIEW The liberalization of markets has lead to record levels of international investments. Icon Group’s primary mission is to assist international managers to better plan and implement strategies in a global economy. It does so by providing various specialized industry reports, databases, publications and services to its clients. This report is one of many published by Icon Group Ltd. to assist executives and planners in monitoring and analyzing world markets. In addition to industry-specific studies, Icon Group Ltd.’s reports cover human resources management, export strategies, investment strategies, entry & marketing strategies, political and economic risk assessments and legal trends (e.g., intellectual property, licensing, and corruption). This report covers the world outlook for vitamins and dietary supplements across 235 countries. For each year reported, the estimates are given for the latent demand for the country in question. Icon Group uses a number of proprietary econometric models which project economic changes within each country and across countries. From there, market potential estimates are created. The units used in this report are: million US $. As shown in the report, the market potential for vitamins and dietary supplements is expected to reach $35,575.03 million by 2005. The distribution of the world market, however, will not be evenly distributed across regions. Asia will be the largest market with $15,713.45 million or 44.17 percent, followed by North America & the Caribbean with $10,175.47 million or 28.60 percent, and then Europe with $6,605.03 million or 18.57 percent of the world market. In essence, if a firm targets these top 3 regions, they cover come 91.34 percent of the world wide demand for vitamins and dietary supplements.

1.2 MARKET POTENTIAL ESTIMATION METHODOLOGY Icon Group uses a number of methodologies to create market potential estimates for products and services across markets, whether at the level of a region, country, or city. In this report, two modelling approaches are used. The first involves modelling the economic fundamentals of each market over time. This is based on standard models of economic growth (e.g. focussing on growth of income, or gross domestic product per capita). The second approach is more subtle. The second approach involves collecting information on the market size or market potential for the particular product or service in question, typically in national currency, and translating these into a common currency. Icon Group uses the U.S. dollar as its common currency across markets. For some categories and markets, basic demand indicators are reported in national statistics, as is mostly the case for the United States and other developed markets. In most of the world’s 230 countries, however, few statistics are available. For these, Icon Group uses



econometric models to estimate these markets, and forecast these over time. As true for all forward-looking economic forecasts, certain critical assumptions must be made. Two types of assumptions are made for the models used in this report. The first type covers the socio-economic and global environment. In essence, Icon Group assumes that dynamics seen in the past are likely to continue in the future, without major discontinuous changes. For example, if a city, country or region has not seen civil strife, major recessions, or substantial foreign exchange or currency changes, this is assumed to be the case over the forecast period. Likewise, the worldwide demand is foreseen to progress in a fashion similar to that seen in historical figures, based on aggregated data collected at the national level. The extent to which these assumptions are violated in the future will surely affect the accuracy of the forecasts presented here. The second type of assumption is of greater importance, especially for those markets where insufficient local information is reported in the public domain, or in markets where there is higher uncertainty. Here, we use cross-country econometric models of demand, often called a cross-sectional pooled time series models with varying parameters. In simple terms, we assume an underlying consumption function that is allowed to vary over time and across geographic markets. Economists have long proposed various consumption functions. These include John Maynard Keynes, Simon Kuznets, Irving Fisher, Franco Modigliani, Albert Ando, Richard Brumberg, and Milton Friedman. Across these, and other authors, the consumption of a product (as opposed to the amount produced) is foreseen to vary depending on a number of local factors and the time frame that one considers (short-, medium- and long-run). In general, the variance of the market potential across markets is foreseen to be a function of variances in income, wealth, interest rates, expected future income, and a variety of exogenous factors, including geography and culture. Icon Group forecasts primarily rely on non-cultural economic factors in modelling cross-market demand, for a given product or service. We also model the market potential using a consumption function which assumes a constant average propensity to consume in the long run (i.e. as incomes rise, average consumption rates do not fall, as earlier argued by Keynes). Once the cross-market model of demand is specified, it is combined with the local economic models described above. As in all econometric exercises, the lack of local market figures in the public domain results in estimation errors. Furthermore, many intervening factors may arise over time that can materially affect the accuracy of the forecasts, including changes in local economic conditions, changes in political regimes, improvements in primary data, and currency fluctuations, among other factors. As the estimates and forecasts reported here are forward-looking and subject to assumption-induced errors, you are asked to read the caveats and disclaimers at the end of this report.



1.3 THE WORLDWIDE MARKET POTENTIAL FOR VITAMINS AND DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS

Worldwide Market Potential for Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): 2000

Region Latent Demand million US $ % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Asia 13,233 47.0 North America & the Caribbean 7,864 27.9 Europe 4,691 16.7 Middle East 892 3.2 Latin America 884 3.1 Africa 330 1.2 Oceana 258 0.9 Total 28,153 100.0 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Worldwide Market Potential for Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): 2000

Asia

North America & the Caribbean Europe

Middle East

Other



World Market for Vitamins and Dietary Supplements: 1995 - 2005 Year World Market million US $ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 24,705.84 1996 25,471.36 1997 25,564.33 1998 25,897.69 1999 26,956.88 2000 28,188.97 2001 29,501.50 2002 30,891.77 2003 32,363.55 2004 33,922.57 2005 35,575.03 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




2 AFRICA: VITAMINS AND DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS

2.1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Market Potential for Vitamins and Dietary Supplements in Africa (million US $):

2000 Country Latent Demand million US $ % of Africa _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ South Africa 54 16.29% Algeria 52 15.50% Morocco 18 5.38% Tunisia 14 4.23% Cameroon 14 4.12% Libya 12 3.52% Sudan 11 3.30% Nigeria 11 3.26% Egypt 11 3.15% Ivory coast 10 3.12% Angola 10 2.89% Kenya 10 2.87% Congo (formerly Zaire) 9 2.81% Tanzania 7 2.07% Ghana 7 2.01% Ethiopia 6 1.93% Zimbabwe 6 1.89% Senegal 6 1.79% Uganda 6 1.73% Gabon 5 1.60% Botswana 4 1.11% Zambia 4 1.06% Burkina Faso 3 0.96% Madagascar 3 0.92% Guinea 3 0.87% Other 35 11.49% Total 330 100.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




Market Potential for Vitamins and Dietary Supplements in Africa (million US $): 2000

South Africa

Algeria

MoroccoTunisia

Other

The Market for Vitamins and Dietary Supplements in Africa: 1995 - 2005

Year million US $ % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 306.22 1.24 1996 313.80 1.23 1997 318.66 1.25 1998 311.08 1.20 1999 320.08 1.19 2000 333.53 1.18 2001 351.90 1.19 2002 372.14 1.20 2003 393.68 1.22 2004 416.62 1.23 2005 441.07 1.24 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




2.2 ALGERIA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Algeria 1995 - 2005

Year Algeria % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 41 13.32% 0.16% 1996 46 14.59% 0.17% 1997 48 14.96% 0.18% 1998 45 14.58% 0.17% 1999 48 14.97% 0.17% 2000 52 15.50% 0.18% 2001 56 15.86% 0.18% 2002 60 16.19% 0.19% 2003 65 16.53% 0.20% 2004 70 16.88% 0.20% 2005 76 17.23% 0.21% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.3 ANGOLA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Angola 1995 - 2005

Year Angola % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 9 2.92% 0.03% 1996 9 2.94% 0.00% 1997 9 2.95% 0.00% 1998 9 2.96% 0.00% 1999 9 2.92% 0.00% 2000 10 2.89% 0.00% 2001 10 2.91% 0.00% 2002 11 2.93% 0.00% 2003 12 2.96% 0.00% 2004 12 2.99% 0.00% 2005 13 3.02% 0.03% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




2.4 BENIN Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Benin 1995 - 2005

Year Benin % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 2 0.66% 0.00% 1996 2 0.66% 0.00% 1997 2 0.66% 0.00% 1998 2 0.65% 0.00% 1999 2 0.64% 0.00% 2000 2 0.63% 0.00% 2001 2 0.64% 0.00% 2002 2 0.65% 0.00% 2003 3 0.66% 0.00% 2004 3 0.67% 0.00% 2005 3 0.68% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.5 BOTSWANA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Botswana 1995 - 2005

Year Botswana % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 3 1.04% 0.00% 1996 3 1.06% 0.00% 1997 3 1.08% 0.00% 1998 3 1.10% 0.01% 1999 4 1.11% 0.00% 2000 4 1.11% 0.00% 2001 4 1.10% 0.00% 2002 4 1.10% 0.00% 2003 4 1.09% 0.00% 2004 5 1.09% 0.00% 2005 5 1.08% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




2.6 BURKINA FASO Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Burkina Faso 1995 - 2005

Year Burkina Faso % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 3 0.97% 0.00% 1996 3 0.98% 0.00% 1997 3 0.98% 0.00% 1998 3 0.99% 0.00% 1999 3 0.97% 0.00% 2000 3 0.96% 0.01% 2001 3 0.97% 0.00% 2002 4 0.98% 0.01% 2003 4 0.99% 0.00% 2004 4 1.00% 0.00% 2005 4 1.01% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.7 BURUNDI Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Burundi 1995 - 2005

Year Burundi % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 1 0.35% 0.00% 1996 1 0.35% 0.00% 1997 1 0.36% 0.00% 1998 1 0.36% 0.00% 1999 1 0.36% 0.00% 2000 1 0.36% 0.00% 2001 1 0.36% 0.00% 2002 1 0.36% 0.00% 2003 1 0.36% 0.00% 2004 2 0.36% 0.00% 2005 2 0.36% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




2.8 CAMEROON Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Cameroon 1995 - 2005

Year Cameroon % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 12 3.96% 0.00% 1996 13 4.03% 0.00% 1997 13 4.08% 0.00% 1998 13 4.14% 0.00% 1999 13 4.14% 0.00% 2000 14 4.12% 0.00% 2001 15 4.12% 0.00% 2002 15 4.12% 0.00% 2003 16 4.12% 0.00% 2004 17 4.11% 0.00% 2005 18 4.10% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.9 CAPE VERDE Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Cape Verde 1995 - 2005

Year Cape Verde % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 0 0.00% 0.00% 1996 0 0.09% 0.00% 1997 0 0.00% 0.00% 1998 0 0.00% 0.00% 1999 0 0.00% 0.00% 2000 0 0.00% 0.00% 2001 0 0.09% 0.00% 2002 0 0.09% 0.00% 2003 0 0.00% 0.00% 2004 0 0.09% 0.00% 2005 0 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




2.10 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Central African Republic 1995 -

2005 Year Central African Republic % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 1 0.39% 0.00% 1996 1 0.39% 0.00% 1997 1 0.39% 0.00% 1998 1 0.39% 0.00% 1999 1 0.39% 0.00% 2000 1 0.38% 0.00% 2001 1 0.39% 0.00% 2002 1 0.39% 0.00% 2003 2 0.39% 0.00% 2004 2 0.40% 0.00% 2005 2 0.40% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.11 CHAD Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Chad 1995 - 2005

Year Chad % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 1 0.39% 0.00% 1996 1 0.40% 0.00% 1997 1 0.40% 0.00% 1998 1 0.40% 0.00% 1999 1 0.39% 0.00% 2000 1 0.39% 0.00% 2001 1 0.39% 0.00% 2002 1 0.39% 0.00% 2003 2 0.40% 0.00% 2004 2 0.40% 0.00% 2005 2 0.41% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




2.12 COMOROS Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Comoros 1995 - 2005

Year Comoros % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 0 0.00% 0.00% 1996 0 0.00% 0.00% 1997 0 0.00% 0.00% 1998 0 0.00% 0.00% 1999 0 0.00% 0.00% 2000 0 0.00% 0.00% 2001 0 0.00% 0.00% 2002 0 0.00% 0.00% 2003 0 0.00% 0.00% 2004 0 0.00% 0.00% 2005 0 0.09% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.13 CONGO (FORMERLY ZAIRE) Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Congo (formerly Zaire) 1995 -

2005 Year Congo (formerly Zaire) % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 7 2.43% 0.00% 1996 8 2.53% 0.00% 1997 8 2.62% 0.00% 1998 8 2.72% 0.00% 1999 9 2.78% 0.00% 2000 9 2.81% 0.00% 2001 10 2.77% 0.00% 2002 10 2.71% 0.00% 2003 10 2.65% 0.00% 2004 11 2.60% 0.00% 2005 11 2.54% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




2.14 DJIBOUTI Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Djibouti 1995 - 2005

Year Djibouti % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 0 0.14% 0.00% 1996 0 0.14% 0.00% 1997 0 0.14% 0.00% 1998 0 0.15% 0.00% 1999 0 0.15% 0.00% 2000 1 0.15% 0.00% 2001 1 0.15% 0.00% 2002 1 0.15% 0.00% 2003 1 0.15% 0.00% 2004 1 0.14% 0.00% 2005 1 0.14% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.15 EGYPT Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Egypt 1995 - 2005

Year Egypt % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 8 2.66% 0.00% 1996 9 2.73% 0.00% 1997 9 2.84% 0.00% 1998 10 3.07% 0.03% 1999 10 3.13% 0.00% 2000 11 3.15% 0.00% 2001 11 3.12% 0.03% 2002 12 3.10% 0.00% 2003 12 3.07% 0.00% 2004 13 3.04% 0.00% 2005 13 3.01% 0.03% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




2.16 EQUATORIAL GUINEA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Equatorial Guinea 1995 - 2005

Year Equatorial Guinea % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 0 0.00% 0.00% 1996 0 0.00% 0.00% 1997 0 0.00% 0.00% 1998 0 0.00% 0.00% 1999 0 0.00% 0.00% 2000 0 0.00% 0.00% 2001 0 0.00% 0.00% 2002 0 0.00% 0.00% 2003 0 0.00% 0.00% 2004 0 0.00% 0.00% 2005 0 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.17 ERITREA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Eritrea 1995 - 2005

Year Eritrea % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 0 0.12% 0.00% 1996 0 0.12% 0.00% 1997 0 0.12% 0.00% 1998 0 0.12% 0.00% 1999 0 0.11% 0.00% 2000 0 0.11% 0.00% 2001 0 0.11% 0.00% 2002 0 0.12% 0.00% 2003 0 0.12% 0.00% 2004 1 0.12% 0.00% 2005 1 0.13% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




2.18 ETHIOPIA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Ethiopia 1995 - 2005

Year Ethiopia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 6 1.89% 0.02% 1996 6 1.92% 0.02% 1997 6 1.94% 0.00% 1998 6 1.96% 0.00% 1999 6 1.95% 0.00% 2000 6 1.93% 0.00% 2001 7 1.94% 0.00% 2002 7 1.94% 0.00% 2003 8 1.95% 0.00% 2004 8 1.96% 0.00% 2005 9 1.96% 0.02% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.19 GABON Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Gabon 1995 - 2005

Year Gabon % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 5 1.54% 0.01% 1996 5 1.56% 0.00% 1997 5 1.58% 0.00% 1998 5 1.60% 0.00% 1999 5 1.60% 0.00% 2000 5 1.60% 0.00% 2001 6 1.60% 0.01% 2002 6 1.60% 0.00% 2003 6 1.60% 0.00% 2004 7 1.60% 0.00% 2005 7 1.59% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




2.20 GHANA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Ghana 1995 - 2005

Year Ghana % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 6 2.08% 0.00% 1996 7 2.08% 0.00% 1997 7 2.08% 0.00% 1998 6 2.07% 0.00% 1999 7 2.04% 0.00% 2000 7 2.01% 0.00% 2001 7 2.03% 0.00% 2002 8 2.06% 0.00% 2003 8 2.09% 0.00% 2004 9 2.11% 0.02% 2005 9 2.14% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.21 GUINEA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Guinea 1995 - 2005

Year Guinea % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 3 0.88% 0.01% 1996 3 0.88% 0.00% 1997 3 0.89% 0.00% 1998 3 0.89% 0.00% 1999 3 0.88% 0.00% 2000 3 0.87% 0.01% 2001 3 0.87% 0.00% 2002 3 0.88% 0.00% 2003 4 0.89% 0.00% 2004 4 0.90% 0.01% 2005 4 0.91% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




2.22 GUINEA-BISSAU Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Guinea-Bissau 1995 - 2005

Year Guinea-Bissau % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 0 0.00% 0.00% 1996 0 0.00% 0.00% 1997 0 0.00% 0.00% 1998 0 0.00% 0.00% 1999 0 0.00% 0.00% 2000 0 0.00% 0.00% 2001 0 0.00% 0.00% 2002 0 0.00% 0.00% 2003 0 0.00% 0.00% 2004 0 0.00% 0.00% 2005 0 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.23 IVORY COAST Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Ivory coast 1995 - 2005

Year Ivory coast % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 10 3.23% 0.00% 1996 10 3.24% 0.00% 1997 10 3.23% 0.00% 1998 10 3.22% 0.00% 1999 10 3.17% 0.00% 2000 10 3.12% 0.00% 2001 11 3.15% 0.00% 2002 12 3.20% 0.00% 2003 13 3.24% 0.03% 2004 14 3.29% 0.04% 2005 15 3.33% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




2.24 KENYA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Kenya 1995 - 2005

Year Kenya % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 9 2.98% 0.00% 1996 9 2.98% 0.00% 1997 9 2.97% 0.00% 1998 9 2.97% 0.03% 1999 9 2.92% 0.00% 2000 10 2.87% 0.00% 2001 10 2.90% 0.03% 2002 11 2.95% 0.00% 2003 12 2.99% 0.00% 2004 13 3.03% 0.00% 2005 14 3.07% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.25 LESOTHO Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Lesotho 1995 - 2005

Year Lesotho % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 1 0.34% 0.00% 1996 1 0.33% 0.00% 1997 1 0.32% 0.00% 1998 1 0.31% 0.00% 1999 1 0.30% 0.00% 2000 1 0.29% 0.00% 2001 1 0.30% 0.00% 2002 1 0.31% 0.00% 2003 1 0.32% 0.00% 2004 1 0.34% 0.00% 2005 2 0.35% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




2.26 LIBERIA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Liberia 1995 - 2005

Year Liberia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 1 0.32% 0.00% 1996 1 0.33% 0.00% 1997 1 0.34% 0.00% 1998 1 0.35% 0.00% 1999 1 0.35% 0.00% 2000 1 0.35% 0.00% 2001 1 0.35% 0.00% 2002 1 0.34% 0.00% 2003 1 0.34% 0.00% 2004 1 0.34% 0.00% 2005 1 0.33% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.27 LIBYA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Libya 1995 - 2005

Year Libya % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 9 2.83% 0.03% 1996 9 2.96% 0.03% 1997 10 3.14% 0.00% 1998 11 3.42% 0.00% 1999 11 3.49% 0.00% 2000 12 3.52% 0.00% 2001 12 3.50% 0.00% 2002 13 3.47% 0.00% 2003 14 3.44% 0.00% 2004 14 3.41% 0.00% 2005 15 3.38% 0.04% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




2.28 MADAGASCAR Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Madagascar 1995 - 2005

Year Madagascar % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 3 0.90% 0.00% 1996 3 0.91% 0.00% 1997 3 0.92% 0.01% 1998 3 0.93% 0.00% 1999 3 0.93% 0.00% 2000 3 0.92% 0.00% 2001 3 0.92% 0.00% 2002 3 0.92% 0.00% 2003 4 0.93% 0.00% 2004 4 0.93% 0.00% 2005 4 0.93% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.29 MALAWI Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Malawi 1995 - 2005

Year Malawi % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 2 0.65% 0.00% 1996 2 0.64% 0.00% 1997 2 0.63% 0.00% 1998 2 0.62% 0.00% 1999 2 0.60% 0.00% 2000 2 0.58% 0.00% 2001 2 0.59% 0.00% 2002 2 0.61% 0.00% 2003 3 0.63% 0.00% 2004 3 0.65% 0.00% 2005 3 0.67% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




2.30 MALI Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Mali 1995 - 2005

Year Mali % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 2 0.81% 0.00% 1996 3 0.82% 0.00% 1997 3 0.83% 0.01% 1998 3 0.84% 0.00% 1999 3 0.83% 0.00% 2000 3 0.83% 0.00% 2001 3 0.83% 0.00% 2002 3 0.83% 0.00% 2003 3 0.83% 0.00% 2004 4 0.84% 0.00% 2005 4 0.84% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.31 MAURITANIA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Mauritania 1995 - 2005

Year Mauritania % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 1 0.34% 0.00% 1996 1 0.34% 0.00% 1997 1 0.34% 0.00% 1998 1 0.34% 0.00% 1999 1 0.34% 0.00% 2000 1 0.33% 0.00% 2001 1 0.34% 0.00% 2002 1 0.34% 0.00% 2003 1 0.34% 0.00% 2004 1 0.34% 0.00% 2005 2 0.35% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




2.32 MAURITIUS Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Mauritius 1995 - 2005

Year Mauritius % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 2 0.76% 0.00% 1996 2 0.77% 0.00% 1997 2 0.78% 0.00% 1998 2 0.78% 0.00% 1999 3 0.78% 0.00% 2000 3 0.77% 0.00% 2001 3 0.78% 0.00% 2002 3 0.78% 0.00% 2003 3 0.78% 0.00% 2004 3 0.78% 0.00% 2005 3 0.79% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.33 MOROCCO Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Morocco 1995 - 2005

Year Morocco % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 14 4.67% 0.00% 1996 15 4.81% 0.05% 1997 15 4.77% 0.00% 1998 16 5.17% 0.00% 1999 17 5.31% 0.06% 2000 18 5.38% 0.00% 2001 19 5.37% 0.00% 2002 20 5.36% 0.00% 2003 21 5.34% 0.00% 2004 22 5.32% 0.00% 2005 23 5.30% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




2.34 MOZAMBIQUE Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Mozambique 1995 - 2005

Year Mozambique % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 1 0.45% 0.00% 1996 1 0.46% 0.00% 1997 2 0.48% 0.00% 1998 2 0.49% 0.00% 1999 2 0.49% 0.00% 2000 2 0.50% 0.00% 2001 2 0.49% 0.00% 2002 2 0.49% 0.00% 2003 2 0.48% 0.00% 2004 2 0.47% 0.00% 2005 2 0.47% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.35 NAMIBIA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Namibia 1995 - 2005

Year Namibia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 2 0.57% 0.00% 1996 2 0.57% 0.00% 1997 2 0.56% 0.00% 1998 2 0.56% 0.00% 1999 2 0.54% 0.00% 2000 2 0.53% 0.00% 2001 2 0.54% 0.00% 2002 2 0.55% 0.00% 2003 2 0.56% 0.00% 2004 2 0.57% 0.00% 2005 3 0.58% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




2.36 NIGER Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Niger 1995 - 2005

Year Niger % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 3 0.83% 0.01% 1996 3 0.82% 0.00% 1997 3 0.82% 0.01% 1998 3 0.81% 0.00% 1999 3 0.79% 0.00% 2000 3 0.78% 0.00% 2001 3 0.79% 0.00% 2002 3 0.80% 0.00% 2003 3 0.82% 0.00% 2004 3 0.83% 0.00% 2005 4 0.85% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.37 NIGERIA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Nigeria 1995 - 2005

Year Nigeria % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 8 2.51% 0.00% 1996 8 2.65% 0.00% 1997 9 2.90% 0.03% 1998 10 3.20% 0.00% 1999 10 3.26% 0.00% 2000 11 3.26% 0.00% 2001 11 3.22% 0.00% 2002 12 3.18% 0.00% 2003 12 3.13% 0.03% 2004 13 3.09% 0.00% 2005 13 3.04% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




2.38 REPUBLIC OF CONGO Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Republic of Congo 1995 - 2005

Year Republic of Congo % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 2 0.74% 0.00% 1996 2 0.75% 0.00% 1997 2 0.75% 0.00% 1998 2 0.75% 0.00% 1999 2 0.75% 0.00% 2000 2 0.74% 0.00% 2001 3 0.75% 0.00% 2002 3 0.75% 0.00% 2003 3 0.75% 0.00% 2004 3 0.76% 0.00% 2005 3 0.76% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.39 RWANDA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Rwanda 1995 - 2005

Year Rwanda % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 2 0.61% 0.00% 1996 2 0.63% 0.00% 1997 2 0.65% 0.00% 1998 2 0.66% 0.00% 1999 2 0.67% 0.00% 2000 2 0.68% 0.00% 2001 2 0.67% 0.00% 2002 2 0.66% 0.00% 2003 3 0.65% 0.00% 2004 3 0.64% 0.00% 2005 3 0.63% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




2.40 SAO TOME E PRINCIPE Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Sao Tome E Principe 1995 - 2005 Year Sao Tome E Principe % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 0 0.01% 0.00% 1996 0 0.00% 0.00% 1997 0 0.00% 0.00% 1998 0 0.00% 0.00% 1999 0 0.00% 0.00% 2000 0 0.00% 0.00% 2001 0 0.00% 0.00% 2002 0 0.00% 0.00% 2003 0 0.00% 0.00% 2004 0 0.00% 0.00% 2005 0 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.41 SENEGAL Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Senegal 1995 - 2005

Year Senegal % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 6 1.84% 0.00% 1996 6 1.85% 0.00% 1997 6 1.84% 0.00% 1998 6 1.85% 0.00% 1999 6 1.82% 0.00% 2000 6 1.79% 0.00% 2001 6 1.81% 0.00% 2002 7 1.83% 0.00% 2003 7 1.85% 0.00% 2004 8 1.87% 0.00% 2005 8 1.90% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




2.42 SIERRA LEONE Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Sierra Leone 1995 - 2005

Year Sierra Leone % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 1 0.34% 0.00% 1996 1 0.36% 0.00% 1997 1 0.37% 0.00% 1998 1 0.38% 0.00% 1999 1 0.39% 0.00% 2000 1 0.39% 0.00% 2001 1 0.38% 0.00% 2002 1 0.38% 0.00% 2003 1 0.37% 0.00% 2004 2 0.37% 0.00% 2005 2 0.36% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.43 SOMALIA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Somalia 1995 - 2005

Year Somalia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 1 0.40% 0.00% 1996 1 0.41% 0.00% 1997 1 0.42% 0.00% 1998 1 0.42% 0.00% 1999 1 0.42% 0.00% 2000 1 0.42% 0.00% 2001 1 0.42% 0.00% 2002 2 0.42% 0.00% 2003 2 0.42% 0.00% 2004 2 0.42% 0.00% 2005 2 0.42% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




2.44 SOUTH AFRICA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): South Africa 1995 - 2005

Year South Africa % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 67 21.83% 0.27% 1996 61 19.42% 0.23% 1997 58 18.18% 0.22% 1998 53 16.91% 0.20% 1999 53 16.53% 0.19% 2000 54 16.29% 0.19% 2001 56 15.85% 0.18% 2002 57 15.38% 0.18% 2003 59 14.93% 0.18% 2004 60 14.48% 0.17% 2005 62 14.04% 0.17% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.45 SUDAN Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Sudan 1995 - 2005

Year Sudan % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 9 3.03% 0.00% 1996 10 3.12% 0.00% 1997 10 3.19% 0.00% 1998 10 3.26% 0.00% 1999 11 3.29% 0.00% 2000 11 3.30% 0.00% 2001 12 3.28% 0.00% 2002 12 3.25% 0.00% 2003 13 3.22% 0.00% 2004 13 3.19% 0.00% 2005 14 3.16% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




2.46 SWAZILAND Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Swaziland 1995 - 2005

Year Swaziland % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 1 0.27% 0.00% 1996 1 0.27% 0.00% 1997 1 0.27% 0.00% 1998 1 0.27% 0.00% 1999 1 0.27% 0.00% 2000 1 0.27% 0.00% 2001 1 0.27% 0.00% 2002 1 0.27% 0.00% 2003 1 0.27% 0.00% 2004 1 0.27% 0.00% 2005 1 0.27% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.47 TANZANIA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Tanzania 1995 - 2005

Year Tanzania % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 6 2.03% 0.00% 1996 6 2.06% 0.00% 1997 7 2.08% 0.00% 1998 7 2.10% 0.00% 1999 7 2.09% 0.00% 2000 7 2.07% 0.00% 2001 7 2.08% 0.00% 2002 8 2.09% 0.00% 2003 8 2.09% 0.00% 2004 9 2.10% 0.00% 2005 9 2.11% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




2.48 THE GAMBIA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): The Gambia 1995 - 2005

Year The Gambia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 0 0.00% 0.00% 1996 0 0.00% 0.00% 1997 0 0.00% 0.00% 1998 0 0.00% 0.00% 1999 0 0.00% 0.00% 2000 0 0.00% 0.00% 2001 0 0.00% 0.00% 2002 0 0.00% 0.00% 2003 0 0.00% 0.00% 2004 0 0.00% 0.00% 2005 0 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.49 TOGO Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Togo 1995 - 2005

Year Togo % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 2 0.49% 0.00% 1996 2 0.49% 0.00% 1997 2 0.49% 0.00% 1998 2 0.49% 0.00% 1999 2 0.48% 0.00% 2000 2 0.47% 0.00% 2001 2 0.48% 0.00% 2002 2 0.48% 0.00% 2003 2 0.49% 0.00% 2004 2 0.50% 0.00% 2005 2 0.51% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




2.50 TUNISIA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Tunisia 1995 - 2005

Year Tunisia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 13 4.32% 0.00% 1996 14 4.34% 0.00% 1997 14 4.35% 0.00% 1998 14 4.35% 0.00% 1999 14 4.29% 0.05% 2000 14 4.23% 0.00% 2001 15 4.27% 0.00% 2002 16 4.32% 0.00% 2003 17 4.37% 0.00% 2004 18 4.41% 0.00% 2005 20 4.46% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.51 UGANDA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Uganda 1995 - 2005

Year Uganda % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 6 1.86% 0.00% 1996 6 1.85% 0.00% 1997 6 1.83% 0.00% 1998 6 1.81% 0.00% 1999 6 1.77% 0.00% 2000 6 1.73% 0.00% 2001 6 1.76% 0.00% 2002 7 1.80% 0.00% 2003 7 1.83% 0.00% 2004 8 1.87% 0.00% 2005 8 1.91% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




2.52 ZAMBIA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Zambia 1995 - 2005

Year Zambia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 3 0.97% 0.00% 1996 3 1.00% 0.00% 1997 3 1.02% 0.00% 1998 3 1.04% 0.00% 1999 3 1.05% 0.00% 2000 4 1.06% 0.00% 2001 4 1.05% 0.00% 2002 4 1.04% 0.00% 2003 4 1.03% 0.01% 2004 4 1.02% 0.00% 2005 4 1.01% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.53 ZIMBABWE Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Zimbabwe 1995 - 2005

Year Zimbabwe % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 5 1.70% 0.00% 1996 6 1.76% 0.00% 1997 6 1.81% 0.00% 1998 6 1.85% 0.02% 1999 6 1.88% 0.00% 2000 6 1.89% 0.00% 2001 7 1.87% 0.00% 2002 7 1.85% 0.00% 2003 7 1.82% 0.00% 2004 8 1.80% 0.00% 2005 8 1.77% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




3 ASIA: VITAMINS AND DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS

3.1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Market Potential for Vitamins and Dietary Supplements in Asia (million US $): 2000 Country Latent Demand million US $ % of Asia _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Japan 11,755 88.83% China 564 4.26% South Korea 390 2.94% India 133 1.00% Taiwan 73 0.54% Malaysia 53 0.39% Thailand 51 0.38% Hong Kong 38 0.28% Philippines 38 0.28% Singapore 25 0.19% Bangladesh 17 0.12% Burma 17 0.12% Indonesia 17 0.12% Vietnam 16 0.12% North Korea 13 0.00% Sri Lanka 8 0.00% Brunei 7 0.00% Papua New Guinea 4 0.02% Mongolia 4 0.00% Nepal 3 0.00% Cambodia 3 0.00% Macau 2 0.00% Laos 1 0.00% Seychelles 0 0.00% Bhutan 0 0.00% Other 0 0.40% Total 13,233 100.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




Market Potential for Vitamins and Dietary Supplements in Asia (million US $): 2000

Japan

ChinaSouth KoreaIndiaOther

The Market for Vitamins and Dietary Supplements in Asia: 1995 - 2005

Year million US $ % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 14,088.03 57.02 1996 13,977.09 54.87 1997 13,255.45 51.85 1998 12,531.08 48.39 1999 12,791.77 47.45 2000 13,232.96 46.94 2001 13,691.92 46.41 2002 14,168.71 45.87 2003 14,663.98 45.31 2004 15,178.60 44.74 2005 15,713.45 44.17 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




3.2 BANGLADESH Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Bangladesh 1995 - 2005

Year Bangladesh % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 13 0.00% 0.00% 1996 14 0.10% 0.00% 1997 14 0.10% 0.00% 1998 15 0.11% 0.00% 1999 16 0.12% 0.00% 2000 17 0.12% 0.00% 2001 18 0.13% 0.00% 2002 20 0.13% 0.00% 2003 21 0.14% 0.00% 2004 23 0.14% 0.00% 2005 24 0.15% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


3.3 BHUTAN Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Bhutan 1995 - 2005

Year Bhutan % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 0 0.00% 0.00% 1996 0 0.00% 0.00% 1997 0 0.00% 0.00% 1998 0 0.00% 0.00% 1999 0 0.00% 0.00% 2000 0 0.00% 0.00% 2001 0 0.00% 0.00% 2002 0 0.00% 0.00% 2003 0 0.00% 0.00% 2004 0 0.00% 0.00% 2005 0 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




3.4 BRUNEI Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Brunei 1995 - 2005

Year Brunei % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 7 0.00% 0.00% 1996 7 0.00% 0.00% 1997 7 0.00% 0.00% 1998 7 0.00% 0.00% 1999 7 0.00% 0.00% 2000 7 0.00% 0.00% 2001 8 0.05% 0.00% 2002 8 0.00% 0.00% 2003 9 0.00% 0.00% 2004 9 0.00% 0.00% 2005 10 0.06% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


3.5 BURMA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Burma 1995 - 2005

Year Burma % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 12 0.00% 0.05% 1996 14 0.00% 0.00% 1997 15 0.11% 0.00% 1998 16 0.12% 0.00% 1999 16 0.12% 0.00% 2000 17 0.12% 0.05% 2001 17 0.12% 0.00% 2002 18 0.12% 0.00% 2003 19 0.12% 0.00% 2004 20 0.12% 0.00% 2005 20 0.12% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




3.6 CAMBODIA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Cambodia 1995 - 2005

Year Cambodia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 3 0.00% 0.00% 1996 3 0.00% 0.00% 1997 3 0.00% 0.00% 1998 3 0.00% 0.00% 1999 3 0.00% 0.00% 2000 3 0.00% 0.00% 2001 3 0.00% 0.00% 2002 3 0.00% 0.00% 2003 3 0.00% 0.00% 2004 3 0.00% 0.00% 2005 4 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


3.7 CHINA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): China 1995 - 2005

Year China % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 374 2.65% 1.51% 1996 422 3.01% 1.65% 1997 457 3.44% 1.78% 1998 491 3.91% 1.89% 1999 526 4.11% 1.95% 2000 564 4.26% 2.00% 2001 605 4.41% 2.05% 2002 648 4.57% 2.09% 2003 695 4.74% 2.14% 2004 745 4.91% 2.19% 2005 799 5.08% 2.24% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




3.8 HONG KONG Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Hong Kong 1995 - 2005

Year Hong Kong % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 27 0.19% 0.11% 1996 29 0.20% 0.11% 1997 32 0.23% 0.12% 1998 34 0.27% 0.13% 1999 36 0.28% 0.13% 2000 38 0.28% 0.13% 2001 41 0.29% 0.13% 2002 43 0.30% 0.14% 2003 46 0.31% 0.14% 2004 49 0.32% 0.14% 2005 52 0.33% 0.14% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


3.9 INDIA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): India 1995 - 2005

Year India % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 77 0.54% 0.31% 1996 88 0.62% 0.34% 1997 104 0.78% 0.40% 1998 114 0.91% 0.44% 1999 123 0.96% 0.45% 2000 133 1.00% 0.47% 2001 144 1.05% 0.48% 2002 156 1.09% 0.50% 2003 168 1.14% 0.52% 2004 182 1.19% 0.53% 2005 197 1.25% 0.55% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




3.10 INDONESIA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Indonesia 1995 - 2005

Year Indonesia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 51 0.36% 0.20% 1996 54 0.38% 0.21% 1997 45 0.33% 0.17% 1998 19 0.14% 0.00% 1999 15 0.12% 0.00% 2000 17 0.12% 0.00% 2001 18 0.13% 0.00% 2002 20 0.14% 0.00% 2003 22 0.14% 0.00% 2004 23 0.15% 0.00% 2005 25 0.16% 0.07% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


3.11 JAPAN Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Japan 1995 - 2005

Year Japan % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 12,669 89.93% 51.28% 1996 12,462 89.15% 48.92% 1997 11,755 88.68% 45.98% 1998 11,168 89.12% 43.12% 1999 11,390 89.04% 42.25% 2000 11,755 88.83% 41.70% 2001 12,132 88.60% 41.12% 2002 12,521 88.37% 40.53% 2003 12,923 88.12% 39.92% 2004 13,337 87.86% 39.31% 2005 13,764 87.59% 38.69% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




3.12 LAOS Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Laos 1995 - 2005

Year Laos % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 1 0.00% 0.00% 1996 1 0.00% 0.00% 1997 1 0.00% 0.00% 1998 1 0.00% 0.00% 1999 1 0.00% 0.00% 2000 1 0.00% 0.00% 2001 1 0.00% 0.00% 2002 1 0.00% 0.00% 2003 1 0.00% 0.00% 2004 2 0.00% 0.00% 2005 2 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


3.13 MACAU Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Macau 1995 - 2005

Year Macau % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 2 0.01% 0.00% 1996 2 0.01% 0.00% 1997 2 0.01% 0.00% 1998 2 0.00% 0.00% 1999 2 0.00% 0.00% 2000 2 0.00% 0.00% 2001 3 0.00% 0.00% 2002 3 0.00% 0.00% 2003 3 0.02% 0.00% 2004 3 0.00% 0.00% 2005 3 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




3.14 MALAYSIA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Malaysia 1995 - 2005

Year Malaysia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 49 0.34% 0.19% 1996 54 0.38% 0.21% 1997 53 0.39% 0.20% 1998 46 0.36% 0.17% 1999 48 0.37% 0.17% 2000 53 0.39% 0.18% 2001 58 0.42% 0.19% 2002 64 0.45% 0.20% 2003 70 0.48% 0.21% 2004 77 0.51% 0.22% 2005 85 0.54% 0.23% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


3.15 MALDIVES Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Maldives 1995 - 2005

Year Maldives % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 0 0.00% 0.00% 1996 0 0.00% 0.00% 1997 0 0.00% 0.00% 1998 0 0.00% 0.00% 1999 0 0.00% 0.00% 2000 0 0.00% 0.00% 2001 0 0.00% 0.00% 2002 0 0.00% 0.00% 2003 0 0.00% 0.00% 2004 0 0.00% 0.00% 2005 0 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




3.16 MONGOLIA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Mongolia 1995 - 2005

Year Mongolia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 4 0.00% 0.00% 1996 4 0.02% 0.00% 1997 4 0.00% 0.00% 1998 4 0.00% 0.01% 1999 4 0.00% 0.00% 2000 4 0.00% 0.00% 2001 4 0.00% 0.00% 2002 4 0.00% 0.00% 2003 5 0.03% 0.01% 2004 5 0.00% 0.00% 2005 5 0.00% 0.01% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


3.17 NEPAL Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Nepal 1995 - 2005

Year Nepal % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 3 0.00% 0.00% 1996 3 0.00% 0.00% 1997 3 0.00% 0.00% 1998 3 0.00% 0.00% 1999 3 0.00% 0.00% 2000 3 0.00% 0.00% 2001 4 0.00% 0.00% 2002 4 0.00% 0.00% 2003 4 0.00% 0.00% 2004 4 0.00% 0.00% 2005 5 0.02% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




3.18 NORTH KOREA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): North Korea 1995 - 2005

Year North Korea % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 10 0.00% 0.00% 1996 11 0.00% 0.00% 1997 11 0.00% 0.00% 1998 12 0.00% 0.00% 1999 12 0.00% 0.00% 2000 13 0.00% 0.00% 2001 14 0.00% 0.00% 2002 14 0.10% 0.00% 2003 15 0.10% 0.00% 2004 16 0.10% 0.00% 2005 17 0.10% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


3.19 PAPUA NEW GUINEA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Papua New Guinea 1995 - 2005

Year Papua New Guinea % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 3 0.00% 0.00% 1996 3 0.00% 0.00% 1997 3 0.00% 0.00% 1998 3 0.02% 0.00% 1999 4 0.00% 0.00% 2000 4 0.02% 0.00% 2001 4 0.00% 0.00% 2002 4 0.00% 0.00% 2003 4 0.00% 0.01% 2004 4 0.00% 0.01% 2005 5 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




3.20 PHILIPPINES Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Philippines 1995 - 2005

Year Philippines % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 36 0.25% 0.14% 1996 41 0.29% 0.15% 1997 41 0.31% 0.16% 1998 37 0.29% 0.14% 1999 37 0.28% 0.13% 2000 38 0.28% 0.13% 2001 39 0.28% 0.13% 2002 40 0.28% 0.12% 2003 41 0.27% 0.12% 2004 42 0.27% 0.12% 2005 43 0.27% 0.12% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


3.21 SEYCHELLES Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Seychelles 1995 - 2005

Year Seychelles % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 0 0.00% 0.00% 1996 0 0.00% 0.00% 1997 0 0.00% 0.00% 1998 0 0.00% 0.00% 1999 0 0.00% 0.00% 2000 0 0.00% 0.00% 2001 0 0.00% 0.00% 2002 0 0.00% 0.00% 2003 0 0.00% 0.00% 2004 0 0.00% 0.00% 2005 0 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




3.22 SINGAPORE Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Singapore 1995 - 2005

Year Singapore % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 21 0.15% 0.00% 1996 24 0.16% 0.00% 1997 25 0.18% 0.00% 1998 25 0.20% 0.00% 1999 25 0.19% 0.00% 2000 25 0.19% 0.08% 2001 25 0.18% 0.00% 2002 25 0.17% 0.00% 2003 25 0.17% 0.00% 2004 25 0.16% 0.00% 2005 25 0.16% 0.07% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


3.23 SOUTH KOREA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): South Korea 1995 - 2005

Year South Korea % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 581 4.12% 2.35% 1996 592 4.23% 2.32% 1997 533 4.02% 2.08% 1998 397 3.16% 1.53% 1999 382 2.98% 1.41% 2000 390 2.94% 1.38% 2001 398 2.90% 1.34% 2002 406 2.86% 1.31% 2003 415 2.82% 1.28% 2004 423 2.78% 1.24% 2005 432 2.75% 1.21% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




3.24 SRI LANKA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Sri Lanka 1995 - 2005

Year Sri Lanka % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 7 0.00% 0.00% 1996 8 0.00% 0.00% 1997 8 0.00% 0.00% 1998 7 0.00% 0.00% 1999 8 0.00% 0.02% 2000 8 0.00% 0.00% 2001 8 0.00% 0.02% 2002 9 0.00% 0.00% 2003 9 0.00% 0.00% 2004 10 0.00% 0.00% 2005 11 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


3.25 TAIWAN Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Taiwan 1995 - 2005

Year Taiwan % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 67 0.47% 0.27% 1996 70 0.49% 0.27% 1997 68 0.51% 0.26% 1998 68 0.54% 0.26% 1999 70 0.54% 0.25% 2000 73 0.54% 0.25% 2001 75 0.54% 0.25% 2002 78 0.55% 0.25% 2003 81 0.55% 0.25% 2004 84 0.55% 0.24% 2005 87 0.55% 0.24% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




3.26 THAILAND Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Thailand 1995 - 2005

Year Thailand % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 58 0.40% 0.23% 1996 60 0.43% 0.23% 1997 55 0.41% 0.21% 1998 46 0.36% 0.17% 1999 47 0.36% 0.17% 2000 51 0.38% 0.17% 2001 54 0.39% 0.18% 2002 58 0.40% 0.18% 2003 62 0.42% 0.19% 2004 66 0.43% 0.19% 2005 71 0.45% 0.19% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


3.27 VIETNAM Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Vietnam 1995 - 2005

Year Vietnam % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 11 0.00% 0.00% 1996 13 0.00% 0.00% 1997 14 0.10% 0.00% 1998 14 0.10% 0.05% 1999 15 0.11% 0.00% 2000 16 0.12% 0.00% 2001 18 0.12% 0.00% 2002 19 0.13% 0.00% 2003 21 0.14% 0.00% 2004 23 0.15% 0.00% 2005 25 0.16% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




4 EUROPE: VITAMINS AND DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS

4.1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Market Potential for Vitamins and Dietary Supplements in Europe (million US $):

2000 Country Latent Demand million US $ % of Europe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Germany 1,161 24.72% United Kingdom 719 15.31% France 530 11.29% Italy 415 8.84% Russia 308 6.56% Poland 149 3.17% Netherlands 137 2.90% Spain 134 2.85% Austria 114 2.43% Switzerland 108 2.30% Finland 108 2.29% Denmark 102 2.17% Belgium 93 1.97% Sweden 90 1.92% Czech Republic 64 1.35% Kazakhstan 52 1.11% Belarus 44 0.94% Norway 35 0.73% Ukraine 31 0.65% Portugal 30 0.63% Hungary 28 0.59% Romania 27 0.56% Ireland 20 0.42% Georgia 17 0.35% Slovenia 16 0.35% Other 160 3.59% Total 4,691 100.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




Market Potential for Vitamins and Dietary Supplements in Europe (million US $): 2000

Germany

United Kingdom

France Italy

Other

The Market for Vitamins and Dietary Supplements in Europe: 1995 - 2005

Year million US $ % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 4,006.11 16.22 1996 4,208.67 16.52 1997 4,134.93 16.17 1998 4,165.09 16.08 1999 4,403.84 16.34 2000 4,694.98 16.66 2001 5,013.47 16.99 2002 5,360.92 17.35 2003 5,739.92 17.74 2004 6,153.51 18.14 2005 6,605.03 18.57 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




4.2 ALBANIA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Albania 1995 - 2005

Year Albania % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 4 0.00% 0.00% 1996 4 0.00% 0.00% 1997 4 0.00% 0.00% 1998 4 0.08% 0.00% 1999 4 0.00% 0.01% 2000 4 0.00% 0.00% 2001 4 0.00% 0.00% 2002 4 0.00% 0.00% 2003 5 0.00% 0.00% 2004 5 0.00% 0.01% 2005 5 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.3 ANDORRA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Andorra 1995 - 2005

Year Andorra % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 1 0.01% 0.00% 1996 1 0.00% 0.00% 1997 1 0.00% 0.00% 1998 1 0.00% 0.00% 1999 1 0.00% 0.00% 2000 1 0.00% 0.00% 2001 1 0.00% 0.00% 2002 1 0.00% 0.00% 2003 1 0.00% 0.00% 2004 1 0.00% 0.00% 2005 1 0.01% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




4.4 AUSTRIA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Austria 1995 - 2005

Year Austria % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 121 3.01% 0.48% 1996 120 2.85% 0.47% 1997 111 2.68% 0.43% 1998 111 2.66% 0.42% 1999 113 2.55% 0.41% 2000 114 2.43% 0.40% 2001 116 2.31% 0.39% 2002 118 2.20% 0.38% 2003 120 2.09% 0.37% 2004 122 1.98% 0.35% 2005 124 1.87% 0.34% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.5 BELARUS Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Belarus 1995 - 2005

Year Belarus % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 33 0.83% 0.13% 1996 37 0.88% 0.14% 1997 40 0.96% 0.15% 1998 40 0.96% 0.15% 1999 42 0.95% 0.15% 2000 44 0.94% 0.15% 2001 47 0.93% 0.15% 2002 49 0.92% 0.16% 2003 52 0.91% 0.16% 2004 55 0.89% 0.16% 2005 59 0.88% 0.16% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




4.6 BELGIUM Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Belgium 1995 - 2005

Year Belgium % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 89 2.23% 0.36% 1996 87 2.05% 0.34% 1997 78 1.88% 0.30% 1998 77 1.85% 0.29% 1999 84 1.91% 0.31% 2000 93 1.97% 0.32% 2001 102 2.03% 0.34% 2002 112 2.08% 0.36% 2003 123 2.14% 0.38% 2004 136 2.20% 0.39% 2005 149 2.25% 0.41% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.7 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Bosnia and Herzegovina 1995 -

2005 Year Bosnia and Herzegovina % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 9 0.21% 0.00% 1996 9 0.21% 0.00% 1997 10 0.23% 0.00% 1998 10 0.22% 0.00% 1999 10 0.22% 0.00% 2000 10 0.22% 0.00% 2001 11 0.21% 0.00% 2002 11 0.21% 0.00% 2003 12 0.20% 0.00% 2004 13 0.20% 0.00% 2005 13 0.19% 0.03% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




4.8 BULGARIA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Bulgaria 1995 - 2005

Year Bulgaria % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 7 0.16% 0.00% 1996 7 0.17% 0.00% 1997 7 0.17% 0.00% 1998 7 0.17% 0.00% 1999 8 0.17% 0.00% 2000 8 0.17% 0.00% 2001 9 0.17% 0.00% 2002 9 0.17% 0.00% 2003 10 0.17% 0.00% 2004 10 0.16% 0.00% 2005 11 0.16% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.9 CROATIA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Croatia 1995 - 2005

Year Croatia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 12 0.29% 0.04% 1996 13 0.29% 0.04% 1997 13 0.30% 0.00% 1998 13 0.31% 0.00% 1999 14 0.31% 0.05% 2000 15 0.31% 0.00% 2001 16 0.31% 0.00% 2002 16 0.30% 0.00% 2003 17 0.30% 0.00% 2004 18 0.29% 0.00% 2005 19 0.29% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




4.10 CYPRUS Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Cyprus 1995 - 2005

Year Cyprus % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 5 0.12% 0.00% 1996 5 0.12% 0.02% 1997 5 0.12% 0.00% 1998 5 0.12% 0.00% 1999 5 0.11% 0.00% 2000 5 0.11% 0.00% 2001 6 0.11% 0.00% 2002 6 0.11% 0.00% 2003 6 0.11% 0.00% 2004 7 0.11% 0.00% 2005 7 0.11% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.11 CZECH REPUBLIC Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Czech Republic 1995 - 2005

Year Czech Republic % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 41 1.01% 0.16% 1996 46 1.09% 0.18% 1997 48 1.15% 0.18% 1998 52 1.25% 0.20% 1999 58 1.31% 0.21% 2000 64 1.35% 0.22% 2001 70 1.39% 0.23% 2002 77 1.43% 0.24% 2003 85 1.47% 0.26% 2004 93 1.51% 0.27% 2005 102 1.54% 0.28% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




4.12 DENMARK Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Denmark 1995 - 2005

Year Denmark % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 108 2.69% 0.43% 1996 108 2.56% 0.42% 1997 100 2.41% 0.39% 1998 99 2.38% 0.38% 1999 101 2.28% 0.37% 2000 102 2.17% 0.36% 2001 103 2.05% 0.35% 2002 105 1.95% 0.33% 2003 106 1.84% 0.32% 2004 107 1.74% 0.31% 2005 109 1.64% 0.30% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.13 ESTONIA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Estonia 1995 - 2005

Year Estonia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 8 0.19% 0.00% 1996 8 0.18% 0.00% 1997 8 0.19% 0.00% 1998 8 0.18% 0.00% 1999 8 0.17% 0.00% 2000 8 0.17% 0.00% 2001 9 0.17% 0.00% 2002 9 0.17% 0.00% 2003 10 0.17% 0.00% 2004 11 0.17% 0.00% 2005 11 0.17% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




4.14 FINLAND Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Finland 1995 - 2005

Year Finland % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 107 2.66% 0.43% 1996 102 2.42% 0.40% 1997 92 2.23% 0.36% 1998 90 2.17% 0.34% 1999 98 2.22% 0.36% 2000 108 2.29% 0.38% 2001 119 2.36% 0.40% 2002 131 2.43% 0.42% 2003 144 2.50% 0.44% 2004 158 2.56% 0.46% 2005 174 2.63% 0.48% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.15 FRANCE Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): France 1995 - 2005

Year France % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 561 14.01% 2.27% 1996 560 13.30% 2.19% 1997 517 12.51% 2.02% 1998 516 12.39% 1.99% 1999 523 11.87% 1.94% 2000 530 11.29% 1.88% 2001 537 10.71% 1.82% 2002 544 10.15% 1.76% 2003 552 9.60% 1.70% 2004 559 9.08% 1.64% 2005 566 8.57% 1.59% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




4.16 GEORGIA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Georgia 1995 - 2005

Year Georgia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 13 0.31% 0.00% 1996 14 0.32% 0.00% 1997 14 0.34% 0.05% 1998 15 0.35% 0.00% 1999 16 0.35% 0.00% 2000 17 0.35% 0.00% 2001 18 0.36% 0.06% 2002 20 0.36% 0.00% 2003 21 0.36% 0.00% 2004 23 0.36% 0.00% 2005 24 0.37% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.17 GERMANY Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Germany 1995 - 2005

Year Germany % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 1,112 27.76% 4.50% 1996 1,078 25.62% 4.23% 1997 989 23.92% 3.87% 1998 977 23.44% 3.77% 1999 1,058 24.02% 3.92% 2000 1,161 24.72% 4.11% 2001 1,274 25.40% 4.31% 2002 1,397 26.06% 4.52% 2003 1,533 26.70% 4.73% 2004 1,682 27.33% 4.95% 2005 1,845 27.94% 5.18% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




4.18 GREECE Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Greece 1995 - 2005

Year Greece % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 12 0.29% 0.00% 1996 13 0.30% 0.00% 1997 13 0.31% 0.00% 1998 13 0.31% 0.00% 1999 13 0.29% 0.00% 2000 13 0.28% 0.00% 2001 13 0.26% 0.00% 2002 13 0.24% 0.04% 2003 13 0.23% 0.00% 2004 13 0.21% 0.00% 2005 13 0.20% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.19 HUNGARY Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Hungary 1995 - 2005

Year Hungary % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 19 0.46% 0.00% 1996 21 0.49% 0.00% 1997 22 0.54% 0.00% 1998 25 0.59% 0.00% 1999 26 0.59% 0.00% 2000 28 0.59% 0.00% 2001 30 0.59% 0.10% 2002 32 0.58% 0.10% 2003 34 0.58% 0.10% 2004 36 0.58% 0.10% 2005 38 0.57% 0.10% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




4.20 ICELAND Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Iceland 1995 - 2005

Year Iceland % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 5 0.12% 0.00% 1996 5 0.12% 0.00% 1997 5 0.12% 0.00% 1998 5 0.12% 0.00% 1999 5 0.11% 0.00% 2000 5 0.11% 0.00% 2001 6 0.11% 0.01% 2002 6 0.11% 0.00% 2003 6 0.11% 0.00% 2004 7 0.11% 0.00% 2005 7 0.11% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.21 IRELAND Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Ireland 1995 - 2005

Year Ireland % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 15 0.36% 0.00% 1996 16 0.38% 0.00% 1997 18 0.42% 0.06% 1998 18 0.44% 0.00% 1999 19 0.43% 0.00% 2000 20 0.42% 0.00% 2001 21 0.41% 0.00% 2002 21 0.39% 0.00% 2003 22 0.38% 0.00% 2004 23 0.37% 0.00% 2005 24 0.36% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




4.22 ITALY Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Italy 1995 - 2005

Year Italy % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 302 7.52% 1.22% 1996 345 8.19% 1.35% 1997 362 8.74% 1.41% 1998 396 9.49% 1.52% 1999 407 9.25% 1.51% 2000 415 8.84% 1.47% 2001 423 8.43% 1.43% 2002 431 8.03% 1.39% 2003 439 7.64% 1.35% 2004 447 7.26% 1.31% 2005 455 6.89% 1.28% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.23 KAZAKHSTAN Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Kazakhstan 1995 - 2005

Year Kazakhstan % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 45 1.12% 0.18% 1996 50 1.18% 0.19% 1997 50 1.21% 0.19% 1998 45 1.09% 0.17% 1999 48 1.09% 0.17% 2000 52 1.11% 0.18% 2001 57 1.13% 0.19% 2002 62 1.15% 0.20% 2003 68 1.18% 0.20% 2004 74 1.20% 0.21% 2005 81 1.22% 0.22% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




4.24 LATVIA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Latvia 1995 - 2005

Year Latvia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 12 0.29% 0.00% 1996 13 0.29% 0.00% 1997 13 0.31% 0.00% 1998 13 0.31% 0.00% 1999 14 0.30% 0.00% 2000 14 0.30% 0.00% 2001 15 0.29% 0.00% 2002 16 0.29% 0.00% 2003 16 0.28% 0.00% 2004 17 0.27% 0.00% 2005 18 0.26% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.25 LIECHTENSTEIN Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Liechtenstein 1995 - 2005

Year Liechtenstein % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 1 0.00% 0.00% 1996 1 0.00% 0.00% 1997 1 0.01% 0.00% 1998 1 0.00% 0.00% 1999 1 0.00% 0.00% 2000 1 0.00% 0.00% 2001 1 0.00% 0.00% 2002 1 0.00% 0.00% 2003 1 0.01% 0.00% 2004 1 0.00% 0.00% 2005 1 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




4.26 LITHUANIA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Lithuania 1995 - 2005

Year Lithuania % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 12 0.28% 0.00% 1996 13 0.30% 0.00% 1997 14 0.33% 0.00% 1998 14 0.33% 0.00% 1999 15 0.33% 0.00% 2000 16 0.34% 0.00% 2001 18 0.35% 0.00% 2002 19 0.36% 0.06% 2003 21 0.36% 0.00% 2004 23 0.37% 0.00% 2005 25 0.38% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.27 LUXEMBOURG Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Luxembourg 1995 - 2005

Year Luxembourg % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 9 0.22% 0.00% 1996 9 0.22% 0.00% 1997 9 0.22% 0.00% 1998 9 0.22% 0.00% 1999 10 0.21% 0.00% 2000 10 0.21% 0.00% 2001 10 0.20% 0.00% 2002 11 0.20% 0.00% 2003 12 0.20% 0.00% 2004 13 0.20% 0.00% 2005 13 0.20% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




4.28 MACEDONIA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Macedonia 1995 - 2005

Year Macedonia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 5 0.13% 0.00% 1996 5 0.12% 0.00% 1997 6 0.13% 0.00% 1998 5 0.13% 0.00% 1999 6 0.12% 0.02% 2000 6 0.12% 0.00% 2001 6 0.12% 0.02% 2002 6 0.12% 0.00% 2003 7 0.12% 0.00% 2004 7 0.11% 0.00% 2005 8 0.11% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.29 MALTA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Malta 1995 - 2005

Year Malta % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 2 0.00% 0.00% 1996 2 0.00% 0.00% 1997 2 0.00% 0.00% 1998 2 0.00% 0.00% 1999 2 0.00% 0.00% 2000 2 0.00% 0.00% 2001 3 0.00% 0.00% 2002 3 0.00% 0.00% 2003 3 0.00% 0.00% 2004 3 0.00% 0.00% 2005 3 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




4.30 MOLDOVA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Moldova 1995 - 2005

Year Moldova % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 12 0.29% 0.00% 1996 13 0.30% 0.00% 1997 13 0.32% 0.00% 1998 13 0.31% 0.00% 1999 14 0.31% 0.00% 2000 15 0.31% 0.00% 2001 15 0.30% 0.00% 2002 16 0.29% 0.00% 2003 17 0.28% 0.00% 2004 17 0.28% 0.00% 2005 18 0.27% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.31 MONACO Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Monaco 1995 - 2005

Year Monaco % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 0 0.00% 0.00% 1996 0 0.00% 0.00% 1997 0 0.00% 0.00% 1998 0 0.00% 0.00% 1999 0 0.00% 0.00% 2000 0 0.00% 0.00% 2001 0 0.00% 0.00% 2002 0 0.00% 0.00% 2003 0 0.00% 0.00% 2004 0 0.00% 0.00% 2005 1 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




4.32 NETHERLANDS Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Netherlands 1995 - 2005

Year Netherlands % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 138 3.45% 0.55% 1996 138 3.27% 0.54% 1997 128 3.08% 0.49% 1998 129 3.09% 0.49% 1999 133 3.01% 0.49% 2000 137 2.90% 0.48% 2001 140 2.80% 0.47% 2002 144 2.69% 0.46% 2003 149 2.58% 0.45% 2004 153 2.48% 0.45% 2005 157 2.38% 0.44% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.33 NORWAY Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Norway 1995 - 2005

Year Norway % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 32 0.79% 0.12% 1996 32 0.75% 0.12% 1997 30 0.72% 0.11% 1998 29 0.70% 0.11% 1999 32 0.71% 0.11% 2000 35 0.73% 0.12% 2001 38 0.76% 0.12% 2002 42 0.78% 0.13% 2003 46 0.80% 0.14% 2004 51 0.82% 0.14% 2005 56 0.84% 0.15% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




4.34 POLAND Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Poland 1995 - 2005

Year Poland % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 71 1.76% 0.28% 1996 87 2.07% 0.34% 1997 102 2.47% 0.40% 1998 122 2.92% 0.47% 1999 136 3.07% 0.50% 2000 149 3.17% 0.52% 2001 164 3.27% 0.55% 2002 180 3.36% 0.58% 2003 198 3.45% 0.61% 2004 218 3.54% 0.64% 2005 240 3.63% 0.67% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.35 PORTUGAL Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Portugal 1995 - 2005

Year Portugal % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 19 0.47% 0.00% 1996 28 0.67% 0.11% 1997 28 0.68% 0.11% 1998 29 0.68% 0.11% 1999 29 0.66% 0.10% 2000 30 0.63% 0.10% 2001 31 0.61% 0.10% 2002 31 0.58% 0.10% 2003 32 0.56% 0.00% 2004 33 0.53% 0.00% 2005 34 0.51% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




4.36 ROMANIA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Romania 1995 - 2005

Year Romania % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 15 0.38% 0.00% 1996 17 0.39% 0.00% 1997 19 0.45% 0.07% 1998 22 0.53% 0.00% 1999 24 0.55% 0.00% 2000 27 0.56% 0.00% 2001 29 0.58% 0.00% 2002 32 0.59% 0.10% 2003 35 0.60% 0.10% 2004 38 0.61% 0.11% 2005 41 0.62% 0.11% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.37 RUSSIA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Russia 1995 - 2005

Year Russia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 228 5.69% 0.92% 1996 315 7.49% 1.23% 1997 341 8.24% 1.33% 1998 271 6.49% 1.04% 1999 280 6.36% 1.03% 2000 308 6.56% 1.09% 2001 339 6.75% 1.14% 2002 373 6.95% 1.20% 2003 410 7.14% 1.26% 2004 451 7.33% 1.32% 2005 496 7.51% 1.39% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




4.38 SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Serbia and Montenegro 1995 -

2005 Year Serbia and Montenegro % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 9 0.23% 0.00% 1996 10 0.23% 0.00% 1997 10 0.23% 0.00% 1998 10 0.24% 0.00% 1999 11 0.24% 0.00% 2000 12 0.24% 0.00% 2001 12 0.24% 0.00% 2002 13 0.24% 0.00% 2003 14 0.23% 0.04% 2004 14 0.23% 0.00% 2005 15 0.22% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.39 SLOVAKIA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Slovakia 1995 - 2005

Year Slovakia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 11 0.27% 0.00% 1996 12 0.27% 0.00% 1997 12 0.29% 0.00% 1998 13 0.31% 0.00% 1999 14 0.30% 0.00% 2000 14 0.30% 0.00% 2001 15 0.29% 0.00% 2002 16 0.29% 0.00% 2003 17 0.28% 0.00% 2004 17 0.28% 0.00% 2005 18 0.27% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




4.40 SLOVENIA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Slovenia 1995 - 2005

Year Slovenia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 12 0.29% 0.04% 1996 13 0.31% 0.00% 1997 14 0.33% 0.00% 1998 14 0.33% 0.00% 1999 15 0.34% 0.00% 2000 16 0.35% 0.00% 2001 18 0.35% 0.00% 2002 19 0.36% 0.00% 2003 21 0.36% 0.00% 2004 23 0.37% 0.00% 2005 25 0.37% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.41 SPAIN Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Spain 1995 - 2005

Year Spain % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 145 3.60% 0.58% 1996 145 3.45% 0.57% 1997 133 3.22% 0.52% 1998 133 3.18% 0.51% 1999 133 3.02% 0.49% 2000 134 2.85% 0.47% 2001 134 2.67% 0.45% 2002 135 2.51% 0.43% 2003 135 2.35% 0.41% 2004 136 2.20% 0.40% 2005 136 2.06% 0.38% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




4.42 SWEDEN Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Sweden 1995 - 2005

Year Sweden % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 78 1.94% 0.31% 1996 83 1.97% 0.32% 1997 77 1.87% 0.30% 1998 76 1.83% 0.29% 1999 82 1.87% 0.30% 2000 90 1.92% 0.32% 2001 99 1.97% 0.33% 2002 108 2.01% 0.35% 2003 118 2.06% 0.36% 2004 130 2.10% 0.38% 2005 142 2.14% 0.39% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.43 SWITZERLAND Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Switzerland 1995 - 2005

Year Switzerland % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 126 3.15% 0.51% 1996 123 2.91% 0.48% 1997 106 2.56% 0.41% 1998 105 2.51% 0.40% 1999 107 2.41% 0.39% 2000 108 2.30% 0.38% 2001 110 2.18% 0.37% 2002 111 2.07% 0.36% 2003 113 1.96% 0.34% 2004 115 1.86% 0.33% 2005 116 1.76% 0.32% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




4.44 UKRAINE Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Ukraine 1995 - 2005

Year Ukraine % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 28 0.70% 0.11% 1996 30 0.70% 0.11% 1997 31 0.73% 0.11% 1998 29 0.68% 0.11% 1999 29 0.66% 0.10% 2000 31 0.65% 0.10% 2001 32 0.63% 0.10% 2002 33 0.62% 0.10% 2003 35 0.60% 0.10% 2004 37 0.59% 0.10% 2005 38 0.57% 0.10% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.45 UNITED KINGDOM Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): United Kingdom 1995 - 2005

Year United Kingdom % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 412 10.27% 1.66% 1996 468 11.11% 1.83% 1997 535 12.92% 2.09% 1998 594 14.25% 2.29% 1999 654 14.84% 2.42% 2000 719 15.31% 2.55% 2001 791 15.77% 2.68% 2002 870 16.22% 2.81% 2003 957 16.67% 2.95% 2004 1,053 17.10% 3.10% 2005 1,158 17.52% 3.25% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




5 LATIN AMERICA: VITAMINS AND DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS

5.1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Market Potential for Vitamins and Dietary Supplements in Latin America (million

US $): 2000 Country Latent Demand million US $ % of Latin America _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Brazil 558 63.05% Mexico 100 11.30% Colombia 51 5.76% Venezuela 50 5.64% Argentina 28 3.21% Guatemala 12 1.40% Ecuador 11 1.24% Peru 10 1.18% Panama 10 1.14% Uruguay 10 1.08% Chile 8 0.89% Paraguay 7 0.77% El Salvador 6 0.68% Costa Rica 6 0.68% Bolivia 6 0.63% Honduras 6 0.62% Nicaragua 3 0.34% Suriname 1 0.15% Belize 0 0.00% Guyana 0 0.00% Total 884 100.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




Market Potential for Vitamins and Dietary Supplements in Latin America (million US $): 2000

Brazil

MexicoColombiaVenezuela

Other

The Market for Vitamins and Dietary Supplements in Latin America: 1995 - 2005

Year million US $ % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 676.69 2.74 1996 724.47 2.84 1997 768.89 3.01 1998 812.13 3.14 1999 848.06 3.15 2000 884.89 3.14 2001 926.01 3.14 2002 970.08 3.14 2003 1,017.01 3.14 2004 1,067.04 3.15 2005 1,120.40 3.15 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




5.2 ARGENTINA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Argentina 1995 - 2005

Year Argentina % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 19 2.74% 0.00% 1996 20 2.79% 0.00% 1997 24 3.08% 0.00% 1998 26 3.18% 0.00% 1999 27 3.20% 0.10% 2000 28 3.21% 0.10% 2001 30 3.21% 0.10% 2002 31 3.21% 0.10% 2003 33 3.20% 0.10% 2004 34 3.20% 0.10% 2005 36 3.19% 0.10% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


5.3 BELIZE Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Belize 1995 - 2005

Year Belize % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 0 0.04% 0.00% 1996 0 0.00% 0.00% 1997 0 0.00% 0.00% 1998 0 0.00% 0.00% 1999 0 0.00% 0.00% 2000 0 0.00% 0.00% 2001 0 0.00% 0.00% 2002 0 0.00% 0.00% 2003 0 0.00% 0.00% 2004 0 0.00% 0.00% 2005 1 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




5.4 BOLIVIA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Bolivia 1995 - 2005

Year Bolivia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 5 0.76% 0.00% 1996 5 0.74% 0.00% 1997 5 0.71% 0.00% 1998 5 0.66% 0.00% 1999 5 0.64% 0.00% 2000 6 0.63% 0.00% 2001 6 0.64% 0.00% 2002 6 0.65% 0.00% 2003 7 0.67% 0.00% 2004 7 0.68% 0.00% 2005 8 0.69% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


5.5 BRAZIL Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Brazil 1995 - 2005

Year Brazil % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 463 68.35% 1.87% 1996 495 68.38% 1.94% 1997 512 66.52% 2.00% 1998 528 65.04% 2.03% 1999 543 64.04% 2.01% 2000 558 63.05% 1.97% 2001 573 61.90% 1.94% 2002 589 60.71% 1.90% 2003 605 59.49% 1.86% 2004 622 58.26% 1.83% 2005 639 57.00% 1.79% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




5.6 CHILE Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Chile 1995 - 2005

Year Chile % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 5 0.78% 0.00% 1996 6 0.78% 0.00% 1997 6 0.84% 0.00% 1998 7 0.88% 0.02% 1999 8 0.89% 0.00% 2000 8 0.89% 0.00% 2001 8 0.89% 0.00% 2002 9 0.89% 0.00% 2003 9 0.89% 0.00% 2004 10 0.89% 0.00% 2005 10 0.88% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


5.7 COLOMBIA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Colombia 1995 - 2005

Year Colombia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 31 4.52% 0.12% 1996 33 4.61% 0.13% 1997 38 4.97% 0.14% 1998 44 5.37% 0.16% 1999 47 5.58% 0.17% 2000 51 5.76% 0.18% 2001 55 5.93% 0.18% 2002 59 6.10% 0.19% 2003 64 6.27% 0.19% 2004 69 6.43% 0.20% 2005 74 6.60% 0.20% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




5.8 COSTA RICA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Costa Rica 1995 - 2005

Year Costa Rica % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 5 0.79% 0.00% 1996 6 0.77% 0.00% 1997 6 0.74% 0.00% 1998 6 0.69% 0.00% 1999 6 0.68% 0.02% 2000 6 0.68% 0.00% 2001 6 0.68% 0.02% 2002 7 0.69% 0.02% 2003 7 0.70% 0.00% 2004 8 0.71% 0.00% 2005 8 0.71% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


5.9 ECUADOR Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Ecuador 1995 - 2005

Year Ecuador % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 10 1.45% 0.00% 1996 10 1.41% 0.00% 1997 11 1.37% 0.04% 1998 10 1.28% 0.00% 1999 11 1.25% 0.00% 2000 11 1.24% 0.00% 2001 12 1.26% 0.00% 2002 12 1.27% 0.00% 2003 13 1.28% 0.00% 2004 14 1.30% 0.00% 2005 15 1.31% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




5.10 EL SALVADOR Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): El Salvador 1995 - 2005

Year El Salvador % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 6 0.86% 0.00% 1996 6 0.82% 0.00% 1997 6 0.78% 0.00% 1998 6 0.72% 0.00% 1999 6 0.69% 0.00% 2000 6 0.68% 0.00% 2001 6 0.69% 0.00% 2002 7 0.71% 0.00% 2003 8 0.73% 0.00% 2004 8 0.75% 0.00% 2005 9 0.77% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


5.11 GUATEMALA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Guatemala 1995 - 2005

Year Guatemala % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 12 1.74% 0.00% 1996 12 1.67% 0.00% 1997 12 1.59% 0.00% 1998 12 1.47% 0.00% 1999 12 1.43% 0.00% 2000 12 1.40% 0.00% 2001 13 1.43% 0.04% 2002 14 1.46% 0.00% 2003 15 1.50% 0.00% 2004 16 1.53% 0.00% 2005 18 1.56% 0.04% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




5.12 GUYANA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Guyana 1995 - 2005

Year Guyana % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 0 0.00% 0.00% 1996 0 0.00% 0.00% 1997 0 0.00% 0.00% 1998 0 0.03% 0.00% 1999 0 0.00% 0.00% 2000 0 0.00% 0.00% 2001 0 0.00% 0.00% 2002 0 0.00% 0.00% 2003 0 0.00% 0.00% 2004 0 0.00% 0.00% 2005 0 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


5.13 HONDURAS Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Honduras 1995 - 2005

Year Honduras % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 5 0.76% 0.00% 1996 5 0.73% 0.00% 1997 5 0.70% 0.00% 1998 5 0.65% 0.00% 1999 5 0.63% 0.01% 2000 6 0.62% 0.00% 2001 6 0.63% 0.00% 2002 6 0.64% 0.00% 2003 7 0.66% 0.02% 2004 7 0.67% 0.00% 2005 8 0.68% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




5.14 MEXICO Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Mexico 1995 - 2005

Year Mexico % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 58 8.56% 0.23% 1996 65 8.91% 0.25% 1997 73 9.49% 0.28% 1998 82 10.14% 0.31% 1999 91 10.72% 0.33% 2000 100 11.30% 0.35% 2001 110 11.88% 0.37% 2002 121 12.48% 0.39% 2003 133 13.09% 0.41% 2004 146 13.72% 0.43% 2005 161 14.38% 0.45% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


5.15 NICARAGUA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Nicaragua 1995 - 2005

Year Nicaragua % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 3 0.41% 0.00% 1996 3 0.40% 0.00% 1997 3 0.38% 0.00% 1998 3 0.35% 0.00% 1999 3 0.34% 0.00% 2000 3 0.34% 0.00% 2001 3 0.34% 0.01% 2002 3 0.35% 0.00% 2003 4 0.36% 0.00% 2004 4 0.37% 0.00% 2005 4 0.37% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




5.16 PANAMA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Panama 1995 - 2005

Year Panama % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 9 1.34% 0.00% 1996 9 1.30% 0.00% 1997 10 1.25% 0.00% 1998 10 1.17% 0.00% 1999 10 1.15% 0.00% 2000 10 1.14% 0.00% 2001 11 1.15% 0.00% 2002 11 1.16% 0.03% 2003 12 1.18% 0.00% 2004 13 1.19% 0.00% 2005 14 1.21% 0.03% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


5.17 PARAGUAY Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Paraguay 1995 - 2005

Year Paraguay % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 6 0.94% 0.00% 1996 7 0.90% 0.02% 1997 7 0.87% 0.00% 1998 7 0.80% 0.00% 1999 7 0.78% 0.00% 2000 7 0.77% 0.00% 2001 7 0.78% 0.00% 2002 8 0.80% 0.00% 2003 8 0.81% 0.00% 2004 9 0.83% 0.00% 2005 9 0.84% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




5.18 PERU Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Peru 1995 - 2005

Year Peru % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 8 1.11% 0.00% 1996 8 1.12% 0.00% 1997 9 1.14% 0.00% 1998 9 1.16% 0.00% 1999 10 1.17% 0.00% 2000 10 1.18% 0.00% 2001 11 1.18% 0.00% 2002 12 1.18% 0.00% 2003 12 1.18% 0.00% 2004 13 1.18% 0.00% 2005 13 1.18% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


5.19 SURINAME Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Suriname 1995 - 2005

Year Suriname % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 1 0.17% 0.00% 1996 1 0.17% 0.00% 1997 1 0.16% 0.00% 1998 1 0.15% 0.00% 1999 1 0.15% 0.00% 2000 1 0.15% 0.00% 2001 1 0.15% 0.00% 2002 2 0.15% 0.00% 2003 2 0.15% 0.00% 2004 2 0.15% 0.00% 2005 2 0.16% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




5.20 URUGUAY Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Uruguay 1995 - 2005

Year Uruguay % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 8 1.17% 0.00% 1996 8 1.15% 0.00% 1997 9 1.13% 0.00% 1998 9 1.07% 0.00% 1999 9 1.07% 0.00% 2000 10 1.08% 0.00% 2001 10 1.08% 0.00% 2002 10 1.07% 0.00% 2003 11 1.07% 0.00% 2004 11 1.06% 0.00% 2005 12 1.06% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


5.21 VENEZUELA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Venezuela 1995 - 2005

Year Venezuela % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 22 3.28% 0.00% 1996 22 3.08% 0.00% 1997 31 4.01% 0.12% 1998 40 4.97% 0.15% 1999 45 5.35% 0.16% 2000 50 5.64% 0.17% 2001 55 5.92% 0.18% 2002 60 6.22% 0.19% 2003 66 6.53% 0.20% 2004 73 6.84% 0.21% 2005 80 7.17% 0.22% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




6 NORTH AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN: VITAMINS AND DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS

6.1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Market Potential for Vitamins and Dietary Supplements in North America & the

Caribbean (million US $): 2000 Country Latent Demand million US $ % of North America & the Caribbean _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ United States 7,500 95.11% Canada 318 4.03% Cuba 18 0.22% Dominican Republic 8 0.00% Trinidad and Tobago 4 0.00% Jamaica 3 0.00% Bahamas 3 0.00% Haiti 3 0.00% Martinique 2 0.00% Barbados 2 0.00% Netherlands Antilles 1 0.00% Bermuda 1 0.00% St. Lucia 0 0.00% Antigua and Barbuda 0 0.00% Grenada 0 0.00% St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0 0.00% St. Kitts and Nevis 0 0.00% Dominica 0 0.00% Total 7,864 100.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




Market Potential for Vitamins and Dietary Supplements in North America & the Caribbean (million US $): 2000

United States

CanadaCubaDominican Republic

Other

The Market for Vitamins and Dietary Supplements in North America & the

Caribbean: 1995 - 2005 Year million US $ % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 4,721.61 19.11 1996 5,257.05 20.64 1997 6,053.83 23.68 1998 7,029.66 27.14 1999 7,494.99 27.80 2000 7,885.53 27.97 2001 8,297.40 28.13 2002 8,731.19 28.26 2003 9,187.98 28.39 2004 9,668.97 28.50 2005 10,175.47 28.60 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




6.2 ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Antigua and Barbuda 1995 -

2005 Year Antigua and Barbuda % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 0 0.00% 0.00% 1996 0 0.00% 0.00% 1997 0 0.00% 0.00% 1998 0 0.00% 0.00% 1999 0 0.00% 0.00% 2000 0 0.00% 0.00% 2001 0 0.00% 0.00% 2002 0 0.00% 0.00% 2003 0 0.00% 0.00% 2004 0 0.00% 0.00% 2005 1 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


6.3 BAHAMAS Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Bahamas 1995 - 2005

Year Bahamas % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 3 0.00% 0.00% 1996 3 0.05% 0.00% 1997 3 0.00% 0.00% 1998 3 0.00% 0.00% 1999 3 0.00% 0.00% 2000 3 0.00% 0.00% 2001 3 0.00% 0.01% 2002 3 0.00% 0.00% 2003 3 0.00% 0.00% 2004 4 0.00% 0.00% 2005 4 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




6.4 BARBADOS Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Barbados 1995 - 2005

Year Barbados % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 1 0.00% 0.00% 1996 1 0.00% 0.00% 1997 1 0.00% 0.00% 1998 1 0.00% 0.00% 1999 1 0.00% 0.00% 2000 2 0.00% 0.00% 2001 2 0.00% 0.00% 2002 2 0.00% 0.00% 2003 2 0.00% 0.00% 2004 2 0.00% 0.00% 2005 2 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


6.5 BERMUDA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Bermuda 1995 - 2005

Year Bermuda % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 1 0.00% 0.00% 1996 1 0.00% 0.00% 1997 1 0.00% 0.00% 1998 1 0.00% 0.00% 1999 1 0.00% 0.00% 2000 1 0.00% 0.00% 2001 1 0.00% 0.00% 2002 1 0.00% 0.00% 2003 2 0.00% 0.00% 2004 2 0.00% 0.00% 2005 2 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




6.6 CANADA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Canada 1995 - 2005

Year Canada % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 252 5.34% 1.02% 1996 276 5.24% 1.08% 1997 295 4.87% 1.15% 1998 304 4.31% 1.17% 1999 311 4.14% 1.15% 2000 318 4.03% 1.12% 2001 326 3.92% 1.10% 2002 334 3.82% 1.08% 2003 342 3.71% 1.05% 2004 350 3.61% 1.03% 2005 358 3.52% 1.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


6.7 CUBA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Cuba 1995 - 2005

Year Cuba % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 14 0.28% 0.00% 1996 15 0.27% 0.05% 1997 15 0.24% 0.00% 1998 16 0.22% 0.00% 1999 16 0.22% 0.00% 2000 18 0.22% 0.00% 2001 19 0.22% 0.00% 2002 20 0.22% 0.00% 2003 21 0.22% 0.00% 2004 22 0.23% 0.00% 2005 24 0.23% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




6.8 DOMINICA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Dominica 1995 - 2005

Year Dominica % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 0 0.00% 0.00% 1996 0 0.00% 0.00% 1997 0 0.00% 0.00% 1998 0 0.00% 0.00% 1999 0 0.00% 0.00% 2000 0 0.00% 0.00% 2001 0 0.00% 0.00% 2002 0 0.00% 0.00% 2003 0 0.00% 0.00% 2004 0 0.00% 0.00% 2005 0 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


6.9 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Dominican Republic 1995 - 2005

Year Dominican Republic % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 7 0.14% 0.00% 1996 7 0.13% 0.00% 1997 7 0.12% 0.00% 1998 7 0.10% 0.02% 1999 7 0.00% 0.00% 2000 8 0.00% 0.02% 2001 8 0.00% 0.00% 2002 9 0.09% 0.00% 2003 9 0.00% 0.02% 2004 10 0.10% 0.00% 2005 10 0.10% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




6.10 GRENADA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Grenada 1995 - 2005

Year Grenada % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 0 0.00% 0.00% 1996 0 0.00% 0.00% 1997 0 0.00% 0.00% 1998 0 0.00% 0.00% 1999 0 0.00% 0.00% 2000 0 0.00% 0.00% 2001 0 0.00% 0.00% 2002 0 0.00% 0.00% 2003 0 0.00% 0.00% 2004 0 0.00% 0.00% 2005 0 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


6.11 HAITI Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Haiti 1995 - 2005

Year Haiti % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 2 0.00% 0.00% 1996 2 0.00% 0.00% 1997 3 0.00% 0.00% 1998 2 0.00% 0.00% 1999 2 0.03% 0.00% 2000 3 0.00% 0.00% 2001 3 0.03% 0.00% 2002 3 0.00% 0.00% 2003 3 0.00% 0.00% 2004 3 0.00% 0.00% 2005 4 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




6.12 JAMAICA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Jamaica 1995 - 2005

Year Jamaica % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 3 0.00% 0.00% 1996 3 0.00% 0.00% 1997 3 0.04% 0.00% 1998 3 0.04% 0.00% 1999 3 0.00% 0.00% 2000 3 0.00% 0.00% 2001 3 0.00% 0.00% 2002 3 0.00% 0.00% 2003 4 0.00% 0.00% 2004 4 0.03% 0.00% 2005 4 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


6.13 MARTINIQUE Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Martinique 1995 - 2005

Year Martinique % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 2 0.00% 0.00% 1996 2 0.00% 0.00% 1997 2 0.00% 0.00% 1998 2 0.00% 0.00% 1999 2 0.00% 0.00% 2000 2 0.00% 0.00% 2001 2 0.02% 0.00% 2002 2 0.00% 0.00% 2003 2 0.00% 0.00% 2004 2 0.00% 0.00% 2005 2 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




6.14 NETHERLANDS ANTILLES Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Netherlands Antilles 1995 - 2005

Year Netherlands Antilles % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 1 0.00% 0.00% 1996 1 0.00% 0.00% 1997 1 0.00% 0.00% 1998 1 0.01% 0.00% 1999 1 0.00% 0.00% 2000 1 0.00% 0.00% 2001 2 0.00% 0.00% 2002 2 0.00% 0.00% 2003 2 0.00% 0.00% 2004 2 0.00% 0.00% 2005 2 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


6.15 ST. KITTS AND NEVIS Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): St. Kitts and Nevis 1995 - 2005

Year St. Kitts and Nevis % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 0 0.00% 0.00% 1996 0 0.00% 0.00% 1997 0 0.00% 0.00% 1998 0 0.00% 0.00% 1999 0 0.00% 0.00% 2000 0 0.00% 0.00% 2001 0 0.00% 0.00% 2002 0 0.00% 0.00% 2003 0 0.00% 0.00% 2004 0 0.00% 0.00% 2005 0 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




6.16 ST. LUCIA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): St. Lucia 1995 - 2005

Year St. Lucia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 0 0.00% 0.00% 1996 0 0.00% 0.00% 1997 0 0.00% 0.00% 1998 0 0.00% 0.00% 1999 0 0.00% 0.00% 2000 0 0.00% 0.00% 2001 0 0.00% 0.00% 2002 0 0.00% 0.00% 2003 0 0.00% 0.00% 2004 0 0.00% 0.00% 2005 1 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


6.17 ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): St. Vincent and the Grenadines

1995 - 2005 Year St. Vincent and the Grenadines % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 0 0.00% 0.00% 1996 0 0.00% 0.00% 1997 0 0.00% 0.00% 1998 0 0.00% 0.00% 1999 0 0.00% 0.00% 2000 0 0.00% 0.00% 2001 0 0.00% 0.00% 2002 0 0.00% 0.00% 2003 0 0.00% 0.00% 2004 0 0.00% 0.00% 2005 0 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




6.18 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Trinidad and Tobago 1995 -

2005 Year Trinidad and Tobago % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 4 0.00% 0.00% 1996 4 0.00% 0.00% 1997 4 0.00% 0.00% 1998 4 0.00% 0.01% 1999 4 0.00% 0.00% 2000 4 0.00% 0.00% 2001 5 0.00% 0.01% 2002 5 0.00% 0.00% 2003 5 0.00% 0.00% 2004 5 0.00% 0.00% 2005 6 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


6.19 UNITED STATES Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): United States 1995 - 2005

Year United States % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 4,414 93.48% 17.86% 1996 4,923 93.64% 19.32% 1997 5,699 94.13% 22.29% 1998 6,665 94.81% 25.73% 1999 7,120 95.00% 26.41% 2000 7,500 95.11% 26.60% 2001 7,900 95.21% 26.77% 2002 8,321 95.30% 26.93% 2003 8,765 95.39% 27.08% 2004 9,232 95.48% 27.21% 2005 9,725 95.56% 27.33% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




7 OCEANA: VITAMINS AND DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS

7.1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Market Potential for Vitamins and Dietary Supplements in Oceana (million US $):

2000 Country Latent Demand million US $ % of Oceana _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Australia 244 92.84% New Zealand 11 4.31% Fiji 1 0.48% Solomon Islands 0 0.10% American Samoa 0 0.00% Nauru 0 0.00% Vanuatu 0 0.00% Tonga 0 0.00% Micronesia Federation 0 0.00% Palau 0 0.00% Marshall Islands 0 0.00% Kiribati 0 0.00% Tuvalu 0 0.00% Total 258 100.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


Market Potential for Vitamins and Dietary Supplements in Oceana (million US $): 2000

Australia

New ZealandFijiSolomon Islands

Other



The Market for Vitamins and Dietary Supplements in Oceana: 1995 - 2005 Year million US $ % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 235.70 0.95 1996 257.70 1.01 1997 256.58 1.00 1998 236.69 0.91 1999 246.62 0.91 2000 263.04 0.93 2001 280.67 0.95 2002 299.55 0.97 2003 319.75 0.99 2004 341.36 1.01 2005 364.50 1.02 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


7.2 AMERICAN SAMOA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): American Samoa 1995 - 2005

Year American Samoa % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 0 0.07% 0.00% 1996 0 0.00% 0.00% 1997 0 0.00% 0.00% 1998 0 0.00% 0.00% 1999 0 0.00% 0.00% 2000 0 0.00% 0.00% 2001 0 0.00% 0.00% 2002 0 0.07% 0.00% 2003 0 0.07% 0.00% 2004 0 0.00% 0.00% 2005 0 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




7.3 AUSTRALIA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Australia 1995 - 2005

Year Australia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 217 92.07% 0.87% 1996 238 92.22% 0.93% 1997 236 92.14% 0.92% 1998 218 92.17% 0.84% 1999 228 92.49% 0.84% 2000 244 92.84% 0.86% 2001 261 93.14% 0.88% 2002 280 93.43% 0.90% 2003 300 93.70% 0.92% 2004 321 93.96% 0.94% 2005 343 94.21% 0.96% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


7.4 FIJI Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Fiji 1995 - 2005

Year Fiji % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 1 0.48% 0.00% 1996 1 0.46% 0.00% 1997 1 0.47% 0.00% 1998 1 0.51% 0.00% 1999 1 0.50% 0.00% 2000 1 0.48% 0.00% 2001 1 0.48% 0.00% 2002 1 0.48% 0.00% 2003 2 0.47% 0.00% 2004 2 0.47% 0.00% 2005 2 0.46% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




7.5 KIRIBATI Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Kiribati 1995 - 2005

Year Kiribati % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 0 0.00% 0.00% 1996 0 0.00% 0.00% 1997 0 0.00% 0.00% 1998 0 0.00% 0.00% 1999 0 0.01% 0.00% 2000 0 0.00% 0.00% 2001 0 0.00% 0.00% 2002 0 0.00% 0.00% 2003 0 0.00% 0.00% 2004 0 0.00% 0.00% 2005 0 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


7.6 MARSHALL ISLANDS Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Marshall Islands 1995 - 2005

Year Marshall Islands % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 0 0.00% 0.00% 1996 0 0.00% 0.00% 1997 0 0.00% 0.00% 1998 0 0.00% 0.00% 1999 0 0.00% 0.00% 2000 0 0.00% 0.00% 2001 0 0.00% 0.00% 2002 0 0.00% 0.00% 2003 0 0.00% 0.00% 2004 0 0.00% 0.00% 2005 0 0.02% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




7.7 MICRONESIA FEDERATION Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Micronesia Federation 1995 -

2005 Year Micronesia Federation % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 0 0.00% 0.00% 1996 0 0.00% 0.00% 1997 0 0.00% 0.00% 1998 0 0.00% 0.00% 1999 0 0.00% 0.00% 2000 0 0.00% 0.00% 2001 0 0.00% 0.00% 2002 0 0.00% 0.00% 2003 0 0.02% 0.00% 2004 0 0.00% 0.00% 2005 0 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


7.8 NAURU Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Nauru 1995 - 2005

Year Nauru % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 0 0.06% 0.00% 1996 0 0.00% 0.00% 1997 0 0.00% 0.00% 1998 0 0.06% 0.00% 1999 0 0.00% 0.00% 2000 0 0.00% 0.00% 2001 0 0.00% 0.00% 2002 0 0.00% 0.00% 2003 0 0.00% 0.00% 2004 0 0.00% 0.00% 2005 0 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




7.9 NEW ZEALAND Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): New Zealand 1995 - 2005

Year New Zealand % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 12 5.18% 0.00% 1996 13 5.14% 0.00% 1997 13 5.13% 0.00% 1998 12 4.89% 0.00% 1999 11 4.59% 0.00% 2000 11 4.31% 0.00% 2001 11 4.05% 0.00% 2002 11 3.80% 0.00% 2003 11 3.56% 0.03% 2004 11 3.34% 0.00% 2005 11 3.14% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


7.10 PALAU Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Palau 1995 - 2005

Year Palau % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 0 0.00% 0.00% 1996 0 0.00% 0.00% 1997 0 0.00% 0.00% 1998 0 0.00% 0.00% 1999 0 0.00% 0.00% 2000 0 0.00% 0.00% 2001 0 0.00% 0.00% 2002 0 0.00% 0.00% 2003 0 0.00% 0.00% 2004 0 0.00% 0.00% 2005 0 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




7.11 SOLOMON ISLANDS Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Solomon Islands 1995 - 2005

Year Solomon Islands % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 0 0.11% 0.00% 1996 0 0.10% 0.00% 1997 0 0.10% 0.00% 1998 0 0.11% 0.00% 1999 0 0.10% 0.00% 2000 0 0.10% 0.00% 2001 0 0.10% 0.00% 2002 0 0.10% 0.00% 2003 0 0.10% 0.00% 2004 0 0.10% 0.00% 2005 0 0.10% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


7.12 TONGA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Tonga 1995 - 2005

Year Tonga % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 0 0.00% 0.00% 1996 0 0.04% 0.00% 1997 0 0.04% 0.00% 1998 0 0.00% 0.00% 1999 0 0.00% 0.00% 2000 0 0.00% 0.00% 2001 0 0.00% 0.00% 2002 0 0.00% 0.00% 2003 0 0.00% 0.00% 2004 0 0.00% 0.00% 2005 0 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




7.13 TUVALU Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Tuvalu 1995 - 2005

Year Tuvalu % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 0 0.00% 0.00% 1996 0 0.00% 0.00% 1997 0 0.00% 0.00% 1998 0 0.00% 0.00% 1999 0 0.00% 0.00% 2000 0 0.00% 0.00% 2001 0 0.00% 0.00% 2002 0 0.00% 0.00% 2003 0 0.00% 0.00% 2004 0 0.00% 0.00% 2005 0 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


7.14 VANUATU Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Vanuatu 1995 - 2005

Year Vanuatu % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 0 0.00% 0.00% 1996 0 0.00% 0.00% 1997 0 0.00% 0.00% 1998 0 0.00% 0.00% 1999 0 0.00% 0.00% 2000 0 0.00% 0.00% 2001 0 0.00% 0.00% 2002 0 0.00% 0.00% 2003 0 0.00% 0.00% 2004 0 0.00% 0.00% 2005 0 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




8 THE MIDDLE EAST: VITAMINS AND DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS

8.1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Market Potential for Vitamins and Dietary Supplements in the Middle East (million

US $): 2000 Country Latent Demand million US $ % of the Middle East _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Iran 346 38.66% Turkey 148 16.56% Saudi Arabia 68 7.63% Uzbekistan 51 5.71% Israel 51 5.65% Pakistan 45 5.06% Iraq 19 2.14% Azerbaijan 18 1.98% Kuwait 17 1.93% United Arab Emirates 14 1.55% Armenia 14 1.54% Oman 13 1.50% Tajikistan 13 1.47% Kyrgyzstan 13 1.41% Turkmenistan 12 1.37% Yemen 11 1.22% Syrian Arab Republic 9 1.02% Qatar 8 0.91% Jordan 8 0.90% Lebanon 6 0.62% Afghanistan 4 0.44% Bahrain 4 0.43% Total 892 100.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




Market Potential for Vitamins and Dietary Supplements in the Middle East (million US $): 2000

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The Market for Vitamins and Dietary Supplements in the Middle East: 1995 - 2005

Year million US $ % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 671.47 2.72 1996 732.58 2.88 1997 775.99 3.04 1998 811.97 3.14 1999 851.52 3.16 2000 894.04 3.17 2001 940.13 3.19 2002 989.19 3.20 2003 1,041.23 3.22 2004 1,096.47 3.23 2005 1,155.12 3.25 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




8.2 AFGHANISTAN Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Afghanistan 1995 - 2005

Year Afghanistan % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 3 0.50% 0.00% 1996 4 0.48% 0.00% 1997 4 0.47% 0.00% 1998 4 0.45% 0.00% 1999 4 0.44% 0.00% 2000 4 0.44% 0.00% 2001 4 0.44% 0.00% 2002 4 0.44% 0.00% 2003 5 0.44% 0.01% 2004 5 0.43% 0.01% 2005 5 0.43% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


8.3 ARMENIA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Armenia 1995 - 2005

Year Armenia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 13 1.95% 0.00% 1996 14 1.84% 0.05% 1997 14 1.76% 0.00% 1998 13 1.63% 0.00% 1999 13 1.57% 0.00% 2000 14 1.54% 0.00% 2001 15 1.56% 0.00% 2002 16 1.59% 0.00% 2003 17 1.62% 0.00% 2004 18 1.65% 0.05% 2005 20 1.69% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




8.4 AZERBAIJAN Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Azerbaijan 1995 - 2005

Year Azerbaijan % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 14 2.08% 0.05% 1996 15 2.02% 0.00% 1997 15 1.93% 0.00% 1998 16 1.94% 0.00% 1999 17 1.96% 0.00% 2000 18 1.98% 0.00% 2001 19 1.99% 0.00% 2002 20 2.00% 0.06% 2003 21 2.02% 0.00% 2004 22 2.03% 0.00% 2005 24 2.04% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


8.5 BAHRAIN Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Bahrain 1995 - 2005

Year Bahrain % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 3 0.48% 0.00% 1996 3 0.46% 0.00% 1997 4 0.45% 0.00% 1998 4 0.43% 0.00% 1999 4 0.43% 0.01% 2000 4 0.43% 0.00% 2001 4 0.43% 0.00% 2002 4 0.42% 0.00% 2003 4 0.42% 0.00% 2004 5 0.42% 0.00% 2005 5 0.41% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




8.6 IRAN Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Iran 1995 - 2005

Year Iran % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 270 40.18% 1.09% 1996 292 39.81% 1.14% 1997 308 39.68% 1.20% 1998 321 39.56% 1.24% 1999 333 39.14% 1.23% 2000 346 38.66% 1.22% 2001 359 38.15% 1.21% 2002 372 37.64% 1.20% 2003 387 37.14% 1.19% 2004 402 36.64% 1.18% 2005 418 36.15% 1.17% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


8.7 IRAQ Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Iraq 1995 - 2005

Year Iraq % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 13 1.99% 0.00% 1996 15 2.01% 0.00% 1997 16 2.03% 0.06% 1998 17 2.10% 0.00% 1999 18 2.13% 0.00% 2000 19 2.14% 0.00% 2001 20 2.16% 0.00% 2002 22 2.17% 0.00% 2003 23 2.19% 0.00% 2004 24 2.20% 0.00% 2005 26 2.21% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




8.8 ISRAEL Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Israel 1995 - 2005

Year Israel % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 32 4.81% 0.13% 1996 38 5.15% 0.14% 1997 42 5.46% 0.16% 1998 45 5.56% 0.17% 1999 48 5.61% 0.17% 2000 51 5.65% 0.17% 2001 53 5.68% 0.18% 2002 57 5.71% 0.18% 2003 60 5.73% 0.18% 2004 63 5.76% 0.18% 2005 67 5.78% 0.18% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


8.9 JORDAN Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Jordan 1995 - 2005

Year Jordan % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 8 1.17% 0.03% 1996 8 1.10% 0.00% 1997 8 1.04% 0.00% 1998 8 0.97% 0.00% 1999 8 0.93% 0.00% 2000 8 0.90% 0.00% 2001 9 0.92% 0.00% 2002 9 0.94% 0.00% 2003 10 0.96% 0.00% 2004 11 0.99% 0.00% 2005 12 1.01% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




8.10 KUWAIT Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Kuwait 1995 - 2005

Year Kuwait % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 13 1.98% 0.00% 1996 14 1.94% 0.00% 1997 15 1.89% 0.00% 1998 15 1.87% 0.00% 1999 16 1.90% 0.06% 2000 17 1.93% 0.00% 2001 18 1.96% 0.00% 2002 20 1.99% 0.06% 2003 21 2.02% 0.00% 2004 22 2.05% 0.00% 2005 24 2.08% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


8.11 KYRGYZSTAN Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Kyrgyzstan 1995 - 2005

Year Kyrgyzstan % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 10 1.50% 0.00% 1996 11 1.47% 0.04% 1997 11 1.45% 0.00% 1998 11 1.40% 0.00% 1999 12 1.40% 0.04% 2000 13 1.41% 0.00% 2001 13 1.39% 0.00% 2002 14 1.37% 0.00% 2003 14 1.35% 0.00% 2004 15 1.33% 0.00% 2005 15 1.31% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




8.12 LEBANON Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Lebanon 1995 - 2005

Year Lebanon % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 5 0.81% 0.02% 1996 6 0.75% 0.02% 1997 6 0.72% 0.00% 1998 5 0.66% 0.00% 1999 5 0.64% 0.00% 2000 6 0.62% 0.00% 2001 6 0.63% 0.00% 2002 6 0.65% 0.00% 2003 7 0.66% 0.00% 2004 7 0.68% 0.00% 2005 8 0.69% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


8.13 OMAN Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Oman 1995 - 2005

Year Oman % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 12 1.83% 0.00% 1996 13 1.74% 0.00% 1997 13 1.67% 0.00% 1998 13 1.57% 0.00% 1999 13 1.52% 0.00% 2000 13 1.50% 0.00% 2001 14 1.51% 0.00% 2002 15 1.53% 0.00% 2003 16 1.55% 0.00% 2004 17 1.57% 0.00% 2005 18 1.58% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




8.14 PAKISTAN Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Pakistan 1995 - 2005

Year Pakistan % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 43 6.35% 0.17% 1996 47 6.45% 0.18% 1997 47 6.07% 0.18% 1998 41 5.05% 0.15% 1999 42 4.97% 0.15% 2000 45 5.06% 0.16% 2001 48 5.15% 0.16% 2002 52 5.24% 0.16% 2003 56 5.34% 0.17% 2004 60 5.44% 0.17% 2005 64 5.55% 0.18% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


8.15 QATAR Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Qatar 1995 - 2005

Year Qatar % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 7 1.01% 0.00% 1996 7 0.98% 0.00% 1997 7 0.96% 0.00% 1998 7 0.92% 0.02% 1999 8 0.91% 0.00% 2000 8 0.91% 0.02% 2001 9 0.90% 0.00% 2002 9 0.90% 0.02% 2003 9 0.89% 0.00% 2004 10 0.89% 0.00% 2005 10 0.88% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




8.16 SAUDI ARABIA Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Saudi Arabia 1995 - 2005

Year Saudi Arabia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 49 7.27% 0.19% 1996 52 7.14% 0.20% 1997 56 7.25% 0.22% 1998 61 7.45% 0.23% 1999 64 7.55% 0.23% 2000 68 7.63% 0.24% 2001 72 7.70% 0.24% 2002 77 7.77% 0.24% 2003 82 7.83% 0.25% 2004 87 7.90% 0.25% 2005 92 7.95% 0.25% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


8.17 SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Syrian Arab Republic 1995 -

2005 Year Syrian Arab Republic % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 6 0.95% 0.00% 1996 7 0.94% 0.00% 1997 8 0.98% 0.00% 1998 8 1.02% 0.00% 1999 9 1.03% 0.00% 2000 9 1.02% 0.00% 2001 10 1.02% 0.00% 2002 10 1.02% 0.00% 2003 11 1.01% 0.00% 2004 11 1.01% 0.00% 2005 12 1.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




8.18 TAJIKISTAN Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Tajikistan 1995 - 2005

Year Tajikistan % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 10 1.49% 0.00% 1996 11 1.47% 0.04% 1997 11 1.47% 0.00% 1998 12 1.44% 0.00% 1999 12 1.45% 0.04% 2000 13 1.47% 0.00% 2001 14 1.44% 0.00% 2002 14 1.41% 0.00% 2003 14 1.38% 0.04% 2004 15 1.34% 0.00% 2005 15 1.31% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


8.19 TURKEY Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Turkey 1995 - 2005

Year Turkey % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 90 13.46% 0.36% 1996 102 13.93% 0.40% 1997 111 14.30% 0.43% 1998 129 15.91% 0.49% 1999 139 16.35% 0.51% 2000 148 16.56% 0.52% 2001 157 16.74% 0.53% 2002 167 16.92% 0.54% 2003 178 17.10% 0.55% 2004 189 17.26% 0.55% 2005 201 17.43% 0.56% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




8.20 TURKMENISTAN Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Turkmenistan 1995 - 2005

Year Turkmenistan % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 10 1.42% 0.03% 1996 10 1.39% 0.00% 1997 11 1.39% 0.00% 1998 11 1.35% 0.00% 1999 12 1.36% 0.00% 2000 12 1.37% 0.00% 2001 13 1.35% 0.04% 2002 13 1.32% 0.00% 2003 14 1.30% 0.00% 2004 14 1.27% 0.00% 2005 14 1.24% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


8.21 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): United Arab Emirates 1995 -

2005 Year United Arab Emirates % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 10 1.50% 0.00% 1996 11 1.49% 0.00% 1997 12 1.55% 0.04% 1998 13 1.57% 0.00% 1999 13 1.56% 0.00% 2000 14 1.55% 0.00% 2001 14 1.53% 0.00% 2002 15 1.51% 0.00% 2003 16 1.50% 0.00% 2004 16 1.48% 0.00% 2005 17 1.46% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




8.22 UZBEKISTAN Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Uzbekistan 1995 - 2005

Year Uzbekistan % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 37 5.44% 0.14% 1996 42 5.70% 0.16% 1997 45 5.80% 0.17% 1998 45 5.57% 0.17% 1999 48 5.61% 0.17% 2000 51 5.71% 0.18% 2001 55 5.81% 0.18% 2002 58 5.90% 0.18% 2003 62 5.99% 0.19% 2004 67 6.08% 0.19% 2005 71 6.18% 0.20% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


8.23 YEMEN Vitamins and Dietary Supplements (million US $): Yemen 1995 - 2005

Year Yemen % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 10 1.50% 0.00% 1996 10 1.42% 0.00% 1997 11 1.37% 0.00% 1998 10 1.28% 0.00% 1999 11 1.25% 0.00% 2000 11 1.22% 0.00% 2001 12 1.24% 0.00% 2002 12 1.25% 0.04% 2003 13 1.27% 0.00% 2004 14 1.28% 0.00% 2005 15 1.30% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




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