In 2016, China's plant extract industry improved its internal strength and comprehensively built its international competitiveness

In recent years, plant extracts have gradually become the main growth force of China's export of traditional Chinese medicine products, with the heat rising constantly Since 2015, the export volume has accounted for more than half of the export volume of traditional Chinese medicine products In the first three quarters of 2016, the export volume of plant extracts reached US $1491 million, and the United States, Japan and South Korea ranked the top three export markets, of which US exports accounted for us $314 million, a year-on-year increase of 2.6% Compared with the booming year of 2015, the export growth of plant extract industry slowed down and the industry was in the adjustment stage Enterprises began to cultivate their internal skills and improve the international competitiveness of products from the perspective of quality As one of the best exhibition platforms for domestic extract enterprises, the world natural extract Exhibition (NEX 2017) will set sail again On 20-22 June 2017, nearly 550 high-quality extract suppliers will join hands with each other in Shanghai New International Expo Center E3-E4 and T1 hall to create a grand gathering of plant extract industry NEX 2017 is sponsored by UBM EMEA and China Chamber of Commerce for the import and export of healthcare products, and co sponsored by UBM Sinoexpo The export of extracts for food use rose in the first half of 2016, and stevia extract won the laurel in both export volume and export volume As a natural sweetener with low calorie and high sweetness, stevia extract not only has a great demand in the domestic market, but also has been allowed to be used in food in the European Union and the United States, which is promising As the main export enterprises of Stevia extract in China: Guilin Rhine, Hunan Huacheng, Zhucheng Haotian, etc will all appear in the 2017 world natural extract Exhibition (nex 2017), helping the development of plant extract enterprises in the health products and food industry A stable competition pattern has been formed in the field of medicine, and the market of health products still has potential to be exploited as a large variety of Ginkgo biloba extract, which is mainly used in injections, capsules, tablets; it is also an important raw material for foreign drugs and dietary supplements After domestic rectification, Ginkgo biloba extract has fallen out of the top ten export since 2013, but there is still a huge market Tebonin of Schwabe in Germany and Beaufor IPS en in France were put forward in the analysis of China's export of plant extracts and hot varieties in 2015 Tanakan and other products of ginkgo capsule, tablet and injection of the two enterprises account for about 60% of the sales of ginkgo leaf preparations in the world market At least 130 countries in the world are selling Ginkgo biloba preparations, with an annual sales volume of US $5 billion In addition to the enterprise's own improvement of product specifications and standards, old brand Ginkgo biloba extract enterprises, such as Shaoxing Dongling, Ningbo lvzhijian, Shaanxi Jiahe, Zhejiang huisong, Ningbo Lihua, etc., have chosen nex 2017 as one of the best ways to improve their brand image in the fields of medicine, food, beverage, functional food, dietary supplements, etc The new trend of China's plant industry: to establish international general business standards, the current trend of plant industry can be summed up as: 1 Stricter policies; 2 Increasingly fierce competition In the past year, no matter from the "record management of Chinese herbal extracts" or "Implementation Regulations of food safety law" (Revised Draft for comments), the application of plant extracts in medicine or food has been standardized The international market is the only place for the enterprises to compete In terms of industry, the leading enterprises actively maintain the industry order and conduct industry self purification At the same time, as the Chinese host of nex China Exhibition and the dual identity of China Pharmaceutical Industry Association, China Medical and health products import and export (hereinafter referred to as China Medical Insurance chamber of Commerce) actively led the domestic leading extract enterprises to actively participate in the preparation of "international business standards for plant extracts" So far, two sets of standards have been formulated The third set of standards is in preparation and has attracted a lot of attention at home and abroad This year, the chamber of Commerce for medical insurance of China actively joined hands with the government and jointly screened international business standards for plant extracts such as ginseng, Polygonum cuspidatum, Ginkgo biloba, etc with CFDA, and applied to become a national food standard In addition, the United States National Health Foundation (NSF) also launched the "quality supplier of plant extracts" certification (GEP certification), which meets the requirements of the food safety Modernization Act of the United States In addition to the factory audit certification, the integrity evaluation certification is added, which is conducive to the brand and image building of plant extract enterprises in the United States and even the global market At the same time, China Medical Insurance chamber of Commerce and UBM Europe news exhibition Consulting Co., Ltd give full play to the strong platform role of CPHI & nex series of global exhibitions, with the help of the international platform of the exhibition, strive to recommend high-quality enterprises that have passed the GEP certification to global purchasers, and reshape the brand image of "made in China" The nex China 2016 exhibition, which ended in June, attracted 10944 overseas visitors from 119 countries The exhibition has become one of the important marketing channels for Chinese plant extract enterprises to explore the international market For more information about the exhibition, please pay attention to www.cphi-china.cn From now on, you can also visit the website to learn the latest consultation about the exhibition We are looking forward to meeting you in Shanghai next June.