Global Market Research Company US India Packaged Rice Market, Forecast & Opportuniti | Page 15

Research Methodology • Respondents were asked about the current as well as the future market along with their respective growth rates, market shares by product type, by distribution channel, by company and by region. Removing the outlier responses, the geometric mean of the growth estimates and product-wise revenue shares generated across various segments were considered, to arrive at the final revenue shares. Revenue shares generated across various segments were further triangulated from other stakeholders depending upon the type of packaged rice . Methodology to be Followed for Calculation of Market Shares • Market shares by product type, by distribution channel, by price range, by pack size, by region, by states, by city and by company were calculated based on the responses received through primary surveys with industry experts, in which respondents were asked about the market share or revenues generated from various segments. The final shares were calculated by taking the geometric mean of the responses gathered from KOLs, after eliminating the outliers. Methodology to be Followed for Forecasting • TechSci Research performed periodical checks on data collected through the surveys with logic checks and analyzed the survey results in SPSS Software. 15 © TechSci Research