The 2000-2005 World Outlook for Pasta and Noodles (Strategic Planning Series)

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The 2000-2005 World Outlook for Pasta and Noodles

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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 Pasta and Noodles 11

2 AFRICA: PASTA AND NOODLES 12 2.1 Executive Summary 12 2.2 Algeria 14 2.3 Angola 14 2.4 Benin 15 2.5 Botswana 15 2.6 Burkina Faso 16 2.7 Burundi 16 2.8 Cameroon 17 2.9 Cape Verde 17 2.10 Central African Republic 18 2.11 Chad 18 2.12 Comoros 19 2.13 Congo (formerly Zaire) 19 2.14 Djibouti 20 2.15 Egypt 20 2.16 Equatorial Guinea 21 2.17 Eritrea 21 2.18 Ethiopia 22 2.19 Gabon 22 2.20 Ghana 23 2.21 Guinea 23 2.22 Guinea-Bissau 24 2.23 Ivory coast 24 2.24 Kenya 25 2.25 Lesotho 25 2.26 Liberia 26 2.27 Libya 26 2.28 Madagascar 27 2.29 Malawi 27 2.30 Mali 28 2.31 Mauritania 28 2.32 Mauritius 29 2.33 Morocco 29 2.34 Mozambique 30 2.35 Namibia 30 2.36 Niger 31 2.37 Nigeria 31

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2.38 Republic of Congo 32 2.39 Rwanda 32 2.40 Sao Tome E Principe 33 2.41 Senegal 33 2.42 Sierra Leone 34 2.43 Somalia 34 2.44 South Africa 35 2.45 Sudan 35 2.46 Swaziland 36 2.47 Tanzania 36 2.48 The Gambia 37 2.49 Togo 37 2.50 Tunisia 38 2.51 Uganda 38 2.52 Zambia 39 2.53 Zimbabwe 39

3 ASIA: PASTA AND NOODLES 40 3.1 Executive Summary 40 3.2 Bangladesh 42 3.3 Bhutan 42 3.4 Brunei 43 3.5 Burma 43 3.6 Cambodia 44 3.7 China 44 3.8 Hong Kong 45 3.9 India 45 3.10 Indonesia 46 3.11 Japan 46 3.12 Laos 47 3.13 Macau 47 3.14 Malaysia 48 3.15 Maldives 48 3.16 Mongolia 49 3.17 Nepal 49 3.18 North Korea 50 3.19 Papua New Guinea 50 3.20 Philippines 51 3.21 Seychelles 51 3.22 Singapore 52 3.23 South Korea 52 3.24 Sri Lanka 53 3.25 Taiwan 53 3.26 Thailand 54 3.27 Vietnam 54

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4 EUROPE: PASTA AND NOODLES 55 4.1 Executive Summary 55 4.2 Albania 57 4.3 Andorra 57 4.4 Austria 58 4.5 Belarus 58 4.6 Belgium 59 4.7 Bosnia and Herzegovina 59 4.8 Bulgaria 60 4.9 Croatia 60 4.10 Cyprus 61 4.11 Czech Republic 61 4.12 Denmark 62 4.13 Estonia 62 4.14 Finland 63 4.15 France 63 4.16 Georgia 64 4.17 Germany 64 4.18 Greece 65 4.19 Hungary 65 4.20 Iceland 66 4.21 Ireland 66 4.22 Italy 67 4.23 Kazakhstan 67 4.24 Latvia 68 4.25 Liechtenstein 68 4.26 Lithuania 69 4.27 Luxembourg 69 4.28 Macedonia 70 4.29 Malta 70 4.30 Moldova 71 4.31 Monaco 71 4.32 Netherlands 72 4.33 Norway 72 4.34 Poland 73 4.35 Portugal 73 4.36 Romania 74 4.37 Russia 74 4.38 Serbia and Montenegro 75 4.39 Slovakia 75 4.40 Slovenia 76 4.41 Spain 76 4.42 Sweden 77 4.43 Switzerland 77

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4.44 Ukraine 78 4.45 United Kingdom 78

5 LATIN AMERICA: PASTA AND NOODLES 79 5.1 Executive Summary 79 5.2 Argentina 80 5.3 Belize 81 5.4 Bolivia 81 5.5 Brazil 82 5.6 Chile 82 5.7 Colombia 83 5.8 Costa Rica 83 5.9 Ecuador 84 5.10 El Salvador 84 5.11 Guatemala 85 5.12 Guyana 85 5.13 Honduras 86 5.14 Mexico 86 5.15 Nicaragua 87 5.16 Panama 87 5.17 Paraguay 88 5.18 Peru 88 5.19 Suriname 89 5.20 Uruguay 89 5.21 Venezuela 90

6 NORTH AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN: PASTA AND NOODLES 91 6.1 Executive Summary 91 6.2 Antigua and Barbuda 93 6.3 Bahamas 93 6.4 Barbados 94 6.5 Bermuda 94 6.6 Canada 95 6.7 Cuba 95 6.8 Dominica 96 6.9 Dominican Republic 96 6.10 Grenada 97 6.11 Haiti 97 6.12 Jamaica 98 6.13 Martinique 98 6.14 Netherlands Antilles 99 6.15 St. Kitts and Nevis 99 6.16 St. Lucia 100 6.17 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 100 6.18 Trinidad and Tobago 101

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6.19 United States 101 7 OCEANA: PASTA AND NOODLES 102

7.1 Executive Summary 102 7.2 American Samoa 103 7.3 Australia 104 7.4 Fiji 104 7.5 Kiribati 105 7.6 Marshall Islands 105 7.7 Micronesia Federation 106 7.8 Nauru 106 7.9 New Zealand 107 7.10 Palau 107 7.11 Solomon Islands 108 7.12 Tonga 108 7.13 Tuvalu 109 7.14 Vanuatu 109

8 THE MIDDLE EAST: PASTA AND NOODLES 110 8.1 Executive Summary 110 8.2 Afghanistan 112 8.3 Armenia 112 8.4 Azerbaijan 113 8.5 Bahrain 113 8.6 Iran 114 8.7 Iraq 114 8.8 Israel 115 8.9 Jordan 115 8.10 Kuwait 116 8.11 Kyrgyzstan 116 8.12 Lebanon 117 8.13 Oman 117 8.14 Pakistan 118 8.15 Qatar 118 8.16 Saudi Arabia 119 8.17 Syrian Arab Republic 119 8.18 Tajikistan 120 8.19 Turkey 120 8.20 Turkmenistan 121 8.21 United Arab Emirates 121 8.22 Uzbekistan 122 8.23 Yemen 122

9 DISCLAIMERS, WARRANTEES, AND USER AGREEMENT PROVISIONS 123 9.1 Disclaimers & Safe Harbor 123 9.2 Icon Group Ltd. User Agreement Provisions 124

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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 pasta and noodles 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 pasta and noodles is expected to reach $69,666.26 million by 2005. The distribution of the world market, however, will not be evenly distributed across regions. Asia will be the largest market with $28,600.91 million or 41.05 percent, followed by Europe with $13,073.61 million or 18.77 percent, and then The Middle East with $7,188.38 million or 10.32 percent of the world market. In essence, if a firm targets these top 3 regions, they cover come 70.14 percent of the world wide demand for pasta and noodles.

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

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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 PASTA AND NOODLES

Worldwide Market Potential for Pasta and Noodles (million US $): 2000 Region Latent Demand million US $ % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Asia 21,382 38.6 Europe 10,874 19.6 Middle East 6,074 11.0 Africa 5,826 10.5 Latin America 5,701 10.3 North America & the Caribbean 5,276 9.5 Oceana 297 0.5 Total 55,430 100.0 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Worldwide Market Potential for Pasta and Noodles (million US $): 2000

Asia

EuropeMiddle East

Africa

Other

World Market for Pasta and Noodles: 1995 - 2005

Year World Market million US $ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 52,064.31 1996 53,841.34 1997 54,362.93 1998 53,128.45 1999 54,382.96 2000 56,272.66 2001 58,558.68 2002 61,050.51 2003 63,721.70 2004 66,587.91 2005 69,666.26 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




2 AFRICA: PASTA AND NOODLES

2.1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Market Potential for Pasta and Noodles in Africa (million US $): 2000

Country Latent Demand million US $ % of Africa _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Algeria 428 7.22% Tunisia 389 6.56% Cameroon 379 6.39% Egypt 372 6.28% Sudan 304 5.12% Ivory coast 287 4.84% Angola 265 4.47% Kenya 264 4.45% Congo (formerly Zaire) 259 4.36% Tanzania 191 3.22% Ghana 185 3.11% Ethiopia 178 3.00% Zimbabwe 174 2.93% Senegal 165 2.78% Uganda 159 2.69% Gabon 147 2.47% Nigeria 111 1.87% Botswana 102 1.72% Zambia 97 1.64% Burkina Faso 89 1.49% Madagascar 85 1.43% Guinea 80 1.35% Mali 77 1.29% Libya 72 1.22% Niger 72 1.20% Other 898 16.54% Total 5,826 100.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




Market Potential for Pasta and Noodles in Africa (million US $): 2000

Algeria

Tunisia

Cameroon

Egypt

Other

The Market for Pasta and Noodles in Africa: 1995 - 2005

Year million US $ % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 5,680.08 10.91 1996 5,903.79 10.97 1997 6,025.79 11.08 1998 5,928.55 11.16 1999 5,905.09 10.86 2000 5,921.86 10.52 2001 6,047.43 10.33 2002 6,196.74 10.15 2003 6,353.12 9.97 2004 6,517.08 9.79 2005 6,689.14 9.60 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




2.2 ALGERIA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Algeria 1995 - 2005

Year Algeria % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 540 9.50% 1.03% 1996 555 9.39% 1.03% 1997 513 8.51% 0.94% 1998 421 7.10% 0.79% 1999 416 7.05% 0.76% 2000 428 7.22% 0.76% 2001 440 7.27% 0.75% 2002 452 7.29% 0.74% 2003 464 7.31% 0.72% 2004 477 7.32% 0.71% 2005 491 7.33% 0.70% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.3 ANGOLA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Angola 1995 - 2005

Year Angola % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 262 4.61% 0.50% 1996 270 4.57% 0.50% 1997 276 4.58% 0.50% 1998 273 4.60% 0.51% 1999 268 4.54% 0.49% 2000 265 4.47% 0.47% 2001 270 4.46% 0.46% 2002 276 4.45% 0.45% 2003 283 4.44% 0.44% 2004 289 4.43% 0.43% 2005 296 4.42% 0.42% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




2.4 BENIN Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Benin 1995 - 2005

Year Benin % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 60 1.04% 0.11% 1996 61 1.03% 0.11% 1997 62 1.02% 0.11% 1998 61 1.02% 0.11% 1999 59 1.00% 0.10% 2000 58 0.97% 0.10% 2001 59 0.98% 0.10% 2002 61 0.98% 0.10% 2003 63 0.99% 0.00% 2004 65 1.00% 0.00% 2005 67 1.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.5 BOTSWANA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Botswana 1995 - 2005

Year Botswana % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 94 1.64% 0.17% 1996 98 1.66% 0.18% 1997 102 1.68% 0.18% 1998 102 1.72% 0.19% 1999 102 1.72% 0.18% 2000 102 1.72% 0.18% 2001 103 1.69% 0.17% 2002 103 1.66% 0.16% 2003 104 1.64% 0.16% 2004 105 1.61% 0.15% 2005 106 1.58% 0.15% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




2.6 BURKINA FASO Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Burkina Faso 1995 - 2005

Year Burkina Faso % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 88 1.54% 0.16% 1996 90 1.53% 0.16% 1997 92 1.53% 0.16% 1998 91 1.54% 0.17% 1999 90 1.52% 0.16% 2000 89 1.49% 0.15% 2001 90 1.49% 0.15% 2002 92 1.49% 0.15% 2003 95 1.48% 0.14% 2004 97 1.48% 0.14% 2005 99 1.48% 0.14% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.7 BURUNDI Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Burundi 1995 - 2005

Year Burundi % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 32 0.55% 0.00% 1996 33 0.55% 0.00% 1997 34 0.56% 0.00% 1998 34 0.56% 0.00% 1999 33 0.56% 0.06% 2000 33 0.56% 0.00% 2001 34 0.55% 0.00% 2002 34 0.55% 0.05% 2003 35 0.54% 0.00% 2004 35 0.54% 0.00% 2005 36 0.53% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




2.8 CAMEROON Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Cameroon 1995 - 2005

Year Cameroon % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 355 6.25% 0.68% 1996 370 6.27% 0.68% 1997 383 6.35% 0.70% 1998 383 6.45% 0.72% 1999 380 6.44% 0.69% 2000 379 6.39% 0.67% 2001 383 6.32% 0.65% 2002 387 6.25% 0.63% 2003 392 6.17% 0.61% 2004 397 6.08% 0.59% 2005 402 6.00% 0.57% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.9 CAPE VERDE Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Cape Verde 1995 - 2005

Year Cape Verde % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 9 0.15% 0.00% 1996 9 0.15% 0.00% 1997 9 0.15% 0.00% 1998 9 0.15% 0.00% 1999 9 0.14% 0.00% 2000 9 0.14% 0.00% 2001 9 0.14% 0.00% 2002 9 0.14% 0.00% 2003 9 0.14% 0.00% 2004 9 0.14% 0.00% 2005 10 0.14% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




2.10 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Central African Republic 1995 - 2005

Year Central African Republic % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 35 0.62% 0.00% 1996 36 0.61% 0.00% 1997 37 0.61% 0.00% 1998 37 0.61% 0.00% 1999 36 0.61% 0.00% 2000 36 0.60% 0.00% 2001 36 0.60% 0.00% 2002 37 0.60% 0.00% 2003 38 0.59% 0.00% 2004 39 0.59% 0.00% 2005 40 0.59% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.11 CHAD Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Chad 1995 - 2005

Year Chad % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 36 0.62% 0.06% 1996 37 0.62% 0.00% 1997 38 0.62% 0.00% 1998 37 0.62% 0.00% 1999 37 0.61% 0.00% 2000 36 0.60% 0.00% 2001 37 0.60% 0.00% 2002 38 0.60% 0.00% 2003 38 0.60% 0.06% 2004 39 0.60% 0.00% 2005 40 0.60% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




2.12 COMOROS Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Comoros 1995 - 2005

Year Comoros % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 8 0.14% 0.00% 1996 9 0.14% 0.00% 1997 9 0.14% 0.00% 1998 9 0.15% 0.00% 1999 9 0.15% 0.00% 2000 9 0.15% 0.00% 2001 9 0.14% 0.00% 2002 9 0.14% 0.00% 2003 9 0.14% 0.00% 2004 9 0.14% 0.01% 2005 9 0.13% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.13 CONGO (FORMERLY ZAIRE) Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Congo (formerly Zaire) 1995 - 2005

Year Congo (formerly Zaire) % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 219 3.84% 0.41% 1996 233 3.95% 0.43% 1997 246 4.08% 0.45% 1998 252 4.24% 0.47% 1999 255 4.32% 0.46% 2000 259 4.36% 0.45% 2001 257 4.25% 0.43% 2002 255 4.11% 0.41% 2003 252 3.97% 0.39% 2004 250 3.83% 0.37% 2005 248 3.70% 0.35% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




2.14 DJIBOUTI Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Djibouti 1995 - 2005

Year Djibouti % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 13 0.22% 0.00% 1996 13 0.22% 0.00% 1997 14 0.23% 0.00% 1998 14 0.23% 0.02% 1999 14 0.24% 0.00% 2000 14 0.24% 0.00% 2001 14 0.23% 0.00% 2002 14 0.23% 0.00% 2003 14 0.22% 0.00% 2004 14 0.21% 0.00% 2005 14 0.21% 0.02% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.15 EGYPT Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Egypt 1995 - 2005

Year Egypt % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 217 3.81% 0.41% 1996 245 4.15% 0.45% 1997 278 4.60% 0.51% 1998 307 5.18% 0.57% 1999 338 5.73% 0.62% 2000 372 6.28% 0.66% 2001 409 6.77% 0.69% 2002 450 7.26% 0.73% 2003 495 7.79% 0.77% 2004 545 8.36% 0.81% 2005 599 8.96% 0.86% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




2.16 EQUATORIAL GUINEA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Equatorial Guinea 1995 - 2005

Year Equatorial Guinea % 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% 0.00% 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 4 0.00% 0.00% 2004 5 0.00% 0.00% 2005 5 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.17 ERITREA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Eritrea 1995 - 2005

Year Eritrea % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 11 0.20% 0.00% 1996 12 0.19% 0.00% 1997 12 0.19% 0.00% 1998 11 0.18% 0.00% 1999 11 0.18% 0.00% 2000 10 0.17% 0.00% 2001 11 0.17% 0.00% 2002 11 0.18% 0.00% 2003 12 0.18% 0.00% 2004 12 0.18% 0.00% 2005 13 0.19% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




2.18 ETHIOPIA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Ethiopia 1995 - 2005

Year Ethiopia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 170 2.99% 0.32% 1996 177 2.99% 0.32% 1997 182 3.01% 0.33% 1998 181 3.05% 0.34% 1999 179 3.03% 0.32% 2000 178 3.00% 0.31% 2001 180 2.97% 0.30% 2002 183 2.95% 0.29% 2003 186 2.92% 0.29% 2004 189 2.90% 0.28% 2005 192 2.87% 0.27% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.19 GABON Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Gabon 1995 - 2005

Year Gabon % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 138 2.43% 0.26% 1996 144 2.44% 0.26% 1997 149 2.46% 0.27% 1998 149 2.50% 0.27% 1999 147 2.49% 0.27% 2000 147 2.47% 0.26% 2001 148 2.45% 0.25% 2002 150 2.42% 0.24% 2003 152 2.39% 0.23% 2004 154 2.36% 0.23% 2005 156 2.33% 0.22% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




2.20 GHANA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Ghana 1995 - 2005

Year Ghana % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 187 3.28% 0.35% 1996 191 3.24% 0.35% 1997 195 3.23% 0.35% 1998 191 3.22% 0.36% 1999 187 3.17% 0.34% 2000 185 3.11% 0.32% 2001 189 3.11% 0.32% 2002 194 3.12% 0.31% 2003 199 3.13% 0.31% 2004 205 3.14% 0.30% 2005 211 3.14% 0.30% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.21 GUINEA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Guinea 1995 - 2005

Year Guinea % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 79 1.39% 0.15% 1996 81 1.38% 0.15% 1997 83 1.38% 0.15% 1998 82 1.38% 0.15% 1999 81 1.37% 0.14% 2000 80 1.35% 0.14% 2001 81 1.34% 0.13% 2002 83 1.34% 0.13% 2003 85 1.34% 0.13% 2004 87 1.33% 0.13% 2005 89 1.33% 0.12% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




2.22 GUINEA-BISSAU Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Guinea-Bissau 1995 - 2005

Year Guinea-Bissau % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 5 0.00% 0.00% 1996 5 0.00% 0.00% 1997 6 0.00% 0.00% 1998 6 0.00% 0.01% 1999 6 0.00% 0.00% 2000 6 0.00% 0.00% 2001 6 0.00% 0.00% 2002 6 0.00% 0.00% 2003 6 0.00% 0.00% 2004 6 0.08% 0.00% 2005 6 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.23 IVORY COAST Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Ivory coast 1995 - 2005

Year Ivory coast % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 290 5.10% 0.55% 1996 298 5.03% 0.55% 1997 302 5.01% 0.55% 1998 298 5.01% 0.56% 1999 291 4.93% 0.53% 2000 287 4.84% 0.50% 2001 293 4.84% 0.50% 2002 301 4.86% 0.49% 2003 310 4.87% 0.48% 2004 318 4.88% 0.47% 2005 327 4.89% 0.46% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




2.24 KENYA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Kenya 1995 - 2005

Year Kenya % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 267 4.70% 0.51% 1996 274 4.64% 0.50% 1997 279 4.62% 0.51% 1998 274 4.62% 0.51% 1999 268 4.54% 0.49% 2000 264 4.45% 0.46% 2001 270 4.46% 0.46% 2002 277 4.47% 0.45% 2003 285 4.48% 0.44% 2004 293 4.49% 0.44% 2005 301 4.50% 0.43% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.25 LESOTHO Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Lesotho 1995 - 2005

Year Lesotho % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 31 0.54% 0.00% 1996 31 0.52% 0.00% 1997 31 0.50% 0.00% 1998 29 0.49% 0.00% 1999 28 0.47% 0.00% 2000 27 0.45% 0.00% 2001 28 0.46% 0.00% 2002 30 0.47% 0.00% 2003 31 0.49% 0.00% 2004 33 0.50% 0.00% 2005 35 0.52% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




2.26 LIBERIA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Liberia 1995 - 2005

Year Liberia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 29 0.51% 0.00% 1996 31 0.52% 0.00% 1997 32 0.53% 0.00% 1998 32 0.54% 0.00% 1999 32 0.55% 0.00% 2000 33 0.55% 0.00% 2001 33 0.54% 0.00% 2002 33 0.52% 0.00% 2003 33 0.51% 0.00% 2004 33 0.50% 0.00% 2005 33 0.49% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.27 LIBYA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Libya 1995 - 2005

Year Libya % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 68 1.19% 0.12% 1996 71 1.19% 0.13% 1997 71 1.17% 0.12% 1998 69 1.16% 0.12% 1999 70 1.19% 0.12% 2000 72 1.22% 0.12% 2001 74 1.22% 0.12% 2002 76 1.23% 0.12% 2003 78 1.23% 0.12% 2004 81 1.23% 0.12% 2005 83 1.23% 0.11% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




2.28 MADAGASCAR Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Madagascar 1995 - 2005

Year Madagascar % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 81 1.42% 0.15% 1996 84 1.42% 0.15% 1997 87 1.43% 0.15% 1998 86 1.45% 0.16% 1999 85 1.44% 0.15% 2000 85 1.43% 0.15% 2001 86 1.42% 0.14% 2002 87 1.40% 0.14% 2003 89 1.39% 0.13% 2004 90 1.38% 0.13% 2005 92 1.37% 0.13% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.29 MALAWI Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Malawi 1995 - 2005

Year Malawi % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 59 1.03% 0.11% 1996 59 1.00% 0.11% 1997 59 0.98% 0.10% 1998 57 0.96% 0.10% 1999 55 0.93% 0.10% 2000 54 0.90% 0.00% 2001 56 0.92% 0.00% 2002 58 0.93% 0.00% 2003 61 0.95% 0.00% 2004 63 0.97% 0.09% 2005 66 0.99% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




2.30 MALI Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Mali 1995 - 2005

Year Mali % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 73 1.28% 0.13% 1996 76 1.28% 0.14% 1997 78 1.29% 0.14% 1998 78 1.31% 0.14% 1999 77 1.30% 0.14% 2000 77 1.29% 0.13% 2001 78 1.28% 0.13% 2002 79 1.27% 0.12% 2003 80 1.25% 0.12% 2004 81 1.24% 0.12% 2005 82 1.23% 0.11% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.31 MAURITANIA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Mauritania 1995 - 2005

Year Mauritania % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 31 0.53% 0.00% 1996 32 0.53% 0.05% 1997 32 0.53% 0.00% 1998 32 0.53% 0.00% 1999 31 0.53% 0.00% 2000 31 0.52% 0.00% 2001 32 0.52% 0.00% 2002 32 0.52% 0.00% 2003 33 0.51% 0.00% 2004 34 0.51% 0.00% 2005 35 0.51% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




2.32 MAURITIUS Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Mauritius 1995 - 2005

Year Mauritius % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 68 1.20% 0.13% 1996 71 1.20% 0.13% 1997 73 1.21% 0.13% 1998 73 1.22% 0.13% 1999 72 1.21% 0.13% 2000 72 1.20% 0.12% 2001 72 1.19% 0.12% 2002 74 1.18% 0.12% 2003 75 1.17% 0.11% 2004 76 1.16% 0.11% 2005 77 1.15% 0.11% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.33 MOROCCO Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Morocco 1995 - 2005

Year Morocco % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 28 0.49% 0.00% 1996 30 0.50% 0.00% 1997 30 0.49% 0.00% 1998 32 0.53% 0.00% 1999 34 0.56% 0.00% 2000 35 0.59% 0.00% 2001 37 0.61% 0.06% 2002 39 0.63% 0.06% 2003 41 0.64% 0.00% 2004 43 0.66% 0.00% 2005 46 0.68% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




2.34 MOZAMBIQUE Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Mozambique 1995 - 2005

Year Mozambique % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 41 0.71% 0.00% 1996 43 0.72% 0.00% 1997 45 0.74% 0.00% 1998 46 0.76% 0.08% 1999 46 0.77% 0.00% 2000 46 0.77% 0.00% 2001 46 0.76% 0.00% 2002 46 0.74% 0.00% 2003 46 0.72% 0.00% 2004 46 0.70% 0.00% 2005 46 0.68% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.35 NAMIBIA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Namibia 1995 - 2005

Year Namibia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 51 0.90% 0.00% 1996 52 0.88% 0.00% 1997 53 0.87% 0.00% 1998 52 0.87% 0.00% 1999 50 0.85% 0.00% 2000 49 0.83% 0.08% 2001 51 0.83% 0.08% 2002 52 0.84% 0.00% 2003 54 0.85% 0.00% 2004 56 0.85% 0.00% 2005 58 0.86% 0.08% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




2.36 NIGER Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Niger 1995 - 2005

Year Niger % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 74 1.30% 0.14% 1996 76 1.28% 0.14% 1997 77 1.27% 0.14% 1998 75 1.26% 0.14% 1999 73 1.23% 0.13% 2000 72 1.20% 0.12% 2001 73 1.21% 0.12% 2002 76 1.22% 0.12% 2003 79 1.23% 0.12% 2004 81 1.24% 0.12% 2005 84 1.25% 0.12% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.37 NIGERIA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Nigeria 1995 - 2005

Year Nigeria % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 103 1.80% 0.19% 1996 107 1.81% 0.19% 1997 107 1.77% 0.19% 1998 104 1.76% 0.19% 1999 107 1.81% 0.19% 2000 111 1.87% 0.19% 2001 115 1.89% 0.19% 2002 119 1.91% 0.19% 2003 123 1.93% 0.19% 2004 127 1.95% 0.19% 2005 132 1.96% 0.18% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




2.38 REPUBLIC OF CONGO Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Republic of Congo 1995 - 2005

Year Republic of Congo % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 67 1.17% 0.12% 1996 69 1.16% 0.12% 1997 71 1.17% 0.12% 1998 70 1.18% 0.13% 1999 69 1.17% 0.12% 2000 69 1.15% 0.12% 2001 70 1.15% 0.11% 2002 71 1.14% 0.11% 2003 72 1.13% 0.11% 2004 74 1.13% 0.11% 2005 75 1.12% 0.10% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.39 RWANDA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Rwanda 1995 - 2005

Year Rwanda % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 55 0.96% 0.10% 1996 58 0.98% 0.10% 1997 61 1.01% 0.11% 1998 62 1.04% 0.11% 1999 62 1.05% 0.11% 2000 63 1.05% 0.11% 2001 63 1.03% 0.10% 2002 63 1.00% 0.10% 2003 62 0.98% 0.00% 2004 62 0.95% 0.00% 2005 62 0.93% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




2.40 SAO TOME E PRINCIPE Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Sao Tome E Principe 1995 - 2005

Year Sao Tome E Principe % 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 0.01% 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 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.41 SENEGAL Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Senegal 1995 - 2005

Year Senegal % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 165 2.90% 0.31% 1996 170 2.87% 0.31% 1997 173 2.86% 0.31% 1998 171 2.87% 0.32% 1999 167 2.83% 0.30% 2000 165 2.78% 0.29% 2001 168 2.78% 0.28% 2002 173 2.78% 0.28% 2003 177 2.78% 0.27% 2004 182 2.78% 0.27% 2005 186 2.78% 0.26% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




2.42 SIERRA LEONE Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Sierra Leone 1995 - 2005

Year Sierra Leone % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 31 0.55% 0.00% 1996 33 0.56% 0.00% 1997 35 0.57% 0.00% 1998 35 0.59% 0.00% 1999 36 0.60% 0.00% 2000 36 0.60% 0.00% 2001 36 0.59% 0.00% 2002 36 0.57% 0.00% 2003 36 0.56% 0.05% 2004 36 0.54% 0.00% 2005 36 0.53% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.43 SOMALIA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Somalia 1995 - 2005

Year Somalia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 37 0.64% 0.00% 1996 38 0.64% 0.00% 1997 39 0.65% 0.07% 1998 39 0.66% 0.00% 1999 39 0.66% 0.00% 2000 39 0.65% 0.00% 2001 39 0.65% 0.00% 2002 40 0.64% 0.00% 2003 40 0.63% 0.00% 2004 41 0.62% 0.00% 2005 42 0.62% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




2.44 SOUTH AFRICA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): South Africa 1995 - 2005

Year South Africa % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 53 0.93% 0.10% 1996 51 0.87% 0.00% 1997 52 0.86% 0.00% 1998 49 0.82% 0.09% 1999 50 0.84% 0.00% 2000 51 0.85% 0.00% 2001 52 0.86% 0.00% 2002 53 0.86% 0.00% 2003 55 0.86% 0.00% 2004 56 0.86% 0.00% 2005 58 0.86% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.45 SUDAN Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Sudan 1995 - 2005

Year Sudan % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 272 4.79% 0.52% 1996 287 4.85% 0.53% 1997 299 4.96% 0.55% 1998 302 5.08% 0.56% 1999 303 5.12% 0.55% 2000 304 5.12% 0.53% 2001 304 5.03% 0.51% 2002 305 4.92% 0.50% 2003 306 4.82% 0.48% 2004 307 4.71% 0.46% 2005 308 4.60% 0.44% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




2.46 SWAZILAND Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Swaziland 1995 - 2005

Year Swaziland % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 24 0.42% 0.00% 1996 25 0.42% 0.00% 1997 26 0.42% 0.00% 1998 26 0.43% 0.00% 1999 26 0.43% 0.00% 2000 25 0.42% 0.00% 2001 26 0.42% 0.04% 2002 26 0.42% 0.00% 2003 26 0.41% 0.04% 2004 27 0.41% 0.00% 2005 27 0.40% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.47 TANZANIA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Tanzania 1995 - 2005

Year Tanzania % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 183 3.21% 0.35% 1996 190 3.21% 0.35% 1997 195 3.23% 0.35% 1998 194 3.27% 0.36% 1999 192 3.25% 0.35% 2000 191 3.22% 0.33% 2001 193 3.19% 0.33% 2002 196 3.17% 0.32% 2003 200 3.14% 0.31% 2004 203 3.11% 0.30% 2005 206 3.08% 0.29% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




2.48 THE GAMBIA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): The Gambia 1995 - 2005

Year The Gambia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 9 0.14% 0.01% 1996 9 0.15% 0.00% 1997 9 0.15% 0.00% 1998 9 0.15% 0.00% 1999 9 0.15% 0.01% 2000 9 0.15% 0.01% 2001 9 0.15% 0.00% 2002 9 0.14% 0.00% 2003 9 0.14% 0.01% 2004 9 0.14% 0.00% 2005 10 0.14% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.49 TOGO Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Togo 1995 - 2005

Year Togo % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 45 0.78% 0.00% 1996 46 0.77% 0.00% 1997 46 0.76% 0.00% 1998 45 0.76% 0.00% 1999 44 0.75% 0.00% 2000 44 0.73% 0.00% 2001 45 0.73% 0.00% 2002 46 0.74% 0.00% 2003 47 0.74% 0.00% 2004 49 0.75% 0.00% 2005 51 0.75% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




2.50 TUNISIA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Tunisia 1995 - 2005

Year Tunisia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 388 6.82% 0.74% 1996 399 6.75% 0.74% 1997 407 6.75% 0.74% 1998 401 6.77% 0.75% 1999 394 6.67% 0.72% 2000 389 6.56% 0.69% 2001 396 6.55% 0.67% 2002 406 6.55% 0.66% 2003 417 6.55% 0.65% 2004 427 6.55% 0.64% 2005 438 6.54% 0.62% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.51 UGANDA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Uganda 1995 - 2005

Year Uganda % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 167 2.93% 0.32% 1996 170 2.87% 0.31% 1997 171 2.84% 0.31% 1998 167 2.82% 0.31% 1999 163 2.75% 0.29% 2000 159 2.69% 0.28% 2001 164 2.70% 0.27% 2002 170 2.73% 0.27% 2003 175 2.76% 0.27% 2004 182 2.78% 0.27% 2005 188 2.81% 0.26% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




2.52 ZAMBIA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Zambia 1995 - 2005

Year Zambia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 87 1.53% 0.16% 1996 92 1.55% 0.17% 1997 96 1.59% 0.17% 1998 97 1.63% 0.18% 1999 97 1.64% 0.17% 2000 97 1.64% 0.17% 2001 98 1.61% 0.16% 2002 98 1.58% 0.16% 2003 98 1.54% 0.15% 2004 99 1.51% 0.14% 2005 99 1.47% 0.14% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.53 ZIMBABWE Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Zimbabwe 1995 - 2005

Year Zimbabwe % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 153 2.69% 0.29% 1996 162 2.74% 0.30% 1997 170 2.81% 0.31% 1998 172 2.89% 0.32% 1999 173 2.92% 0.31% 2000 174 2.93% 0.30% 2001 174 2.87% 0.29% 2002 174 2.80% 0.28% 2003 174 2.73% 0.27% 2004 174 2.66% 0.26% 2005 173 2.59% 0.24% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




3 ASIA: PASTA AND NOODLES

3.1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Market Potential for Pasta and Noodles in Asia (million US $): 2000

Country Latent Demand million US $ % of Asia _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Japan 8,989 42.03% China 7,922 37.05% Malaysia 797 3.72% South Korea 705 3.29% Vietnam 441 2.06% Taiwan 424 1.98% Indonesia 348 1.62% Bangladesh 215 1.00% Sri Lanka 212 0.99% Brunei 205 0.95% Thailand 176 0.82% Hong Kong 117 0.54% Philippines 112 0.52% Papua New Guinea 101 0.47% Mongolia 101 0.47% Nepal 96 0.44% India 91 0.42% Cambodia 71 0.33% Macau 68 0.31% Burma 50 0.23% North Korea 49 0.23% Singapore 37 0.17% Laos 33 0.15% Seychelles 10 0.00% Bhutan 8 0.00% Other 4 0.20% Total 21,382 100.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




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3.2 BANGLADESH Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Bangladesh 1995 - 2005

Year Bangladesh % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 172 0.84% 0.33% 1996 191 0.92% 0.35% 1997 207 1.01% 0.38% 1998 211 1.08% 0.39% 1999 213 1.05% 0.39% 2000 215 1.00% 0.38% 2001 218 0.96% 0.37% 2002 220 0.91% 0.36% 2003 222 0.87% 0.34% 2004 225 0.83% 0.33% 2005 227 0.79% 0.32% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


3.3 BHUTAN Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Bhutan 1995 - 2005

Year Bhutan % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 8 0.04% 0.00% 1996 8 0.00% 0.00% 1997 9 0.00% 0.00% 1998 8 0.00% 0.00% 1999 8 0.00% 0.00% 2000 8 0.00% 0.00% 2001 8 0.00% 0.00% 2002 8 0.00% 0.00% 2003 9 0.00% 0.00% 2004 9 0.00% 0.00% 2005 9 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




3.4 BRUNEI Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Brunei 1995 - 2005

Year Brunei % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 193 0.94% 0.37% 1996 201 0.97% 0.37% 1997 208 1.02% 0.38% 1998 207 1.06% 0.39% 1999 206 1.01% 0.37% 2000 205 0.95% 0.36% 2001 207 0.91% 0.35% 2002 210 0.87% 0.34% 2003 213 0.83% 0.33% 2004 215 0.80% 0.32% 2005 218 0.76% 0.31% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


3.5 BURMA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Burma 1995 - 2005

Year Burma % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 44 0.21% 0.08% 1996 47 0.22% 0.00% 1997 47 0.23% 0.00% 1998 47 0.24% 0.08% 1999 48 0.23% 0.00% 2000 50 0.23% 0.00% 2001 52 0.23% 0.08% 2002 54 0.22% 0.00% 2003 56 0.22% 0.00% 2004 58 0.21% 0.00% 2005 61 0.21% 0.08% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




3.6 CAMBODIA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Cambodia 1995 - 2005

Year Cambodia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 74 0.35% 0.14% 1996 75 0.36% 0.13% 1997 76 0.37% 0.13% 1998 74 0.38% 0.13% 1999 72 0.35% 0.13% 2000 71 0.33% 0.12% 2001 73 0.32% 0.12% 2002 75 0.31% 0.12% 2003 78 0.30% 0.12% 2004 80 0.29% 0.12% 2005 83 0.29% 0.11% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


3.7 CHINA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): China 1995 - 2005

Year China % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 6,111 29.89% 11.73% 1996 6,866 33.27% 12.75% 1997 7,378 36.41% 13.57% 1998 7,588 38.86% 14.28% 1999 7,753 38.23% 14.25% 2000 7,922 37.05% 14.07% 2001 8,094 35.81% 13.82% 2002 8,270 34.57% 13.54% 2003 8,450 33.32% 13.26% 2004 8,634 32.08% 12.96% 2005 8,822 30.84% 12.66% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




3.8 HONG KONG Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Hong Kong 1995 - 2005

Year Hong Kong % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 73 0.35% 0.13% 1996 82 0.39% 0.15% 1997 91 0.44% 0.16% 1998 99 0.50% 0.18% 1999 108 0.53% 0.19% 2000 117 0.54% 0.20% 2001 127 0.56% 0.21% 2002 139 0.57% 0.22% 2003 151 0.59% 0.23% 2004 164 0.60% 0.24% 2005 179 0.62% 0.25% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


3.9 INDIA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): India 1995 - 2005

Year India % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 61 0.29% 0.11% 1996 62 0.29% 0.11% 1997 67 0.32% 0.12% 1998 79 0.40% 0.14% 1999 85 0.41% 0.15% 2000 91 0.42% 0.16% 2001 96 0.42% 0.16% 2002 103 0.42% 0.16% 2003 109 0.43% 0.17% 2004 116 0.43% 0.17% 2005 124 0.43% 0.17% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




3.10 INDONESIA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Indonesia 1995 - 2005

Year Indonesia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 497 2.43% 0.95% 1996 566 2.74% 1.05% 1997 566 2.79% 1.04% 1998 346 1.76% 0.65% 1999 326 1.60% 0.59% 2000 348 1.62% 0.61% 2001 372 1.64% 0.63% 2002 398 1.66% 0.65% 2003 425 1.67% 0.66% 2004 454 1.68% 0.68% 2005 485 1.69% 0.69% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


3.11 JAPAN Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Japan 1995 - 2005

Year Japan % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 9,550 46.72% 18.34% 1996 8,735 42.32% 16.22% 1997 7,939 39.17% 14.60% 1998 7,573 38.78% 14.25% 1999 8,171 40.29% 15.02% 2000 8,989 42.03% 15.97% 2001 9,887 43.75% 16.88% 2002 10,876 45.46% 17.81% 2003 11,964 47.18% 18.77% 2004 13,160 48.90% 19.76% 2005 14,476 50.61% 20.77% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




3.12 LAOS Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Laos 1995 - 2005

Year Laos % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 35 0.16% 0.00% 1996 35 0.17% 0.00% 1997 35 0.17% 0.00% 1998 35 0.17% 0.00% 1999 34 0.16% 0.00% 2000 33 0.15% 0.00% 2001 34 0.14% 0.00% 2002 35 0.14% 0.00% 2003 36 0.14% 0.00% 2004 38 0.14% 0.00% 2005 39 0.13% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


3.13 MACAU Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Macau 1995 - 2005

Year Macau % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 67 0.32% 0.12% 1996 69 0.33% 0.12% 1997 70 0.34% 0.12% 1998 70 0.35% 0.13% 1999 68 0.33% 0.12% 2000 68 0.31% 0.12% 2001 69 0.30% 0.11% 2002 70 0.29% 0.11% 2003 72 0.28% 0.11% 2004 74 0.27% 0.11% 2005 75 0.26% 0.10% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




3.14 MALAYSIA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Malaysia 1995 - 2005

Year Malaysia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 1,030 5.03% 1.97% 1996 1,057 5.12% 1.96% 1997 971 4.79% 1.78% 1998 788 4.03% 1.48% 1999 776 3.82% 1.42% 2000 797 3.72% 1.41% 2001 819 3.62% 1.39% 2002 840 3.51% 1.37% 2003 863 3.40% 1.35% 2004 886 3.29% 1.33% 2005 910 3.18% 1.30% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


3.15 MALDIVES Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Maldives 1995 - 2005

Year Maldives % 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% 0.00% 1999 4 0.00% 0.00% 2000 4 0.00% 0.00% 2001 4 0.01% 0.00% 2002 4 0.00% 0.00% 2003 4 0.00% 0.00% 2004 4 0.01% 0.00% 2005 5 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




3.16 MONGOLIA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Mongolia 1995 - 2005

Year Mongolia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 104 0.50% 0.19% 1996 106 0.51% 0.19% 1997 107 0.52% 0.19% 1998 105 0.53% 0.19% 1999 103 0.50% 0.18% 2000 101 0.47% 0.17% 2001 103 0.45% 0.17% 2002 107 0.44% 0.17% 2003 110 0.43% 0.17% 2004 113 0.42% 0.17% 2005 117 0.40% 0.16% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


3.17 NEPAL Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Nepal 1995 - 2005

Year Nepal % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 91 0.44% 0.17% 1996 95 0.45% 0.17% 1997 98 0.48% 0.17% 1998 97 0.49% 0.18% 1999 97 0.47% 0.17% 2000 96 0.44% 0.17% 2001 97 0.43% 0.16% 2002 99 0.41% 0.16% 2003 100 0.39% 0.15% 2004 102 0.37% 0.15% 2005 103 0.36% 0.14% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




3.18 NORTH KOREA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): North Korea 1995 - 2005

Year North Korea % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 46 0.22% 0.08% 1996 49 0.23% 0.00% 1997 48 0.23% 0.08% 1998 48 0.24% 0.00% 1999 48 0.23% 0.00% 2000 49 0.23% 0.00% 2001 50 0.22% 0.00% 2002 51 0.21% 0.00% 2003 52 0.20% 0.00% 2004 54 0.19% 0.00% 2005 55 0.19% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


3.19 PAPUA NEW GUINEA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Papua New Guinea 1995 - 2005

Year Papua New Guinea % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 89 0.43% 0.17% 1996 94 0.45% 0.17% 1997 98 0.48% 0.18% 1998 100 0.51% 0.18% 1999 100 0.49% 0.18% 2000 101 0.47% 0.17% 2001 101 0.44% 0.17% 2002 101 0.42% 0.16% 2003 101 0.39% 0.15% 2004 101 0.37% 0.15% 2005 100 0.35% 0.14% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




3.20 PHILIPPINES Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Philippines 1995 - 2005

Year Philippines % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 107 0.52% 0.20% 1996 116 0.56% 0.21% 1997 112 0.55% 0.20% 1998 98 0.50% 0.18% 1999 103 0.50% 0.18% 2000 112 0.52% 0.19% 2001 121 0.53% 0.20% 2002 132 0.55% 0.21% 2003 143 0.56% 0.22% 2004 156 0.57% 0.23% 2005 169 0.59% 0.24% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


3.21 SEYCHELLES Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Seychelles 1995 - 2005

Year Seychelles % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 8 0.00% 0.00% 1996 9 0.00% 0.00% 1997 9 0.00% 0.00% 1998 9 0.00% 0.00% 1999 10 0.00% 0.00% 2000 10 0.00% 0.00% 2001 10 0.00% 0.00% 2002 10 0.00% 0.00% 2003 10 0.00% 0.01% 2004 10 0.00% 0.00% 2005 10 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




3.22 SINGAPORE Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Singapore 1995 - 2005

Year Singapore % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 35 0.16% 0.00% 1996 37 0.17% 0.06% 1997 36 0.17% 0.00% 1998 33 0.17% 0.00% 1999 35 0.17% 0.00% 2000 37 0.17% 0.00% 2001 39 0.17% 0.00% 2002 41 0.17% 0.00% 2003 43 0.17% 0.00% 2004 46 0.17% 0.00% 2005 49 0.17% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


3.23 SOUTH KOREA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): South Korea 1995 - 2005

Year South Korea % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 887 4.34% 1.70% 1996 917 4.44% 1.70% 1997 852 4.20% 1.56% 1998 686 3.51% 1.29% 1999 680 3.35% 1.25% 2000 705 3.29% 1.25% 2001 731 3.23% 1.24% 2002 758 3.16% 1.24% 2003 785 3.09% 1.23% 2004 814 3.02% 1.22% 2005 844 2.94% 1.21% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




3.24 SRI LANKA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Sri Lanka 1995 - 2005

Year Sri Lanka % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 215 1.05% 0.41% 1996 220 1.06% 0.40% 1997 224 1.10% 0.41% 1998 220 1.12% 0.41% 1999 216 1.06% 0.39% 2000 212 0.99% 0.37% 2001 217 0.95% 0.37% 2002 223 0.93% 0.36% 2003 229 0.90% 0.35% 2004 236 0.87% 0.35% 2005 242 0.84% 0.34% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


3.25 TAIWAN Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Taiwan 1995 - 2005

Year Taiwan % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 430 2.10% 0.82% 1996 436 2.11% 0.80% 1997 423 2.08% 0.77% 1998 413 2.11% 0.77% 1999 418 2.05% 0.76% 2000 424 1.98% 0.75% 2001 431 1.90% 0.73% 2002 438 1.83% 0.71% 2003 445 1.75% 0.69% 2004 452 1.67% 0.67% 2005 459 1.60% 0.65% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




3.26 THAILAND Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Thailand 1995 - 2005

Year Thailand % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 155 0.75% 0.29% 1996 169 0.81% 0.31% 1997 159 0.78% 0.29% 1998 149 0.76% 0.28% 1999 160 0.79% 0.29% 2000 176 0.82% 0.31% 2001 194 0.85% 0.33% 2002 214 0.89% 0.34% 2003 235 0.92% 0.36% 2004 258 0.96% 0.38% 2005 284 0.99% 0.40% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


3.27 VIETNAM Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Vietnam 1995 - 2005

Year Vietnam % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 353 1.72% 0.67% 1996 393 1.90% 0.72% 1997 428 2.11% 0.78% 1998 435 2.22% 0.81% 1999 438 2.15% 0.80% 2000 441 2.06% 0.78% 2001 443 1.96% 0.75% 2002 446 1.86% 0.73% 2003 449 1.77% 0.70% 2004 452 1.67% 0.67% 2005 455 1.58% 0.65% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




4 EUROPE: PASTA AND NOODLES

4.1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Market Potential for Pasta and Noodles in Europe (million US $): 2000

Country Latent Demand million US $ % of Europe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Italy 1,602 14.58% Russia 1,421 12.93% Germany 804 7.31% France 713 6.49% United Kingdom 646 5.88% Kazakhstan 613 5.57% Moldova 401 3.64% Lithuania 396 3.60% Latvia 392 3.57% Slovenia 351 3.19% Bosnia and Herzegovina 285 2.59% Luxembourg 273 2.48% Georgia 260 2.37% Poland 253 2.30% Spain 250 2.27% Estonia 220 2.00% Belgium 157 1.43% Switzerland 157 1.43% Macedonia 157 1.42% Cyprus 149 1.36% Iceland 149 1.35% Sweden 136 1.24% Greece 134 1.22% Belarus 111 1.01% Albania 101 0.92% Other 742 7.84% Total 10,874 100.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




Market Potential for Pasta and Noodles in Europe (million US $): 2000

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The Market for Pasta and Noodles in Europe: 1995 - 2005





4.2 ALBANIA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Albania 1995 - 2005

Year Albania % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 104 1.00% 0.19% 1996 106 0.96% 0.19% 1997 108 0.97% 0.19% 1998 106 1.00% 0.19% 1999 103 0.96% 0.18% 2000 101 0.92% 0.17% 2001 104 0.91% 0.17% 2002 107 0.91% 0.17% 2003 110 0.90% 0.17% 2004 114 0.90% 0.17% 2005 117 0.89% 0.16% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.3 ANDORRA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Andorra 1995 - 2005

Year Andorra % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 18 0.17% 0.00% 1996 19 0.17% 0.00% 1997 20 0.18% 0.00% 1998 20 0.19% 0.00% 1999 20 0.19% 0.00% 2000 20 0.18% 0.00% 2001 20 0.18% 0.03% 2002 20 0.17% 0.03% 2003 21 0.16% 0.00% 2004 21 0.16% 0.00% 2005 21 0.15% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




4.4 AUSTRIA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Austria 1995 - 2005

Year Austria % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 45 0.43% 0.00% 1996 44 0.39% 0.00% 1997 40 0.35% 0.00% 1998 39 0.37% 0.00% 1999 39 0.36% 0.00% 2000 40 0.36% 0.00% 2001 40 0.35% 0.00% 2002 40 0.33% 0.00% 2003 40 0.32% 0.00% 2004 40 0.31% 0.00% 2005 40 0.30% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.5 BELARUS Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Belarus 1995 - 2005

Year Belarus % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 118 1.14% 0.22% 1996 123 1.11% 0.22% 1997 121 1.08% 0.22% 1998 105 0.99% 0.19% 1999 106 0.99% 0.19% 2000 111 1.01% 0.19% 2001 116 1.02% 0.19% 2002 122 1.04% 0.20% 2003 128 1.05% 0.20% 2004 135 1.07% 0.20% 2005 142 1.08% 0.20% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




4.6 BELGIUM Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Belgium 1995 - 2005

Year Belgium % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 149 1.43% 0.28% 1996 155 1.40% 0.28% 1997 147 1.32% 0.26% 1998 149 1.41% 0.27% 1999 153 1.43% 0.28% 2000 157 1.43% 0.27% 2001 162 1.42% 0.27% 2002 166 1.41% 0.27% 2003 171 1.40% 0.26% 2004 176 1.39% 0.26% 2005 181 1.38% 0.25% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.7 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Bosnia and Herzegovina 1995 - 2005

Year Bosnia and Herzegovina % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 256 2.46% 0.49% 1996 270 2.44% 0.50% 1997 281 2.53% 0.51% 1998 284 2.69% 0.53% 1999 284 2.66% 0.52% 2000 285 2.59% 0.50% 2001 286 2.52% 0.48% 2002 287 2.44% 0.47% 2003 288 2.37% 0.45% 2004 289 2.29% 0.43% 2005 290 2.21% 0.41% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




4.8 BULGARIA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Bulgaria 1995 - 2005

Year Bulgaria % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 15 0.14% 0.00% 1996 13 0.12% 0.00% 1997 12 0.10% 0.00% 1998 12 0.11% 0.00% 1999 13 0.12% 0.00% 2000 14 0.12% 0.00% 2001 15 0.12% 0.00% 2002 16 0.13% 0.00% 2003 16 0.13% 0.00% 2004 17 0.13% 0.00% 2005 19 0.14% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.9 CROATIA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Croatia 1995 - 2005

Year Croatia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 24 0.22% 0.00% 1996 24 0.21% 0.00% 1997 24 0.21% 0.00% 1998 25 0.23% 0.00% 1999 27 0.25% 0.00% 2000 28 0.25% 0.00% 2001 30 0.26% 0.00% 2002 31 0.26% 0.00% 2003 33 0.27% 0.00% 2004 35 0.27% 0.00% 2005 37 0.28% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




4.10 CYPRUS Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Cyprus 1995 - 2005

Year Cyprus % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 144 1.38% 0.27% 1996 149 1.35% 0.27% 1997 153 1.38% 0.28% 1998 152 1.44% 0.28% 1999 151 1.41% 0.27% 2000 149 1.36% 0.26% 2001 152 1.33% 0.25% 2002 154 1.31% 0.25% 2003 157 1.29% 0.24% 2004 160 1.27% 0.24% 2005 163 1.24% 0.23% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.11 CZECH REPUBLIC Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Czech Republic 1995 - 2005

Year Czech Republic % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 37 0.35% 0.00% 1996 44 0.39% 0.00% 1997 48 0.42% 0.00% 1998 52 0.49% 0.00% 1999 56 0.52% 0.10% 2000 60 0.54% 0.10% 2001 64 0.56% 0.10% 2002 69 0.58% 0.11% 2003 73 0.60% 0.11% 2004 79 0.62% 0.11% 2005 84 0.64% 0.12% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




4.12 DENMARK Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Denmark 1995 - 2005

Year Denmark % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 43 0.41% 0.00% 1996 46 0.42% 0.00% 1997 47 0.42% 0.08% 1998 50 0.47% 0.00% 1999 54 0.50% 0.00% 2000 57 0.52% 0.10% 2001 61 0.53% 0.10% 2002 65 0.55% 0.10% 2003 69 0.56% 0.10% 2004 74 0.58% 0.11% 2005 79 0.60% 0.11% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.13 ESTONIA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Estonia 1995 - 2005

Year Estonia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 226 2.18% 0.43% 1996 231 2.09% 0.42% 1997 234 2.11% 0.43% 1998 230 2.18% 0.43% 1999 224 2.10% 0.41% 2000 220 2.00% 0.39% 2001 226 1.98% 0.38% 2002 233 1.98% 0.38% 2003 240 1.97% 0.37% 2004 248 1.96% 0.37% 2005 255 1.95% 0.36% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




4.14 FINLAND Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Finland 1995 - 2005

Year Finland % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 28 0.26% 0.00% 1996 27 0.24% 0.00% 1997 25 0.22% 0.00% 1998 25 0.23% 0.00% 1999 27 0.25% 0.00% 2000 30 0.27% 0.00% 2001 33 0.28% 0.00% 2002 36 0.30% 0.00% 2003 40 0.32% 0.00% 2004 44 0.34% 0.00% 2005 48 0.36% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.15 FRANCE Pasta and Noodles (million US $): France 1995 - 2005

Year France % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 727 7.01% 1.39% 1996 740 6.70% 1.37% 1997 692 6.24% 1.27% 1998 692 6.58% 1.30% 1999 703 6.58% 1.29% 2000 713 6.49% 1.26% 2001 724 6.38% 1.23% 2002 735 6.26% 1.20% 2003 746 6.14% 1.17% 2004 757 6.01% 1.13% 2005 769 5.87% 1.10% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




4.16 GEORGIA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Georgia 1995 - 2005

Year Georgia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 209 2.01% 0.40% 1996 231 2.09% 0.42% 1997 251 2.26% 0.46% 1998 256 2.43% 0.48% 1999 258 2.41% 0.47% 2000 260 2.37% 0.46% 2001 263 2.31% 0.44% 2002 265 2.26% 0.43% 2003 268 2.20% 0.42% 2004 270 2.14% 0.40% 2005 273 2.08% 0.39% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.17 GERMANY Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Germany 1995 - 2005

Year Germany % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 855 8.24% 1.64% 1996 854 7.73% 1.58% 1997 781 7.05% 1.43% 1998 779 7.40% 1.46% 1999 791 7.41% 1.45% 2000 804 7.31% 1.42% 2001 816 7.19% 1.39% 2002 829 7.06% 1.35% 2003 842 6.93% 1.32% 2004 856 6.79% 1.28% 2005 869 6.64% 1.24% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




4.18 GREECE Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Greece 1995 - 2005

Year Greece % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 134 1.29% 0.25% 1996 138 1.25% 0.25% 1997 131 1.18% 0.24% 1998 127 1.20% 0.23% 1999 130 1.21% 0.23% 2000 134 1.22% 0.23% 2001 139 1.22% 0.23% 2002 144 1.22% 0.23% 2003 149 1.22% 0.23% 2004 154 1.22% 0.23% 2005 159 1.21% 0.22% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.19 HUNGARY Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Hungary 1995 - 2005

Year Hungary % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 43 0.41% 0.00% 1996 43 0.39% 0.00% 1997 45 0.40% 0.00% 1998 42 0.39% 0.00% 1999 44 0.40% 0.00% 2000 47 0.42% 0.00% 2001 50 0.43% 0.00% 2002 53 0.45% 0.00% 2003 57 0.46% 0.00% 2004 61 0.48% 0.00% 2005 65 0.49% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




4.20 ICELAND Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Iceland 1995 - 2005

Year Iceland % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 144 1.39% 0.27% 1996 149 1.35% 0.27% 1997 153 1.38% 0.28% 1998 152 1.44% 0.28% 1999 150 1.40% 0.27% 2000 149 1.35% 0.26% 2001 151 1.33% 0.25% 2002 154 1.31% 0.25% 2003 157 1.29% 0.24% 2004 160 1.27% 0.24% 2005 163 1.24% 0.23% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.21 IRELAND Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Ireland 1995 - 2005

Year Ireland % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 15 0.14% 0.00% 1996 16 0.14% 0.03% 1997 17 0.15% 0.00% 1998 18 0.17% 0.00% 1999 19 0.17% 0.00% 2000 20 0.18% 0.03% 2001 21 0.18% 0.00% 2002 22 0.18% 0.00% 2003 23 0.18% 0.00% 2004 24 0.19% 0.00% 2005 25 0.19% 0.03% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




4.22 ITALY Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Italy 1995 - 2005

Year Italy % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 1,765 17.01% 3.38% 1996 1,735 15.72% 3.22% 1997 1,589 14.35% 2.92% 1998 1,535 14.59% 2.88% 1999 1,563 14.64% 2.87% 2000 1,602 14.58% 2.84% 2001 1,642 14.47% 2.80% 2002 1,682 14.33% 2.75% 2003 1,724 14.19% 2.70% 2004 1,767 14.02% 2.65% 2005 1,811 13.85% 2.59% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.23 KAZAKHSTAN Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Kazakhstan 1995 - 2005

Year Kazakhstan % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 785 7.57% 1.50% 1996 806 7.30% 1.49% 1997 742 6.70% 1.36% 1998 605 5.74% 1.13% 1999 596 5.58% 1.09% 2000 613 5.57% 1.08% 2001 629 5.54% 1.07% 2002 646 5.50% 1.05% 2003 664 5.46% 1.04% 2004 682 5.41% 1.02% 2005 700 5.35% 1.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




4.24 LATVIA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Latvia 1995 - 2005

Year Latvia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 348 3.35% 0.66% 1996 367 3.32% 0.68% 1997 384 3.46% 0.70% 1998 388 3.69% 0.73% 1999 390 3.65% 0.71% 2000 392 3.57% 0.69% 2001 393 3.46% 0.67% 2002 393 3.34% 0.64% 2003 393 3.23% 0.61% 2004 394 3.12% 0.59% 2005 394 3.01% 0.56% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.25 LIECHTENSTEIN Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Liechtenstein 1995 - 2005

Year Liechtenstein % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 18 0.17% 0.00% 1996 19 0.17% 0.00% 1997 20 0.18% 0.00% 1998 20 0.19% 0.00% 1999 20 0.19% 0.00% 2000 20 0.18% 0.00% 2001 21 0.18% 0.00% 2002 21 0.17% 0.00% 2003 21 0.17% 0.00% 2004 21 0.16% 0.03% 2005 21 0.15% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




4.26 LITHUANIA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Lithuania 1995 - 2005

Year Lithuania % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 317 3.05% 0.60% 1996 352 3.19% 0.65% 1997 384 3.46% 0.70% 1998 390 3.71% 0.73% 1999 393 3.68% 0.72% 2000 396 3.60% 0.70% 2001 398 3.51% 0.68% 2002 401 3.41% 0.65% 2003 404 3.32% 0.63% 2004 406 3.22% 0.61% 2005 409 3.12% 0.58% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.27 LUXEMBOURG Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Luxembourg 1995 - 2005

Year Luxembourg % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 261 2.51% 0.50% 1996 271 2.45% 0.50% 1997 279 2.51% 0.51% 1998 277 2.63% 0.52% 1999 275 2.57% 0.50% 2000 273 2.48% 0.48% 2001 276 2.43% 0.47% 2002 281 2.39% 0.46% 2003 285 2.34% 0.44% 2004 290 2.30% 0.43% 2005 295 2.25% 0.42% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




4.28 MACEDONIA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Macedonia 1995 - 2005

Year Macedonia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 155 1.49% 0.29% 1996 160 1.44% 0.29% 1997 163 1.47% 0.30% 1998 161 1.53% 0.30% 1999 159 1.48% 0.29% 2000 157 1.42% 0.27% 2001 160 1.40% 0.27% 2002 163 1.39% 0.26% 2003 167 1.37% 0.26% 2004 171 1.35% 0.25% 2005 175 1.33% 0.25% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.29 MALTA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Malta 1995 - 2005

Year Malta % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 65 0.63% 0.12% 1996 67 0.60% 0.12% 1997 68 0.61% 0.12% 1998 67 0.63% 0.12% 1999 66 0.61% 0.12% 2000 65 0.58% 0.11% 2001 66 0.58% 0.11% 2002 68 0.57% 0.11% 2003 70 0.57% 0.10% 2004 72 0.56% 0.10% 2005 74 0.56% 0.10% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




4.30 MOLDOVA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Moldova 1995 - 2005

Year Moldova % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 351 3.38% 0.67% 1996 371 3.36% 0.68% 1997 389 3.51% 0.71% 1998 395 3.75% 0.74% 1999 398 3.72% 0.73% 2000 401 3.64% 0.71% 2001 400 3.52% 0.68% 2002 400 3.40% 0.65% 2003 399 3.28% 0.62% 2004 398 3.16% 0.59% 2005 397 3.03% 0.57% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.31 MONACO Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Monaco 1995 - 2005

Year Monaco % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 10 0.00% 0.00% 1996 10 0.00% 0.00% 1997 11 0.09% 0.00% 1998 11 0.10% 0.00% 1999 11 0.10% 0.00% 2000 11 0.00% 0.01% 2001 11 0.00% 0.00% 2002 11 0.00% 0.00% 2003 11 0.00% 0.00% 2004 11 0.00% 0.00% 2005 11 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




4.32 NETHERLANDS Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Netherlands 1995 - 2005

Year Netherlands % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 67 0.64% 0.12% 1996 70 0.63% 0.12% 1997 66 0.59% 0.12% 1998 66 0.63% 0.12% 1999 68 0.63% 0.12% 2000 70 0.63% 0.12% 2001 72 0.63% 0.12% 2002 73 0.62% 0.12% 2003 75 0.61% 0.11% 2004 77 0.61% 0.11% 2005 79 0.60% 0.11% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.33 NORWAY Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Norway 1995 - 2005

Year Norway % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 18 0.17% 0.00% 1996 18 0.16% 0.00% 1997 17 0.15% 0.03% 1998 16 0.15% 0.00% 1999 16 0.15% 0.02% 2000 17 0.15% 0.00% 2001 17 0.14% 0.00% 2002 17 0.14% 0.00% 2003 18 0.14% 0.02% 2004 18 0.14% 0.00% 2005 18 0.14% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




4.34 POLAND Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Poland 1995 - 2005

Year Poland % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 209 2.01% 0.40% 1996 225 2.03% 0.41% 1997 248 2.24% 0.45% 1998 252 2.39% 0.47% 1999 253 2.36% 0.46% 2000 253 2.30% 0.45% 2001 254 2.23% 0.43% 2002 254 2.16% 0.41% 2003 255 2.09% 0.39% 2004 255 2.02% 0.38% 2005 256 1.95% 0.36% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.35 PORTUGAL Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Portugal 1995 - 2005

Year Portugal % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 62 0.59% 0.11% 1996 61 0.55% 0.11% 1997 55 0.49% 0.10% 1998 54 0.51% 0.10% 1999 59 0.54% 0.10% 2000 64 0.58% 0.11% 2001 71 0.62% 0.12% 2002 78 0.66% 0.12% 2003 86 0.70% 0.13% 2004 94 0.74% 0.14% 2005 104 0.79% 0.14% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




4.36 ROMANIA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Romania 1995 - 2005

Year Romania % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 65 0.62% 0.12% 1996 66 0.59% 0.12% 1997 60 0.54% 0.11% 1998 48 0.45% 0.00% 1999 47 0.43% 0.00% 2000 48 0.43% 0.08% 2001 49 0.42% 0.00% 2002 49 0.42% 0.00% 2003 50 0.41% 0.00% 2004 51 0.40% 0.00% 2005 52 0.40% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.37 RUSSIA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Russia 1995 - 2005

Year Russia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 1,057 10.19% 2.02% 1996 1,439 13.03% 2.67% 1997 1,655 14.95% 3.04% 1998 1,262 11.99% 2.37% 1999 1,291 12.10% 2.37% 2000 1,421 12.93% 2.52% 2001 1,563 13.77% 2.66% 2002 1,719 14.64% 2.81% 2003 1,891 15.56% 2.96% 2004 2,080 16.51% 3.12% 2005 2,288 17.49% 3.28% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




4.38 SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Serbia and Montenegro 1995 - 2005

Year Serbia and Montenegro % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 19 0.18% 0.00% 1996 19 0.17% 0.00% 1997 18 0.16% 0.00% 1998 19 0.17% 0.00% 1999 20 0.18% 0.00% 2000 21 0.19% 0.00% 2001 22 0.19% 0.00% 2002 23 0.19% 0.00% 2003 25 0.20% 0.00% 2004 26 0.20% 0.00% 2005 28 0.21% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.39 SLOVAKIA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Slovakia 1995 - 2005

Year Slovakia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 25 0.24% 0.04% 1996 27 0.24% 0.00% 1997 26 0.23% 0.00% 1998 26 0.24% 0.00% 1999 26 0.24% 0.00% 2000 26 0.24% 0.00% 2001 26 0.23% 0.00% 2002 26 0.22% 0.00% 2003 26 0.21% 0.00% 2004 27 0.21% 0.00% 2005 27 0.20% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




4.40 SLOVENIA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Slovenia 1995 - 2005

Year Slovenia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 281 2.70% 0.53% 1996 312 2.82% 0.57% 1997 339 3.06% 0.62% 1998 346 3.28% 0.65% 1999 348 3.26% 0.63% 2000 351 3.19% 0.62% 2001 353 3.11% 0.60% 2002 356 3.03% 0.58% 2003 358 2.94% 0.56% 2004 361 2.86% 0.54% 2005 364 2.78% 0.52% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.41 SPAIN Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Spain 1995 - 2005

Year Spain % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 259 2.49% 0.49% 1996 265 2.39% 0.49% 1997 243 2.19% 0.44% 1998 243 2.30% 0.45% 1999 246 2.30% 0.45% 2000 250 2.27% 0.44% 2001 254 2.23% 0.43% 2002 258 2.19% 0.42% 2003 261 2.15% 0.41% 2004 265 2.10% 0.39% 2005 269 2.05% 0.38% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




4.42 SWEDEN Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Sweden 1995 - 2005

Year Sweden % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 109 1.05% 0.21% 1996 122 1.10% 0.22% 1997 116 1.04% 0.21% 1998 114 1.08% 0.21% 1999 124 1.16% 0.22% 2000 136 1.24% 0.24% 2001 150 1.32% 0.25% 2002 165 1.40% 0.27% 2003 182 1.49% 0.28% 2004 200 1.58% 0.30% 2005 220 1.68% 0.31% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.43 SWITZERLAND Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Switzerland 1995 - 2005

Year Switzerland % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 175 1.68% 0.33% 1996 169 1.52% 0.31% 1997 149 1.34% 0.27% 1998 149 1.41% 0.28% 1999 153 1.43% 0.28% 2000 157 1.43% 0.27% 2001 161 1.42% 0.27% 2002 165 1.41% 0.27% 2003 170 1.39% 0.26% 2004 174 1.38% 0.26% 2005 179 1.36% 0.25% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




4.44 UKRAINE Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Ukraine 1995 - 2005

Year Ukraine % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 132 1.27% 0.25% 1996 122 1.10% 0.22% 1997 115 1.03% 0.21% 1998 92 0.87% 0.17% 1999 87 0.81% 0.15% 2000 85 0.77% 0.15% 2001 83 0.73% 0.14% 2002 82 0.69% 0.13% 2003 80 0.65% 0.12% 2004 78 0.62% 0.11% 2005 77 0.58% 0.10% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.45 UNITED KINGDOM Pasta and Noodles (million US $): United Kingdom 1995 - 2005

Year United Kingdom % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 387 3.73% 0.74% 1996 439 3.97% 0.81% 1997 501 4.52% 0.92% 1998 559 5.31% 1.05% 1999 602 5.64% 1.10% 2000 646 5.88% 1.14% 2001 694 6.11% 1.18% 2002 744 6.34% 1.21% 2003 799 6.57% 1.25% 2004 857 6.80% 1.28% 2005 920 7.03% 1.32% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




5 LATIN AMERICA: PASTA AND NOODLES

5.1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Market Potential for Pasta and Noodles in Latin America (million US $): 2000

Country Latent Demand million US $ % of Latin America _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Brazil 1,853 32.40% Venezuela 690 12.07% Argentina 391 6.83% Guatemala 343 5.99% Ecuador 304 5.32% Panama 278 4.85% Uruguay 264 4.61% Mexico 262 4.58% Paraguay 188 3.29% El Salvador 167 2.91% Costa Rica 166 2.90% Bolivia 155 2.71% Honduras 153 2.66% Chile 141 2.46% Colombia 111 1.93% Peru 95 1.66% Nicaragua 84 1.46% Suriname 38 0.67% Belize 10 0.18% Guyana 8 0.13% Total 5,701 100.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


Market Potential for Pasta and Noodles in Latin America (million US $): 2000

Brazil

VenezuelaArgentina Guatemala

Other



The Market for Pasta and Noodles in Latin America: 1995 - 2005 Year million US $ % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 4,993.01 9.59 1996 5,074.97 9.43 1997 5,342.19 9.83 1998 5,400.83 10.17 1999 5,539.22 10.19 2000 5,718.39 10.16 2001 5,961.86 10.18 2002 6,229.35 10.20 2003 6,513.75 10.22 2004 6,816.36 10.24 2005 7,138.58 10.25 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


5.2 ARGENTINA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Argentina 1995 - 2005

Year Argentina % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 328 6.57% 0.63% 1996 340 6.69% 0.63% 1997 353 6.60% 0.64% 1998 366 6.77% 0.68% 1999 378 6.82% 0.69% 2000 391 6.83% 0.69% 2001 404 6.77% 0.69% 2002 418 6.70% 0.68% 2003 432 6.62% 0.67% 2004 446 6.54% 0.66% 2005 461 6.45% 0.66% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




5.3 BELIZE Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Belize 1995 - 2005

Year Belize % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 10 0.19% 0.00% 1996 10 0.20% 0.01% 1997 11 0.19% 0.00% 1998 11 0.19% 0.00% 1999 10 0.18% 0.01% 2000 10 0.18% 0.00% 2001 11 0.17% 0.00% 2002 11 0.17% 0.00% 2003 11 0.16% 0.00% 2004 11 0.16% 0.00% 2005 11 0.15% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


5.4 BOLIVIA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Bolivia 1995 - 2005

Year Bolivia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 152 3.05% 0.29% 1996 157 3.10% 0.29% 1997 161 3.01% 0.29% 1998 159 2.95% 0.30% 1999 157 2.83% 0.28% 2000 155 2.71% 0.27% 2001 158 2.65% 0.26% 2002 161 2.59% 0.26% 2003 165 2.53% 0.25% 2004 168 2.47% 0.25% 2005 172 2.41% 0.24% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




5.5 BRAZIL Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Brazil 1995 - 2005

Year Brazil % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 1,108 22.19% 2.12% 1996 1,314 25.88% 2.44% 1997 1,563 29.26% 2.87% 1998 1,673 30.97% 3.14% 1999 1,761 31.78% 3.23% 2000 1,853 32.40% 3.29% 2001 1,950 32.71% 3.33% 2002 2,053 32.95% 3.36% 2003 2,161 33.16% 3.39% 2004 2,274 33.36% 3.41% 2005 2,393 33.52% 3.43% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


5.6 CHILE Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Chile 1995 - 2005

Year Chile % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 132 2.64% 0.25% 1996 137 2.70% 0.25% 1997 137 2.56% 0.25% 1998 133 2.46% 0.25% 1999 136 2.46% 0.25% 2000 141 2.46% 0.25% 2001 146 2.44% 0.24% 2002 151 2.42% 0.24% 2003 156 2.39% 0.24% 2004 162 2.37% 0.24% 2005 167 2.34% 0.24% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




5.7 COLOMBIA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Colombia 1995 - 2005

Year Colombia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 129 2.59% 0.24% 1996 131 2.57% 0.24% 1997 129 2.41% 0.23% 1998 112 2.07% 0.21% 1999 110 1.98% 0.20% 2000 111 1.93% 0.19% 2001 112 1.87% 0.19% 2002 113 1.80% 0.18% 2003 114 1.74% 0.17% 2004 115 1.67% 0.17% 2005 115 1.61% 0.16% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


5.8 COSTA RICA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Costa Rica 1995 - 2005

Year Costa Rica % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 158 3.16% 0.30% 1996 164 3.23% 0.30% 1997 169 3.16% 0.31% 1998 168 3.11% 0.31% 1999 167 3.01% 0.30% 2000 166 2.90% 0.29% 2001 168 2.81% 0.28% 2002 171 2.73% 0.27% 2003 173 2.65% 0.27% 2004 176 2.58% 0.26% 2005 179 2.50% 0.25% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




5.9 ECUADOR Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Ecuador 1995 - 2005

Year Ecuador % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 288 5.77% 0.55% 1996 300 5.91% 0.55% 1997 309 5.79% 0.56% 1998 308 5.71% 0.58% 1999 306 5.52% 0.56% 2000 304 5.32% 0.54% 2001 308 5.16% 0.52% 2002 312 5.01% 0.51% 2003 317 4.86% 0.49% 2004 322 4.71% 0.48% 2005 326 4.56% 0.46% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


5.10 EL SALVADOR Pasta and Noodles (million US $): El Salvador 1995 - 2005

Year El Salvador % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 172 3.44% 0.33% 1996 176 3.46% 0.32% 1997 178 3.32% 0.32% 1998 174 3.22% 0.32% 1999 170 3.06% 0.31% 2000 167 2.91% 0.29% 2001 171 2.86% 0.29% 2002 176 2.82% 0.28% 2003 182 2.79% 0.28% 2004 188 2.75% 0.28% 2005 194 2.71% 0.27% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




5.11 GUATEMALA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Guatemala 1995 - 2005

Year Guatemala % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 346 6.92% 0.66% 1996 355 6.99% 0.65% 1997 361 6.75% 0.66% 1998 355 6.57% 0.66% 1999 348 6.27% 0.63% 2000 343 5.99% 0.60% 2001 350 5.86% 0.59% 2002 360 5.77% 0.58% 2003 370 5.67% 0.57% 2004 380 5.57% 0.57% 2005 390 5.46% 0.56% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


5.12 GUYANA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Guyana 1995 - 2005

Year Guyana % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 8 0.15% 0.00% 1996 8 0.15% 0.01% 1997 8 0.15% 0.00% 1998 8 0.15% 0.00% 1999 8 0.14% 0.01% 2000 8 0.13% 0.00% 2001 8 0.13% 0.00% 2002 8 0.13% 0.00% 2003 8 0.12% 0.00% 2004 9 0.12% 0.00% 2005 9 0.12% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




5.13 HONDURAS Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Honduras 1995 - 2005

Year Honduras % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 151 3.01% 0.28% 1996 155 3.06% 0.28% 1997 159 2.97% 0.29% 1998 157 2.90% 0.29% 1999 154 2.78% 0.28% 2000 153 2.66% 0.27% 2001 155 2.60% 0.26% 2002 159 2.55% 0.26% 2003 163 2.49% 0.25% 2004 166 2.44% 0.24% 2005 170 2.38% 0.24% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


5.14 MEXICO Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Mexico 1995 - 2005

Year Mexico % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 290 5.80% 0.55% 1996 231 4.55% 0.42% 1997 223 4.18% 0.41% 1998 223 4.13% 0.42% 1999 241 4.34% 0.44% 2000 262 4.58% 0.46% 2001 285 4.78% 0.48% 2002 310 4.98% 0.50% 2003 338 5.18% 0.53% 2004 368 5.39% 0.55% 2005 401 5.61% 0.57% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




5.15 NICARAGUA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Nicaragua 1995 - 2005

Year Nicaragua % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 83 1.66% 0.15% 1996 86 1.68% 0.15% 1997 87 1.63% 0.16% 1998 86 1.59% 0.16% 1999 85 1.53% 0.15% 2000 84 1.46% 0.14% 2001 85 1.43% 0.14% 2002 87 1.40% 0.14% 2003 89 1.37% 0.14% 2004 92 1.34% 0.13% 2005 94 1.31% 0.13% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


5.16 PANAMA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Panama 1995 - 2005

Year Panama % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 266 5.33% 0.51% 1996 277 5.44% 0.51% 1997 284 5.32% 0.52% 1998 283 5.23% 0.53% 1999 280 5.04% 0.51% 2000 278 4.85% 0.49% 2001 281 4.72% 0.48% 2002 286 4.59% 0.46% 2003 291 4.46% 0.45% 2004 296 4.34% 0.44% 2005 301 4.21% 0.43% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




5.17 PARAGUAY Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Paraguay 1995 - 2005

Year Paraguay % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 187 3.74% 0.35% 1996 192 3.79% 0.35% 1997 196 3.67% 0.36% 1998 194 3.59% 0.36% 1999 191 3.44% 0.35% 2000 188 3.29% 0.33% 2001 192 3.21% 0.32% 2002 196 3.15% 0.32% 2003 201 3.08% 0.31% 2004 206 3.02% 0.30% 2005 211 2.95% 0.30% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


5.18 PERU Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Peru 1995 - 2005

Year Peru % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 89 1.78% 0.17% 1996 93 1.82% 0.17% 1997 93 1.73% 0.17% 1998 90 1.67% 0.17% 1999 92 1.66% 0.16% 2000 95 1.66% 0.16% 2001 98 1.64% 0.16% 2002 101 1.62% 0.16% 2003 104 1.60% 0.16% 2004 108 1.57% 0.16% 2005 111 1.55% 0.15% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




5.19 SURINAME Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Suriname 1995 - 2005

Year Suriname % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 35 0.70% 0.00% 1996 37 0.72% 0.00% 1997 38 0.71% 0.00% 1998 38 0.71% 0.07% 1999 38 0.69% 0.00% 2000 38 0.67% 0.00% 2001 39 0.64% 0.00% 2002 39 0.62% 0.00% 2003 39 0.60% 0.00% 2004 39 0.57% 0.00% 2005 40 0.55% 0.05% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


5.20 URUGUAY Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Uruguay 1995 - 2005

Year Uruguay % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 232 4.64% 0.44% 1996 246 4.83% 0.45% 1997 257 4.81% 0.47% 1998 260 4.82% 0.49% 1999 262 4.73% 0.48% 2000 264 4.61% 0.46% 2001 264 4.42% 0.45% 2002 264 4.23% 0.43% 2003 263 4.04% 0.41% 2004 263 3.86% 0.39% 2005 263 3.68% 0.37% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




5.21 VENEZUELA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Venezuela 1995 - 2005

Year Venezuela % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 813 16.27% 1.56% 1996 650 12.80% 1.20% 1997 608 11.37% 1.11% 1998 582 10.78% 1.09% 1999 628 11.33% 1.15% 2000 690 12.07% 1.22% 2001 759 12.73% 1.29% 2002 835 13.41% 1.36% 2003 919 14.10% 1.44% 2004 1,011 14.82% 1.51% 2005 1,112 15.57% 1.59% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




6 NORTH AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN: PASTA AND NOODLES

6.1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Market Potential for Pasta and Noodles in North America & the Caribbean (million

US $): 2000 Country Latent Demand million US $ % of North America & the Caribbean _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ United States 4,005 70.08% Canada 372 6.51% Dominican Republic 210 3.67% Cuba 125 2.19% Trinidad and Tobago 117 2.04% Jamaica 85 1.48% Bahamas 80 1.39% Haiti 70 1.22% Martinique 53 0.92% Barbados 42 0.73% Netherlands Antilles 40 0.70% Bermuda 36 0.63% St. Lucia 11 0.18% Antigua and Barbuda 10 0.17% Grenada 6 0.11% St. Vincent and the Grenadines 5 0.00% St. Kitts and Nevis 4 0.00% Dominica 4 0.00% Total 5,276 100.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




Market Potential for Pasta and Noodles in North America & the Caribbean (million US $): 2000

United States

CanadaDominican Republic

Cuba

Other

The Market for Pasta and Noodles in North America & the Caribbean: 1995 - 2005





6.2 ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Antigua and Barbuda 1995 - 2005

Year Antigua and Barbuda % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 10 0.20% 0.00% 1996 10 0.19% 0.00% 1997 11 0.19% 0.00% 1998 10 0.18% 0.00% 1999 10 0.18% 0.00% 2000 10 0.17% 0.00% 2001 10 0.17% 0.00% 2002 11 0.17% 0.00% 2003 11 0.17% 0.00% 2004 11 0.17% 0.00% 2005 11 0.17% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


6.3 BAHAMAS Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Bahamas 1995 - 2005

Year Bahamas % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 75 1.52% 0.14% 1996 78 1.51% 0.14% 1997 81 1.50% 0.14% 1998 81 1.47% 0.15% 1999 80 1.43% 0.14% 2000 80 1.39% 0.14% 2001 81 1.37% 0.13% 2002 82 1.36% 0.13% 2003 83 1.34% 0.13% 2004 84 1.32% 0.12% 2005 85 1.31% 0.12% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




6.4 BARBADOS Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Barbados 1995 - 2005

Year Barbados % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 40 0.80% 0.00% 1996 41 0.79% 0.00% 1997 43 0.79% 0.00% 1998 43 0.77% 0.00% 1999 42 0.75% 0.00% 2000 42 0.73% 0.00% 2001 43 0.72% 0.00% 2002 43 0.71% 0.00% 2003 44 0.70% 0.00% 2004 44 0.69% 0.06% 2005 45 0.69% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


6.5 BERMUDA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Bermuda 1995 - 2005

Year Bermuda % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 35 0.70% 0.00% 1996 36 0.69% 0.00% 1997 37 0.69% 0.00% 1998 37 0.67% 0.00% 1999 37 0.65% 0.00% 2000 36 0.63% 0.00% 2001 37 0.62% 0.00% 2002 37 0.62% 0.06% 2003 38 0.61% 0.00% 2004 39 0.61% 0.05% 2005 39 0.60% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




6.6 CANADA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Canada 1995 - 2005

Year Canada % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 282 5.71% 0.54% 1996 314 6.07% 0.58% 1997 333 6.20% 0.61% 1998 334 6.09% 0.62% 1999 351 6.27% 0.64% 2000 372 6.51% 0.66% 2001 395 6.74% 0.67% 2002 419 6.97% 0.68% 2003 445 7.21% 0.69% 2004 472 7.46% 0.70% 2005 501 7.72% 0.71% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


6.7 CUBA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Cuba 1995 - 2005

Year Cuba % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 100 2.02% 0.19% 1996 110 2.13% 0.20% 1997 118 2.19% 0.21% 1998 121 2.21% 0.22% 1999 123 2.20% 0.22% 2000 125 2.19% 0.22% 2001 127 2.17% 0.21% 2002 130 2.15% 0.21% 2003 132 2.13% 0.20% 2004 134 2.12% 0.20% 2005 137 2.10% 0.19% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




6.8 DOMINICA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Dominica 1995 - 2005

Year Dominica % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 3 0.06% 0.00% 1996 3 0.00% 0.00% 1997 3 0.00% 0.00% 1998 4 0.00% 0.00% 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 4 0.00% 0.00% 2004 4 0.00% 0.00% 2005 4 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


6.9 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Dominican Republic 1995 - 2005

Year Dominican Republic % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 205 4.13% 0.39% 1996 212 4.09% 0.39% 1997 217 4.03% 0.39% 1998 215 3.92% 0.40% 1999 212 3.78% 0.38% 2000 210 3.67% 0.37% 2001 213 3.63% 0.36% 2002 218 3.62% 0.35% 2003 222 3.60% 0.34% 2004 227 3.58% 0.34% 2005 231 3.56% 0.33% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




6.10 GRENADA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Grenada 1995 - 2005

Year Grenada % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 6 0.12% 0.00% 1996 6 0.12% 0.00% 1997 7 0.12% 0.00% 1998 6 0.11% 0.00% 1999 6 0.11% 0.00% 2000 6 0.11% 0.00% 2001 6 0.10% 0.00% 2002 7 0.10% 0.00% 2003 7 0.10% 0.00% 2004 7 0.10% 0.00% 2005 7 0.10% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


6.11 HAITI Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Haiti 1995 - 2005

Year Haiti % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 70 1.42% 0.13% 1996 72 1.39% 0.13% 1997 74 1.37% 0.13% 1998 73 1.32% 0.13% 1999 71 1.27% 0.13% 2000 70 1.22% 0.12% 2001 72 1.22% 0.12% 2002 74 1.22% 0.12% 2003 75 1.22% 0.11% 2004 77 1.22% 0.11% 2005 79 1.22% 0.11% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




6.12 JAMAICA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Jamaica 1995 - 2005

Year Jamaica % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 78 1.57% 0.14% 1996 82 1.57% 0.15% 1997 85 1.57% 0.15% 1998 85 1.55% 0.16% 1999 85 1.52% 0.15% 2000 85 1.48% 0.15% 2001 86 1.46% 0.14% 2002 86 1.43% 0.14% 2003 87 1.40% 0.13% 2004 87 1.38% 0.13% 2005 88 1.35% 0.12% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


6.13 MARTINIQUE Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Martinique 1995 - 2005

Year Martinique % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 48 0.96% 0.00% 1996 50 0.96% 0.00% 1997 52 0.97% 0.00% 1998 53 0.96% 0.00% 1999 53 0.94% 0.00% 2000 53 0.92% 0.00% 2001 53 0.90% 0.00% 2002 53 0.88% 0.00% 2003 54 0.86% 0.00% 2004 54 0.84% 0.00% 2005 54 0.82% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




6.14 NETHERLANDS ANTILLES Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Netherlands Antilles 1995 - 2005

Year Netherlands Antilles % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 38 0.76% 0.00% 1996 39 0.76% 0.00% 1997 41 0.75% 0.00% 1998 41 0.74% 0.00% 1999 40 0.72% 0.00% 2000 40 0.70% 0.00% 2001 41 0.69% 0.06% 2002 41 0.68% 0.00% 2003 42 0.67% 0.00% 2004 42 0.66% 0.00% 2005 43 0.65% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


6.15 ST. KITTS AND NEVIS Pasta and Noodles (million US $): St. Kitts and Nevis 1995 - 2005

Year St. Kitts and Nevis % 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% 0.00% 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 4 0.00% 0.00% 2004 4 0.00% 0.00% 2005 4 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




6.16 ST. LUCIA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): St. Lucia 1995 - 2005

Year St. Lucia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 10 0.20% 0.00% 1996 10 0.20% 0.00% 1997 11 0.20% 0.00% 1998 11 0.19% 0.00% 1999 11 0.19% 0.00% 2000 11 0.18% 0.00% 2001 11 0.18% 0.01% 2002 11 0.18% 0.00% 2003 11 0.17% 0.01% 2004 11 0.17% 0.00% 2005 11 0.17% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


6.17 ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES Pasta and Noodles (million US $): St. Vincent and the Grenadines 1995 - 2005

Year St. Vincent and the Grenadines % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 4 0.00% 0.00% 1996 5 0.00% 0.00% 1997 5 0.00% 0.00% 1998 5 0.00% 0.00% 1999 5 0.00% 0.00% 2000 5 0.00% 0.00% 2001 5 0.00% 0.00% 2002 5 0.00% 0.00% 2003 5 0.00% 0.00% 2004 5 0.00% 0.00% 2005 5 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




6.18 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Trinidad and Tobago 1995 - 2005

Year Trinidad and Tobago % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 114 2.30% 0.21% 1996 118 2.27% 0.21% 1997 121 2.24% 0.22% 1998 120 2.18% 0.22% 1999 118 2.10% 0.21% 2000 117 2.04% 0.20% 2001 119 2.02% 0.20% 2002 121 2.01% 0.19% 2003 124 2.00% 0.19% 2004 126 1.99% 0.18% 2005 129 1.98% 0.18% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


6.19 UNITED STATES Pasta and Noodles (million US $): United States 1995 - 2005

Year United States % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 3,453 69.84% 6.63% 1996 3,577 69.17% 6.64% 1997 3,702 68.90% 6.80% 1998 3,803 69.40% 7.15% 1999 3,903 69.79% 7.17% 2000 4,005 70.08% 7.11% 2001 4,110 70.15% 7.01% 2002 4,218 70.19% 6.90% 2003 4,329 70.21% 6.79% 2004 4,442 70.22% 6.67% 2005 4,558 70.22% 6.54% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




7 OCEANA: PASTA AND NOODLES

7.1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Market Potential for Pasta and Noodles in Oceana (million US $): 2000

Country Latent Demand million US $ % of Oceana _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Australia 197 45.43% Fiji 35 8.16% New Zealand 31 7.08% Solomon Islands 7 1.71% American Samoa 6 1.37% Nauru 5 1.13% Vanuatu 5 1.12% Tonga 3 0.78% Micronesia Federation 2 0.51% Palau 2 0.45% Marshall Islands 2 0.39% Kiribati 1 0.32% Tuvalu 0 0.00% Total 297 100.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


Market Potential for Pasta and Noodles in Oceana (million US $): 2000

Australia

FijiNew Zealand

Solomon Islands

Other



The Market for Pasta and Noodles in Oceana: 1995 - 2005 Year million US $ % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 382.65 0.73 1996 415.85 0.77 1997 430.57 0.79 1998 421.40 0.79 1999 425.72 0.78 2000 433.44 0.77 2001 442.81 0.76 2002 452.73 0.74 2003 462.98 0.73 2004 473.58 0.71 2005 484.55 0.70 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


7.2 AMERICAN SAMOA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): American Samoa 1995 - 2005

Year American Samoa % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 5 1.39% 0.00% 1996 6 1.35% 0.00% 1997 6 1.36% 0.00% 1998 6 1.40% 0.00% 1999 6 1.39% 0.00% 2000 6 1.37% 0.00% 2001 6 1.34% 0.00% 2002 6 1.32% 0.00% 2003 6 1.29% 0.00% 2004 6 1.27% 0.00% 2005 6 1.24% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




7.3 AUSTRALIA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Australia 1995 - 2005

Year Australia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 169 44.18% 0.32% 1996 189 45.51% 0.35% 1997 195 45.32% 0.35% 1998 187 44.40% 0.35% 1999 191 44.81% 0.35% 2000 197 45.43% 0.34% 2001 203 45.90% 0.34% 2002 210 46.34% 0.34% 2003 217 46.77% 0.33% 2004 224 47.19% 0.33% 2005 231 47.61% 0.33% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


7.4 FIJI Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Fiji 1995 - 2005

Year Fiji % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 33 8.74% 0.00% 1996 35 8.38% 0.00% 1997 36 8.34% 0.00% 1998 36 8.50% 0.06% 1999 36 8.35% 0.00% 2000 35 8.16% 0.00% 2001 36 8.08% 0.06% 2002 36 8.01% 0.05% 2003 37 7.95% 0.00% 2004 37 7.88% 0.00% 2005 38 7.81% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




7.5 KIRIBATI Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Kiribati 1995 - 2005

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


7.6 MARSHALL ISLANDS Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Marshall Islands 1995 - 2005

Year Marshall Islands % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 2 0.41% 0.00% 1996 2 0.40% 0.00% 1997 2 0.40% 0.00% 1998 2 0.41% 0.00% 1999 2 0.40% 0.00% 2000 2 0.39% 0.00% 2001 2 0.39% 0.00% 2002 2 0.38% 0.00% 2003 2 0.38% 0.00% 2004 2 0.37% 0.00% 2005 2 0.37% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




7.7 MICRONESIA FEDERATION Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Micronesia Federation 1995 - 2005

Year Micronesia Federation % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 2 0.54% 0.00% 1996 2 0.52% 0.00% 1997 2 0.52% 0.00% 1998 2 0.53% 0.00% 1999 2 0.52% 0.00% 2000 2 0.51% 0.00% 2001 2 0.51% 0.00% 2002 2 0.50% 0.00% 2003 2 0.49% 0.00% 2004 2 0.49% 0.00% 2005 2 0.48% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


7.8 NAURU Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Nauru 1995 - 2005

Year Nauru % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 4 1.15% 0.00% 1996 5 1.11% 0.00% 1997 5 1.12% 0.00% 1998 5 1.16% 0.00% 1999 5 1.15% 0.00% 2000 5 1.13% 0.00% 2001 5 1.11% 0.00% 2002 5 1.09% 0.00% 2003 5 1.07% 0.00% 2004 5 1.05% 0.00% 2005 5 1.03% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




7.9 NEW ZEALAND Pasta and Noodles (million US $): New Zealand 1995 - 2005

Year New Zealand % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 25 6.49% 0.00% 1996 29 6.92% 0.00% 1997 30 6.99% 0.00% 1998 28 6.67% 0.05% 1999 29 6.83% 0.00% 2000 31 7.08% 0.00% 2001 32 7.32% 0.00% 2002 34 7.55% 0.00% 2003 36 7.80% 0.00% 2004 38 8.05% 0.00% 2005 40 8.30% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


7.10 PALAU Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Palau 1995 - 2005

Year Palau % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 2 0.45% 0.00% 1996 2 0.44% 0.00% 1997 2 0.44% 0.00% 1998 2 0.46% 0.00% 1999 2 0.45% 0.00% 2000 2 0.45% 0.00% 2001 2 0.44% 0.00% 2002 2 0.43% 0.00% 2003 2 0.42% 0.00% 2004 2 0.41% 0.00% 2005 2 0.40% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




7.11 SOLOMON ISLANDS Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Solomon Islands 1995 - 2005

Year Solomon Islands % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 8 2.05% 0.00% 1996 8 1.92% 0.00% 1997 8 1.87% 0.01% 1998 8 1.86% 0.00% 1999 8 1.78% 0.00% 2000 7 1.71% 0.01% 2001 8 1.72% 0.00% 2002 8 1.75% 0.01% 2003 8 1.78% 0.00% 2004 9 1.80% 0.00% 2005 9 1.83% 0.01% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


7.12 TONGA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Tonga 1995 - 2005

Year Tonga % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 3 0.88% 0.00% 1996 3 0.83% 0.00% 1997 4 0.82% 0.00% 1998 4 0.83% 0.00% 1999 3 0.81% 0.00% 2000 3 0.78% 0.00% 2001 3 0.78% 0.00% 2002 4 0.78% 0.00% 2003 4 0.78% 0.00% 2004 4 0.78% 0.00% 2005 4 0.78% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




7.13 TUVALU Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Tuvalu 1995 - 2005

Year Tuvalu % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 0 0.00% 0.00% 1996 0 0.02% 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 Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Vanuatu 1995 - 2005

Year Vanuatu % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 5 1.20% 0.00% 1996 5 1.15% 0.00% 1997 5 1.15% 0.00% 1998 5 1.17% 0.00% 1999 5 1.15% 0.00% 2000 5 1.12% 0.00% 2001 5 1.11% 0.00% 2002 5 1.10% 0.00% 2003 5 1.09% 0.00% 2004 5 1.08% 0.00% 2005 5 1.07% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




8 THE MIDDLE EAST: PASTA AND NOODLES

8.1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Market Potential for Pasta and Noodles in the Middle East (million US $): 2000

Country Latent Demand million US $ % of the Middle East _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Iran 972 15.87% Turkey 635 10.37% Pakistan 454 7.42% Armenia 379 6.19% Oman 369 6.03% Tajikistan 363 5.93% Kyrgyzstan 347 5.66% Turkmenistan 339 5.53% Yemen 302 4.93% Uzbekistan 243 3.97% Qatar 224 3.66% Jordan 223 3.64% Iraq 209 3.42% Kuwait 170 2.78% Lebanon 154 2.50% Saudi Arabia 134 2.19% Syrian Arab Republic 118 1.93% Afghanistan 110 1.79% Bahrain 107 1.74% United Arab Emirates 81 1.31% Azerbaijan 80 1.31% Israel 59 0.95% Total 6,074 100.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




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8.2 AFGHANISTAN Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Afghanistan 1995 - 2005

Year Afghanistan % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 99 1.87% 0.18% 1996 104 1.85% 0.19% 1997 108 1.84% 0.19% 1998 109 1.86% 0.20% 1999 109 1.83% 0.20% 2000 110 1.79% 0.19% 2001 110 1.74% 0.18% 2002 110 1.69% 0.18% 2003 111 1.64% 0.17% 2004 111 1.60% 0.16% 2005 112 1.55% 0.16% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


8.3 ARMENIA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Armenia 1995 - 2005

Year Armenia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 385 7.31% 0.73% 1996 395 7.04% 0.73% 1997 401 6.84% 0.73% 1998 394 6.72% 0.74% 1999 385 6.45% 0.70% 2000 379 6.19% 0.67% 2001 388 6.14% 0.66% 2002 399 6.13% 0.65% 2003 410 6.10% 0.64% 2004 422 6.07% 0.63% 2005 434 6.04% 0.62% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




8.4 AZERBAIJAN Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Azerbaijan 1995 - 2005

Year Azerbaijan % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 64 1.22% 0.12% 1996 70 1.24% 0.12% 1997 74 1.26% 0.13% 1998 77 1.30% 0.14% 1999 78 1.31% 0.14% 2000 80 1.31% 0.14% 2001 82 1.30% 0.14% 2002 84 1.29% 0.13% 2003 87 1.28% 0.13% 2004 89 1.27% 0.13% 2005 91 1.26% 0.13% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


8.5 BAHRAIN Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Bahrain 1995 - 2005

Year Bahrain % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 94 1.79% 0.18% 1996 100 1.78% 0.18% 1997 104 1.78% 0.19% 1998 106 1.80% 0.19% 1999 106 1.78% 0.19% 2000 107 1.74% 0.19% 2001 107 1.69% 0.18% 2002 107 1.64% 0.17% 2003 107 1.59% 0.16% 2004 107 1.53% 0.16% 2005 107 1.48% 0.15% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




8.6 IRAN Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Iran 1995 - 2005

Year Iran % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 584 11.11% 1.12% 1996 688 12.27% 1.27% 1997 815 13.91% 1.49% 1998 876 14.95% 1.64% 1999 923 15.45% 1.69% 2000 972 15.87% 1.72% 2001 1,023 16.22% 1.74% 2002 1,078 16.56% 1.76% 2003 1,135 16.88% 1.78% 2004 1,195 17.20% 1.79% 2005 1,259 17.50% 1.80% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


8.7 IRAQ Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Iraq 1995 - 2005

Year Iraq % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 130 2.46% 0.24% 1996 144 2.57% 0.26% 1997 161 2.75% 0.29% 1998 175 2.98% 0.32% 1999 191 3.19% 0.35% 2000 209 3.42% 0.37% 2001 230 3.64% 0.39% 2002 252 3.86% 0.41% 2003 276 4.10% 0.43% 2004 303 4.35% 0.45% 2005 332 4.62% 0.47% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




8.8 ISRAEL Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Israel 1995 - 2005

Year Israel % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 50 0.95% 0.00% 1996 53 0.94% 0.00% 1997 55 0.93% 0.10% 1998 55 0.93% 0.10% 1999 56 0.94% 0.10% 2000 59 0.95% 0.10% 2001 61 0.96% 0.10% 2002 63 0.97% 0.10% 2003 66 0.97% 0.10% 2004 68 0.98% 0.10% 2005 71 0.98% 0.10% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


8.9 JORDAN Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Jordan 1995 - 2005

Year Jordan % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 231 4.39% 0.44% 1996 236 4.21% 0.43% 1997 239 4.07% 0.43% 1998 234 3.99% 0.43% 1999 228 3.81% 0.41% 2000 223 3.64% 0.39% 2001 229 3.63% 0.39% 2002 237 3.63% 0.38% 2003 244 3.63% 0.38% 2004 253 3.63% 0.37% 2005 261 3.62% 0.37% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




8.10 KUWAIT Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Kuwait 1995 - 2005

Year Kuwait % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 136 2.59% 0.26% 1996 151 2.68% 0.27% 1997 162 2.77% 0.29% 1998 166 2.83% 0.31% 1999 168 2.81% 0.30% 2000 170 2.78% 0.30% 2001 173 2.73% 0.29% 2002 175 2.68% 0.28% 2003 177 2.63% 0.27% 2004 180 2.58% 0.26% 2005 182 2.53% 0.26% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


8.11 KYRGYZSTAN Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Kyrgyzstan 1995 - 2005

Year Kyrgyzstan % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 296 5.63% 0.56% 1996 315 5.63% 0.58% 1997 332 5.67% 0.61% 1998 339 5.78% 0.63% 1999 343 5.74% 0.63% 2000 347 5.66% 0.61% 2001 345 5.47% 0.58% 2002 343 5.26% 0.56% 2003 341 5.06% 0.53% 2004 338 4.86% 0.50% 2005 336 4.67% 0.48% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




8.12 LEBANON Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Lebanon 1995 - 2005

Year Lebanon % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 159 3.02% 0.30% 1996 162 2.89% 0.30% 1997 164 2.80% 0.30% 1998 161 2.74% 0.30% 1999 157 2.62% 0.28% 2000 154 2.50% 0.27% 2001 158 2.49% 0.26% 2002 163 2.50% 0.26% 2003 168 2.50% 0.26% 2004 174 2.49% 0.26% 2005 179 2.49% 0.25% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


8.13 OMAN Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Oman 1995 - 2005

Year Oman % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 360 6.85% 0.69% 1996 373 6.65% 0.69% 1997 382 6.51% 0.70% 1998 378 6.46% 0.71% 1999 373 6.24% 0.68% 2000 369 6.03% 0.65% 2001 375 5.95% 0.64% 2002 383 5.88% 0.62% 2003 391 5.81% 0.61% 2004 399 5.74% 0.59% 2005 407 5.66% 0.58% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




8.14 PAKISTAN Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Pakistan 1995 - 2005

Year Pakistan % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 569 10.81% 1.09% 1996 586 10.46% 1.08% 1997 542 9.24% 0.99% 1998 443 7.56% 0.83% 1999 439 7.36% 0.80% 2000 454 7.42% 0.80% 2001 470 7.45% 0.80% 2002 486 7.47% 0.79% 2003 503 7.48% 0.78% 2004 521 7.49% 0.78% 2005 540 7.50% 0.77% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


8.15 QATAR Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Qatar 1995 - 2005

Year Qatar % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 200 3.79% 0.38% 1996 211 3.76% 0.39% 1997 220 3.75% 0.40% 1998 222 3.79% 0.41% 1999 223 3.74% 0.41% 2000 224 3.66% 0.39% 2001 225 3.56% 0.38% 2002 225 3.45% 0.36% 2003 225 3.35% 0.35% 2004 226 3.25% 0.33% 2005 226 3.14% 0.32% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




8.16 SAUDI ARABIA Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Saudi Arabia 1995 - 2005

Year Saudi Arabia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 111 2.10% 0.21% 1996 115 2.05% 0.21% 1997 120 2.05% 0.22% 1998 125 2.13% 0.23% 1999 130 2.16% 0.23% 2000 134 2.19% 0.23% 2001 139 2.20% 0.23% 2002 144 2.21% 0.23% 2003 150 2.22% 0.23% 2004 155 2.23% 0.23% 2005 161 2.23% 0.23% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


8.17 SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Syrian Arab Republic 1995 - 2005

Year Syrian Arab Republic % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 110 2.10% 0.21% 1996 115 2.05% 0.21% 1997 115 1.96% 0.21% 1998 112 1.90% 0.21% 1999 114 1.91% 0.21% 2000 118 1.93% 0.20% 2001 122 1.93% 0.20% 2002 126 1.93% 0.20% 2003 130 1.93% 0.20% 2004 135 1.93% 0.20% 2005 139 1.93% 0.19% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




8.18 TAJIKISTAN Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Tajikistan 1995 - 2005

Year Tajikistan % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 294 5.59% 0.56% 1996 317 5.65% 0.58% 1997 338 5.76% 0.62% 1998 348 5.93% 0.65% 1999 356 5.96% 0.65% 2000 363 5.93% 0.64% 2001 358 5.68% 0.61% 2002 352 5.41% 0.57% 2003 346 5.14% 0.54% 2004 340 4.89% 0.51% 2005 334 4.64% 0.47% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


8.19 TURKEY Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Turkey 1995 - 2005

Year Turkey % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 395 7.50% 0.75% 1996 433 7.73% 0.80% 1997 484 8.25% 0.88% 1998 541 9.23% 1.01% 1999 587 9.83% 1.08% 2000 635 10.37% 1.12% 2001 687 10.88% 1.17% 2002 742 11.40% 1.21% 2003 803 11.94% 1.25% 2004 868 12.48% 1.30% 2005 938 13.05% 1.34% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




8.20 TURKMENISTAN Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Turkmenistan 1995 - 2005

Year Turkmenistan % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 280 5.32% 0.53% 1996 300 5.35% 0.55% 1997 318 5.43% 0.58% 1998 327 5.57% 0.61% 1999 333 5.58% 0.61% 2000 339 5.53% 0.60% 2001 335 5.31% 0.57% 2002 331 5.08% 0.54% 2003 326 4.85% 0.51% 2004 322 4.63% 0.48% 2005 318 4.41% 0.45% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


8.21 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Pasta and Noodles (million US $): United Arab Emirates 1995 - 2005

Year United Arab Emirates % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 73 1.39% 0.14% 1996 77 1.37% 0.14% 1997 77 1.31% 0.14% 1998 76 1.29% 0.14% 1999 78 1.30% 0.14% 2000 81 1.31% 0.14% 2001 83 1.32% 0.14% 2002 86 1.32% 0.14% 2003 90 1.33% 0.14% 2004 93 1.33% 0.13% 2005 96 1.33% 0.13% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




8.22 UZBEKISTAN Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Uzbekistan 1995 - 2005

Year Uzbekistan % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 295 5.61% 0.56% 1996 304 5.42% 0.56% 1997 284 4.84% 0.52% 1998 238 4.06% 0.44% 1999 236 3.95% 0.43% 2000 243 3.97% 0.43% 2001 250 3.96% 0.42% 2002 258 3.95% 0.42% 2003 265 3.94% 0.41% 2004 273 3.92% 0.40% 2005 281 3.90% 0.40% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


8.23 YEMEN Pasta and Noodles (million US $): Yemen 1995 - 2005

Year Yemen % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 296 5.62% 0.56% 1996 306 5.45% 0.56% 1997 313 5.34% 0.57% 1998 310 5.29% 0.58% 1999 305 5.11% 0.56% 2000 302 4.93% 0.53% 2001 307 4.87% 0.52% 2002 314 4.82% 0.51% 2003 320 4.76% 0.50% 2004 327 4.70% 0.49% 2005 334 4.64% 0.47% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




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