Export industry of microseismic plant extracts in the new catalogue of law and inspection

According to the new regulations issued by business club on July 25, on the basis of the original quarantine of plant products, the inspection of export commodities (dangerous chemicals) and food hygiene supervision and inspection (food additives) have been added for other plant juices and extracts (HS code of customs is 1302199099), which means that the plant products will be subject to more stringent standard review Plant extract industry will usher in a new period of adjustment Recently, the General Administration of quality supervision, inspection and Quarantine of the people's Republic of China and the General Administration of customs have jointly adjusted the catalogue of entry and exit commodities subject to inspection and quarantine by entry exit inspection and quarantine institutions (2012) (hereinafter referred to as the catalogue of legal inspection), which has attracted wide attention of the plant extract industry Yu Zhibin, the Ministry of traditional Chinese medicine of the medical insurance chamber of Commerce, said in an interview: "the introduction of the new legal inspection catalogue will increase the inspection cost and inspection time of the plant lifting enterprises More importantly, due to the possible export restrictions of some products lacking national standards, this adjustment will undoubtedly have a greater impact on the industry." The reporter noted that the new "legal inspection catalogue" made the following adjustments to the regulatory conditions related to plant extracts: the customs HS code is 1302199099 (other plant juices and extracts), and the regulatory category of the import and export inspection and quarantine bureau is based on the original plant product quarantine, adding the export commodity inspection (dangerous chemicals) and food health supervision and inspection (food additives) The adjusted regulatory conditions will promote the plant extract products to accept more stringent standard review These adjustments undoubtedly form a certain technical threshold for the export of products, but this is not insurmountable In recent years, the market of natural ingredients with plant extracts as the core plays an increasingly important role in the big health industry chain The natural active ingredients obtained by modern extraction and separation technology play a role in preventing aging, maintaining health and preventing diseases for human beings The expansion of market demand has rapidly promoted the development of plant extraction industry, which has become the fastest growing industry in the export industry of traditional Chinese medicine In 2010, China's export of plant extracts reached 815 million US dollars In 2011, the export volume and export volume of most varieties of plant extracts continued to increase, especially eucalyptus oil, Glycyrrhizinate, rutin and its derivatives, liquorice juice and extract with separate customs code The total export volume of plant extracts reached 42000 tons, breaking the US $1 billion mark, reaching US $1.13 billion However, there are hidden worries behind the dazzling halo The rapid development also exposes the short board of the plant lifting industry The reporter learned in the interview that at present, there is no industry access system for extractive enterprises in China, and the industry management is not standardized, resulting in the production, circulation disorder and variety similarity At the same time, there are many problems in the plant lifting enterprises, such as small scale, lack of advanced technology research and development Zhang Shuli, director of plant lifting bridge website operation, said: "the plant lifting industry has developed for nearly 40 years, but there is no special industry supervision department in China, and the development of plant lifting industry lacks standardization Therefore, the relevant departments should pay more attention to the planting and lifting industry Only by strengthening multi-party cooperation can we ensure the long-term development of the industry, because the strength of the enterprise itself is very limited " At the same time, the lack of raw materials has always been the heartache of the plant lifting industry Xia min, chief engineer of Guangdong Tongde pharmaceutical industry, suggested: "plant resources are limited The state must control the production and export of endangered, scarce and long-term plant extracts to avoid resource loss and waste." In addition, China's plant extract products mainly rely on low-cost, low price to participate in international competition, lack of competitive international brands "The price of finished products made of plant extracts exported from China and imported into China has increased dozens of times." Xia min is deeply sorry In addition, it is an indisputable fact that there is no corresponding national standard in the fast-growing planting market Up to now, the Ministry of Commerce has only promulgated five standards of plant extracts, i.e Hypericum perforatum extract, angelica extract, Fructus aurantii extract, Trifolium pratense extract and valerian extract But compared with dozens of export varieties, it is very limited The adjustment of the new catalogue of legal inspection means that some plant extracts production enterprises need to carry out food hygiene supervision and inspection In other words, enterprises need to obtain food production license (QS certificate) However, due to the lack of national standards for most of the current plant extract products, the QS certificate of enterprises is expected to be inaccessible, and the export will encounter constraints "Under the situation of stricter export inspection, enterprises may make corresponding adjustments to export varieties according to existing standards, but such adjustments should also be properly combined with market needs," Yu said In spite of this, the industry is optimistic about the standardization development of the industry in the future "Japan, the United States and some European countries attach more importance to the basic research of extracts, and their standards are relatively perfect," said Zhang Shuli "We can refer to and learn from international standards for research and localization, and establish a complete and standardized industry standard system for more plant extracts Time is pressing, but it's significant " Xia Min said that most of China's export of plant extracts is still order business, i.e following customer standards Generally, foreign investors have clear standards to give to enterprises, and enterprises only need to follow the standards The adjustment of the legal inspection catalogue should not be a big problem for the general plant extract production enterprises, because these enterprises have been implementing GMP standards "In response to the lack of national standards for plant extracts after the adjustment of the legal inspection catalogue, the medical insurance chamber of commerce is actively organizing enterprises to formulate the international business standards for plant extracts as a reference for the industry." Yu Zhibin introduced At present, the chamber of Commerce for medical insurance has collected the impact of the new legal inspection catalogue on the industry, collected and analyzed the opinions of enterprises, and reported the actual situation to the relevant ministries and commissions of the state It is a long way to go abroad If we want to get a share in the fierce international market, our plant extract enterprises must improve their core competitiveness, and improve their products, standards, innovation, etc., in order to promote the healthy development of the extract industry "It's a long-term and complex process for the planting and lifting enterprises to actively participate in the formulation of standards All departments should also listen to the voice of the industry Only by building a government industry exchange platform through business associations can the planting and lifting industry go further," Yu Zhibin suggested In Zhang Shuli's opinion, at present, the degree of specialization of China's plant extract industry is not mature We should actively introduce policies to promote the development of plant extract industry, and strengthen the research and management of plant extract enterprises and markets "Through industry or industrial science and technology policy guidance, pay attention to standardized construction, pay attention to research and development, only by strengthening cooperation in many aspects, can we comprehensively support the plant extract industry to become bigger and stronger." Zhang Shuli told reporters According to data released by China Market Research Report network, in 2010, there were 1365 plant extract export enterprises in China; in 2011, there were 1402 Among them, private enterprises are the main force of export, accounting for more than 56%; foreign-funded enterprises account for 32%; state-owned enterprises account for only 11% of the total export volume Nowadays, the rising trend of plant extract industry has been paid more and more attention by the government The national development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of industry and information technology jointly released the "12th Five-Year" development plan of food industry at the end of last year, which has clearly put forward: "will encourage and support the development of natural pigment and plant extract industry, and continue to develop superior export products." "With the development of health products industry, many functional foods and health products have been added with different plant extracts, including the spice products we often eat," Xia said Plant extract enterprises must be in line with international standards, so that our products can be competitive internationally " It is worth mentioning that at the time when plant extracts became the first category of Chinese medicine products exported for more than 1 billion US dollars, there was talk of plant extracts encroaching on Chinese medicine resources in the market To this end, Zhang Shuli believed that it should be objectively and truthfully evaluated: "in the current bulk export of extract varieties, only less than 10% of the categories are from medicinal plants, and the total export volume is limited Many plant extracts come from vegetables and berries, such as the top 10 grape seed extract, green tea extract and capsanthin, which are all from fruits and vegetables Therefore, it is not accurate to say that the plant extract industry encroaches on a large number of traditional Chinese medicine resources "