China's plant extract industry may undergo a new round of reshuffle

This year, the biggest shock to the plant extract industry is the adjustment of the catalogue of legal inspection by the General Administration of customs and the General Administration of quality supervision and inspection of the people's Republic of China On the basis of the quarantine of the original plant products, the categories of import and export supervision include the inspection of export commodities and dangerous chemicals, the inspection of food hygiene and the inspection of food additives This shows that China's plant extract industry will usher in a new period of adjustment, the competent authorities will also improve the industry access threshold, strengthen quality supervision, and the industry may undergo a new round of reshuffle On April 19, Cui bin, Secretary General of China Chamber of Commerce for the import and export of medical and health products, disclosed the above information at the press conference of the 12th World pharmaceutical raw materials China exhibition Cui Bin said that over the past 10 years, the export volume of plant extract industry has increased year on year In 2011, the 12th Five Year Plan for the development of food industry jointly issued by the national development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of industry and information technology clearly stated that "the development of natural pigment and plant extract industry will be encouraged and supported, and advantageous export products will continue to be developed" In recent years, the export trade of plant extract products shows three main characteristics: first, the export volume and price increase together In 2011, for example, the export volume of plant extracts was US $1.13 billion, up 47.0% year-on-year; the export volume was 42000 tons, up 14.9% year-on-year; the average export price was US $26.8/kg, up 28.2% year-on-year, becoming the first category of traditional Chinese medicine products that exceeded US $1 billion Second, the import growth rate is obvious In 2011, the import volume of plant extracts was US $220 million, up 67.8% year on year; the import volume was 18000 tons, up 59.4% year on year; the average import price was US $12.4/kg, up 5.2% year on year The import products are mainly peppermint oil and other plant essential oils and liquorice extract, which are in short supply The import growth rate is more than 100% Third, the monthly import and export is basically stable From the monthly statistics, from January to December of last year, the amount and quantity of import and export of plant extracts in a single month in China fluctuated little, relatively stable However, in terms of amount and quantity, the year-on-year growth of import is obvious, while that of export is relatively flat As far as the market is concerned, the export market of plant extract products in China is relatively stable, and the United States, Japan, Germany and France have always been the main markets of plant extract products In recent years, Mexico and India have imported a large number of Chinese plant extract products Last year, except Latin America, the export market of plant extract slightly tightened, the export volume and export volume of other continents have increased significantly Asia, Europe and North America are still the main export regions of plant extracts in China In 2011, the export volume to the above three regions accounted for 82.6% of the total export volume of plant extracts in China Asian market: China's export of plant extracts to the Asian region is US $440 million, accounting for 39.4% of the total, with a year-on-year increase of 18.8% Among them, Japan and ASEAN are the main export markets of Asia European market: the European plant extract market has a strong trend in 2011 As the largest market of botanical medicine in the world, products with plant extracts as raw materials are favored by local consumers From January to December, China's export of plant extracts to the EU amounted to US $290 million, a year-on-year increase of 63.2% The export volume was 11000 tons, a year-on-year increase of 15.1% The average export price increased by 41.8% year-on-year, showing a good situation of both volume and price rising The main export countries of plant extracts to Europe are Spain, Germany, France and the United Kingdom U.S market: North American market or U.S market is the most important export market of plant extracts in China, ranking first in the export of plant extracts for many years Taking dietary supplements has become the lifestyle of most Americans, which has also led to the growth of demand for plant extracts in the world's largest dietary supplement market The U.S market is the wind vane of global medical and health care plant extracts The increase and decrease of market demand directly affects the changes of other global markets In 2011, China's export of plant extracts to the United States reached 180 million US dollars, an increase of 54% year-on-year; the export volume was 8050 tons, an increase of 32% year-on-year Cui Bin said that the number of export enterprises of plant extracts in China has been increasing, with 1402 as of last year Among them, private enterprises are the main force in the export of plant extracts, accounting for more than 56%; foreign-funded enterprises account for 32%; state-owned enterprises only account for 11% of the total export volume In 2011, the export volume of the top 10 enterprises of plant extracts accounted for 33%, and the entry threshold of the top 10 enterprises increased from US $16.14 million to US $22.19 million, with the overall level of the industry slightly improved From the export situation of provinces and cities, the export of plant extracts has obvious characteristics of industrial clusters The top five export provinces are Shandong, Yunnan, Shanghai, Hebei and Zhejiang The main characteristics of the top ranked provinces and cities are the advantages of industrial clusters, and the advantages of location and foreign trade For example, because of the special plant resources and climatic conditions, Yunnan has obvious advantages in the field of plant pigment and flavor and flavor products processing Shandong Qingdao has the resource advantages in the industry of Stevia extract, fragrance and other industries, plus the trade advantages of port import and export, and many enterprises are in the forefront of export In the same way, Hebei has formed a pigment industry cluster represented by morninglight biology, which has the advantages of cluster development Cui bin stressed that, despite the healthy development of China's plant extract industry, with the continuous improvement of technology content and increasingly strengthened supervision, the industrial structure and product structure will face adjustment, and a new round of industry reshuffle is inevitable It is hoped that plant extract enterprises can take precautions to speed up industrial upgrading and occupy the commanding point of production and marketing.