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Grocery Retailing in Germany by Mintel Global Market Navigator provides you with annual year-end market size data, most recently updated in 2012. This market covers supermarkets, discounters, specialists and traditional stores where groceries, drink and tobacco account for the largest share of sales. It excludes on-line specialists. Supermarkets are grocery based self-service stores; hypermarkets are large stores but where groceries account for the largest sector. Market volume is number of stores; market value is at total sales including sales tax. Market size for Grocery Retailing in Germany is given in EUR and store with a minimum of five years' historical data. Market Forecast is provided for five years. Included with this snapshot is socio-economic data for Germany. Population, Consumer Price Index (CPI), Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Exchange Rates.

The accompanying tables present the latest economic data and five-year forecast scenario for the country's banking system. Also included is SWOT analysis of the commercial banking system as a whole.

North American Nuclear Medicine/Radiopharmaceuticals & Stable Isotopes Market [SPECT/PET Radioisotopes (Technetium, F-18)], [Beta/Alpha Radiation Therapy (I131, Y-90)], [Applications (Cancer/Oncology, Cardiac)] & (Deuterium, C-13) - Forecast to 2017

BMI View: Israel's 4.2% budget deficit is likely to drop this year following the elections in Israel on January 22. The incumbent party retained their majority but it was weakened, necessitating a coalition with pro-cuts centrist parties. While this is likely to reduce the deficit, it is unlikely to reduce the likelihood of confrontation with Iran, nor will the pro-peace centrists be able to influence the government's hawkish stance on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

BMI View: The launch of Free Mobile in 2012 intensified competition and as a result brought subscription growth back to the French mobile market, catalysing a number of changes that will impact the market over the medium term. Subscription growth will continue 2013 to 2017, with penetration moving towards the European average. However, the flipside is that ARPUs will move to the downside towards the regional level associated with France's GDP per capita. France's established operators are already seeing their ARPUs decline sharply, leading to a variety of cost-saving measures being announced, including network infrastructure sharing and tower sale deals. BMI expects lower costs to remain the operators' focus as pricing pressures play out. Converged services and operations in the broadband arena offer some respite, but consumer spending remains squeezed and telecoms operators are feeling the brunt.

Rice in Malaysia by Mintel Global Market Navigator provides you with annual year-end market size data, most recently updated in 2012. This market covers all rice consumption including all packaged and unpackaged white and other rice. Market size is based on retail and non-retail sales. Market size for Rice in Malaysia is given in MYR and tonne with a minimum of five years' historical data. Market Forecast is provided for five years. Included with this snapshot is socio-economic data for Malaysia. Population, Consumer Price Index (CPI), Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Exchange Rates.

The Philippines' oil and gas outlook is a relatively positive one, marked by an expected shortterm increase in both liquids and gas production. Longer-term growth will be dependent on current exploratory results. Consumption is also expected to rise on the back of economic growth, and the government's promotion of gas use. However, we note that infrastructure and supply constraints could limit the country's gas demand growth in the longer term. The need to build up its gas infrastructure considerably provides a market opportunity for the midstream.

Meningococcemia (Meningococcal Infections) - Pipeline Review, H1 2013

BMI View: The agriculture industry (including forestry and aquaculture) contributes to more than 20% of Vietnam's GDP and employs almost half its population. It holds strong growth opportunities in terms of production, exports and retail sales, more specifically with regard to the coffee and livestock sectors. However, some industries face large risks in terms of losing competitive advantage as other Asian countries step up production, particularly of rice and coffee. We believe Vietnam will have to significantly ramp up investment in crop productivity to avoid being left behind, and if it wants to be able to produce more valueadded crops and maintain its status as an export spearhead.

BMI View: The UAE petrochemicals industry is continuing on its drive towards increased capacity and diversification, but BMI warns that it will have to deal with increasing competitive pressure on crucial export markets as China and India ramp up production and developed markets remain in the doldrums.

The Brazilian Retail Report examines the long-term potential of the local consumer market, but flags shortterm concerns about the impact on Brazil's economic outlook of persistently high indebtedness and rising labour market uncertainty.

One of BMI's conclusions from this report concerns Greece's defence budget. While the country has routinely maintained defence spending in excess of NATO's 2% of GDP guideline figure, Athens' ability to maintain such spending levels in the future now seem highly unlikely given Greece's current economic woes. In addition, the report examines the transition of the Greek armed forces from their erstwhile NATO posture which was focused on the protection of the southern European flank towards a lighter, more deployable configuration.

BMI View: We estimate that Singapore's consumer electronics spending grew by about 5% in US dollar terms in 2012 to US$4.5bn. Strong sales of smartphones, tablets, Blu-ray players and digital cameras in November and December 2012, underlined the continued relative buoyancy of the Singapore consumer, as well as the popularity of technology products as gifts. In the AV category, digital broadcasting migration will create a market for digital converters based on the DVB2 standard. There are a number of other key growth areas, such as 3G phones, DSLR cameras, Ultra-HD and 3D TV sets, Blu-ray DVD players, tablets and high-end notebooks. However, some other product groups such as Plasma TV sets and compact digital cameras are experiencing relatively flat growth.

We believe that Ukraine has now entered recession and do not expect to see a recovery in 2013. We have downgraded our real GDP forecast to -0.5%, from a previous forecast of 1.0%, underpinned by a weak export base and currency instability. Additionally, Ukraine's GDP per capita is expected to remain one of the lowest in Europe over the decade ahead. Without institutional and economic reform, Ukraine's current economic growth model will prove unsustainable over the coming 10 years.

We maintain our forecast for 2013 construction industry real growth of 4.8% and see upside risks to our forecasts for 2013 and 2014, stemming from the buoyant activity we are witnessing in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. Significant public spending, a growing tourism sector, increased direct foreign investment and an improved business environment are all driving activity in the construction sector.

We continue to view Bahrain as one of the more attractive in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region, mostly on account of the relatively high per capita spending, developed healthcare infrastructure and a solid regulatory background. On the down side, the market's potential will continue to be severely limited by the small population size, which is projected to reach only 1.54mn by 2022. Nevertheless, Bahrain's wealth and private insurance for expatriates will continue to provide opportunities for the placement of imported novel products.

While the Canadian metals market is set to be an outperformer, consumption growth will be insufficient to sustain output growth in 2013, with the US market set to determine production. As such, some segments will see slower growth and even a contraction, particularly where plants are affected by labour disputes.

Months of political turbulence - which has not abated since the election of the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohammed Morsi as president - has undermined policy as it relates to the country's most significant economic sector. With Morsi acting as president, domestic needs are taking priority over exports, as the decision to end gas supplies to Israel confirms, and the supply of gas to Jordan and Spain was disrupted. This will inevitably impact the pricing climate for international oil companies operating in Egypt's gas sector, potentially making it more difficult to secure internationally competitive rates when selling gas.

The accompanying tables present the latest economic data and five-year forecast scenario for the country's banking system. Also included is SWOT analysis of the commercial banking system as a whole.

We believe the grain sector in France will continue to outperform other agribusiness sectors in terms of production growth. This will be reinforced by ongoing reforms of Common Agricultural Policy subsidies that are likely to have more of an effect on dairy and livestock farmers because they are often smaller than grain farmers. The agriculture minister's proposal to shift part of EU subsidies from crop farmers to dairy or livestock farmers could support production growth in the latter, even though we do not see this as sufficient to turn around current production trajectories for each sector.

The Iraqi mobile sector recovered from a disappointing performance in 2011 by growing 14.3% in 2012. We believe that this was able to mask the continued muted growth in the country's fixed-line and broadband sectors. Further giving impetus to the mobile industry is the prospect of 3G licences being awarded by end-2013, which should benefit consumers and the broader economy by allowing the introduction of important services such as mobile banking.

Following a year which BMI believes saw mixed growth dynamics for different freight modes, 2013 will signal positive growth in line with a better macroeconomic outlook, and new historic high volumes in some freight modes.

BMI's Japan Defence & Security Report for Q213 examines the country's strategic position in the East Asian region and the wider world. It provides an overview of the contemporary geopolitical challenges facing the country, and the trials it may face in the future.

The Monoclonal Antibodies Partnering Terms and Agreements report provides comprehensive understanding and unprecedented access to the monoclonal antibodies partnering deals and agreements entered into by the worlds leading healthcare companies.

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