Export trade of extracts in the first half of 2015

In recent years, thanks to the huge development of downstream industries such as global food and beverage, dietary supplements, cosmetics, medicine and the increasing attention of consumers to the concept of "natural health", the domestic extract industry has shown a strong growth momentum In the first half of 2015, the import and export volume of China's extract trade was US $1.3 billion, a year-on-year increase of 32.31%; of which, the export volume was US $1.09 billion, a year-on-year increase of 29.59%; the import volume was US $216 million, a year-on-year increase of 21.78% The overall increase in the import and export of extract products was the largest in the international trade of traditional Chinese medicine products 1 In addition to Japan and India, the two most important export markets for Chinese plant extracts are the United States and Japan, which are both the traditional market for export of plant extracts and the largest market for export of plant extracts In the first half of 2015, China's export of extracts to the United States was US $211 million, an increase of 24.98% year-on-year, and to Japan was US $113 million, a decrease of 6.11% year-on-year In the first half of 2015, China exported US $47.592 million to India, a year-on-year decrease of 33.10% In addition, China's export of plant extracts to ASEAN, the Middle East and Africa grew rapidly 2 Private enterprises are still the main force of extract export in the first half of 2015 In the first half of 2015, there were 1625 extract export enterprises in China Private enterprises are the main force to promote the export of extract The number of export enterprises is 1331, with the export amount of 750 million US dollars, accounting for 68.57%; the number of export enterprises of three capital enterprises is 160, with the export amount of 260 million US dollars, accounting for 24.02%; The export amount of state-owned enterprises accounts for 7.36% China's plant extract industry is a new industry, and the main body of the industry has been mainly private enterprises for many years Most of them grow up in the international competition through their own efforts After years of development, the brand awareness and international competitiveness of Chinese plant extract enterprises have been gradually enhanced, and the industry has entered a new rapid development track Among them are the main board listed companies such as Guilin Rhine, Chenguang biology and Zhejiang Jianfeng, the new three board listed companies such as Changsha lvman and Shaanxi Tianyi, the high-quality brand enterprises represented by Chongqing Jiaowang and Beijing green gold, and the diversified business enterprises such as Zhejiang Kangenbei, which are constantly seeking breakthroughs and trying to create New, leading the direction of industry development 3 The record keeping of plant extract enterprises will become a new trend in the first half of this year, which further highlights the importance of the establishment of the record keeping system of Chinese herbal extracts by the State Food and drug administration However, at present, the recordable varieties are 47 Chinese herbal extracts in the current Pharmacopoeia standards, such as: ginsenoside, liquorice extract, Ginkgo biloba extract, Forsythia Extract, etc The standard has become an important factor restricting the filing, and strengthening the standard construction of Chinese herbal extracts is one of the most important tasks in the current industry On the basis of the first batch of 7 international business standards for plant extracts issued by the chamber of Commerce for medical insurance the year before last, the second batch of 6 international business standards for plant extracts were formulated The products involve grape seeds, rutin, hesperidin, elderberry, astaxanthin and papain The release of these standards will vigorously promote more plant extract products to enter the record catalogue and promote the healthy development of the industry.