Export of plant extracts in China

According to the statistics of China Customs, in the first quarter of 2013, China's import and export of plant extracts reached 410 million US dollars (1 US dollar is about 6.12 yuan), an increase of 12.1% year on year Among them, the export volume was US $330 million, an increase of 11.2% year on year, accounting for 47% of the export volume of traditional Chinese medicine Plant extracts continued to maintain a large proportion in the export of traditional Chinese medicine products In general, the export of plant extracts in the first quarter of this year has come out of last year's downturn, showing a steady pick-up trend This is the information recently disclosed by China Chamber of Commerce for import and export of medical and health products It is reported that China's import and export of plant extracts have the following characteristics in terms of market and products: first, the export market of traditional plant extracts continued to maintain a growth trend In the first quarter, China's export of plant extracts to the United States and Japan amounted to 70.274 million US dollars and 49.39 million US dollars, with an increase of 26.9% and 7.2% respectively As the traditional market and the two largest markets for the export of plant extracts, the growth rate of plant extracts imported from China by the United States and Japan slowed down slightly in the first quarter of this year, but still maintained the growth trend China's export growth of plant extracts to the United States remained at a high level, while the export growth of plant extracts to Japan showed a downward trend, only about a quarter of the same period last year 2 The ASEAN plant extract market recovered strongly in the first quarter The export volume of China's plant extract to ASEAN increased by 67.6% year-on-year, reaching US $37.747 million Among them, Malaysian, Thai and Indonesian plant extract markets showed a remarkable performance The export volume to the above countries increased by more than 100%, and the export volume to Malaysia increased by 224.3% ASEAN countries have a huge population base and huge consumption potential for food and spices, which will play a positive role in promoting the export of plant extracts in China 3 The export trend of traditional plant extract products is still the main export trend of rutin extract In the first quarter, the export volume of rutin extract was 9.265 million US dollars, up 8.94% year on year Rutin extract is widely used in food and medicine Germany, France and Japan, as the main export countries of rutin extract products in China, saw a steady increase in export volume in the first quarter, especially the export volume to the German market increased by 105.4% It is worth noting that the export of rutin extract to the United States and Russia increased significantly In the first quarter, the export volume reached US $884700 and US $733000 respectively, with a year-on-year growth of 199% and 62.4% respectively.