Thailand is also one of the largest producers of processed foods in the world. Thailand's food processing sector is made up of mostly small firms and cottage industries, with medium-to-large enterprises accounting for 15% of the sector. Thailand's largest drinks company ThaiBev purchased 252 KFC outlets in the country for approximately USD470mn. Thailand-based conglomerate Charoen Pokphand Foods (CP Foods) plans to increase the proportion of sales it makes from its overseas business in the next five years in a bid to 'tackle global economic uncertainties'. The government has announced a food and agro-industry project to support farmers and businesses, creating a Northern Thailand food valley to help make crop prices more stable and boost rural incomes.

10 月，食品行业生产出现回暖态势，其中，食品制造业工业企业增加值同比增长 7.7%；农副食品加工业企业增加值同比增长 4.7%；酒、饮料和精制茶制造业工业企业增加值同比增长6.0%。然而，主要产品产量均较上月有所下滑。

South Korea's food industry is fairly well developed, producing traditional and modern food products. The industry is sophisticated and relies heavily on imports of raw materials, intermediate products, ingredients and additives. Other than rice and certain dairy products, in which it is self-sufficient, South Korea imports almost all types of agricultural products for processing. South Korean agriculture has long been plagued by the country's climatic and topographic unsuitability and accordant scarcity of agricultural land. In the past, government policy has also been viewed as impeding output growth, with tightly controlled limits in place on the ownership of agricultural land and tight restrictions on trade. However, faced with a growing food import bill, the government appears to be changing its stance.

补贴退坡环境下，市场对锂电设备行业的疑虑：在政策支持与财政补贴下，我国新能源汽车销量由2011 年的8159 辆增加到2017 年的77.7 万辆，六年的CAGR 高达114%。动力电池作为新能源汽车的核心部件，出货量由2012 年的1.2GWh 增加到2017 年的44.5GWh，锂电供应商和锂电设备商纷纷受益。站在当前的时间点，市场对于锂电设备行业的持续性发展有以下几点疑虑：(1)补贴退坡后新能源汽车的行业景气度是否能得到延续？(2)补贴退坡与锂电池价格下降的压力向锂电设备商环节传导，是否会影响锂电设备商的利润及现金流？(3)锂电行业产能过剩，设备商的成长持续性从何而来？

A number of multinational major players are present in the Nigerian food industry, including Cadbury, Nestlé and Unilever. However, as the high level of food imports reach an unsustainable level, it is likely that the government will step in to introduce greater measures aimed at boosting domestic production.

The study on industrial salt is segmented on the basis of source of salt, product, application and regions. Salt producers extract salt from now-buried dried-up oceans under both land and sea or from saline waterbodies including oceans and saline lakes.

High fructose syrup segment dominated the global sugar substitutes market and accounted for 76.5% of total volume in 2015. However, this product segment is projected to lose market share over the forecast period due to rising concerns over health and nutrition. High fructose syrup is replaced with high intensity sweeteners on account of its harmful effects on human health.

One of the world’s top 10 food producers, Turkey has a developed food and beverage industry, which both supplies a population of over 80mn and exports. The food and beverage processing sector accounts for 12.7% of Turkey’s total manufacturing industry, according to data published by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Turkish households spent TRY 467bn on food, drinks and tobacco in 2017, which represented 24.4% of their annual budget. Solid GDP and disposable income growth, alongside rising urbanisation rates and a young population, is fuelling consumption and thus supporting the development of the sector. However, persistent high inflation and a depreciating local currency are eroding the purchasing power of the population, implying challenges for the consumer outlook.

The revenue of China’s food sector in the second quarter of 2018 dropped by 24.8% y/y to RMB 469.4bn, mainly due to decreased prices of meat and refined edible vegetable oil. Meat prices in Q2 2018 slid by 6.6% y/y because of a decline in pork prices. In H1 2018, the price of pork fell by 12.5% y/y due to oversupply in the segment. Refined edible vegetable oil price in the first half of 2018 was down by 1% y/y. The total profit of the food sector in Q2 2018 plummeted by 30.1% y/y to RMB 35.5bn, due to decreased sales and prices. In Q2 2018, most food production saw a significant decline. The production of fresh and refrigerated meat in this period slumped by 35.8% y/y to 5.8mn tonnes due to growing inventory. The output of refined edible vegetable oil in Q2 2018 plunged by 32.3% y/y to 12.2mn tonnes, due to decreased production of oil bearing crops.