Plant extracts: why domestic flowers and foreign fragrance

Grape seed extract, lotus seed extract, tomato extract, cherry extract, aloe extract, ginkgo leaf extract Plant extracts have been widely used in pharmaceutical raw materials, health functional foods, food additives, cosmetics, feed additives, botanical veterinary drugs and botanical pesticides Beijing Business Daily reported that in the first half of this year, China exported 1.09 billion US dollars of plant extract products, accounting for 56.38% of China's total export of traditional Chinese medicine However, in China, due to the lack of relevant certification, the production of plant extracts is relatively chaotic, the advantages and disadvantages can not be distinguished, and the situation of cannibalism Native plant extracts American favorite Yu Zhibin, Secretary General of the plant extract branch of China Chamber of Commerce for import and export of pharmaceutical and health products, told Beijing business daily at the "2015 CNIC China plant extract International Forum (Beijing) Mini seminar" held the day before yesterday that in the first half of this year, China's plant extract exports to the United States ranked first, accounting for 19% of the total exports, followed by Japan, accounting for 10% of the total exports, and Indonesia and Malaysia tied for 9% of the total Statistics from China Chamber of Commerce for the import and export of medical and health products show that last year, China's export of plant extracts reached 1.778 billion US dollars, accounting for 49.48% of China's export of traditional Chinese medicine products, up 25.88% year on year "In recent years, the proportion of extract in the export volume of traditional Chinese medicine is increasing, which is far higher than the export growth rate of health care products and traditional Chinese medicine products It has become the most rapidly developing new industry in the export of traditional Chinese medicine products." Yu said Beijing Business Daily reported that in the first half of this year, the top ten export plant extracts were Stevia extract, blueberry extract, eucalyptus oil, capsicum pigment, cinnamon oil, liquorice extract, marigold extract, Siraitia extract, silymarin extract and rutin, of which only Stevia extract earned more than 100 million US dollars As far as exports to a single country are concerned, the U.S., an old-fashioned force, continues to lead the market Why is China's plant extract so much loved by the United States? Yu Zhibin believes that at present, taking dietary supplements is the lifestyle of most Americans, which is also an important reason for the high demand for plant extracts in the United States For example, the United States imports a large number of Ginkgo leaves and green tea extracts from China Japan, which is closely behind the United States, has been ranked second for a decade in a row It is reported that in the first half of this year, China's export of plant extracts to Japan amounted to US $109 million, accounting for 10% Indonesia and Malaysia, which are tied for the third place, are both rising stars in the past two years They mainly like Chinese essential oil extracts Yu Zhibin revealed that last year, Indonesia's import of plant extracts increased by 80.57% and Malaysia's growth rate exceeded 40% The lack of standards makes Chinese products embarrassed Now many Chinese people like to buy foreign dietary supplements and biomedical drugs when they travel abroad What they are optimistic about is the concepts of "pure nature" and "plant extraction" In fact, many health care products made in foreign countries use plant extracts from China Thailand's essential oils and some daily chemical products need our plant extracts India's food pigments have our plant extracts However, the vast majority of domestic consumers do not recognize domestic health care products because of their concerns about quality, and choose to buy their favorite natural health products from abroad Zhang Shuli, media director of phyto bridge, thinks that "it takes a big circle for our country's own extracts to enter the market of our country" is a strange phenomenon, because China lacks a unified standard for phyto extracts "In particular, the recent events of Ginkgo biloba in China have lowered the status of Chinese plant extracts in the international market." In this regard, Yu Zhibin confirmed Zhang Shuli's statement with data Yu Zhibin told Beijing Business Daily that the export of Ginkgo leaves has a good performance every year It is also because of the huge market demand for Ginkgo biloba leaves that this year's enterprises' illegal extraction and production process has been exposed, and the content of heavy metals in Ginkgo biloba leaves extract is relatively prominent In May this year, the State Food and Drug Administration flight inspection found that Ginkgo biloba extract problems, followed by Ginkgo biloba exports were negatively affected From May 19 to August 10, the State Food and Drug Administration issued 12 rectification orders in response to the ginkgo leaf incident, intended to strengthen the strict control of the production and quality of plant extracts In the international market, the United States and other countries with demand for Ginkgo biloba leaves have also raised the entry threshold, which is more demanding, and the price of plant extracts in China cannot be sold due to the pressure of purchasers "In fact, gingko leaf like events are involved in many domestic health food enterprises." Industry insiders said that, taking the current popular antioxidant health food as an example, there have been many products with grape seed extract as raw material on the market, and the production process, raw material extraction and matching principle of raw material extract are lack of standard specifications, so it is difficult to control the quality There are also some health products that don't contain labeled plant extracts at all After the ginkgo leaf incident, the flight inspection of plant extracts by the State Food and Drug Administration will be normalized What is the current situation of plant extracts in China in the first year of the record of plant extracts this year? On the one hand, as of last year, 2255 enterprises in China had exported extract products, resulting in mutual price pressure and disordered self harm According to the data released by the State Food and drug administration, there are about 203 enterprises using ginkgo biloba extract to produce health food in China, of which 129 are in production and 74 are out of production On the other hand, from a single plant extract to ginseng, Lycium barbarum, balsam pear and tartary buckwheat extract, the plant extract seems to be no longer confined to the category of health products In the first half of this year, China's export of extract products reached US $1.09 billion, up 29.6% year on year It is much higher than the same period performance of only 140 million US dollars in China's medical and health products export and Chinese patent medicine export At present, the application of plant extracts is expanding, and it has been widely used as pharmaceutical raw materials, health functional food, food additives, cosmetics, feed additives, botanical veterinary drugs, botanical pesticides and so on However, in the face of such a huge production market and consumer market, the lack of standards is a real situation Industry insiders said that the advantages and disadvantages of plant extracts can not be distinguished, so many enterprises have to use GMP or cGMP certification to reflect, or through Jewish certification, halal certification and other certification with low threshold to show their uniqueness The industry needs a unified standard certification suitable for plant extracts Today, the export of plant extracts has become commercialized, and the government actually does not need to do too much control If we can make our plant extracts have a place in our own territory and supply our Chinese market through the guidance of the government and the efforts of the industry, this industry will create considerable profits and employment opportunities for our country, and can also reverse the situation of overseas procurement Yu Zhibin disclosed that by the end of this year, the filing system should be implemented for all the medicinal plant extracts, and both the production and the use should be filed This can also be regarded as the first year of recording the plant extracts of traditional Chinese medicine He said that in October, the formulation of the second batch of international business standards for plant extracts will be launched, covering green tea, citrus young fruit, green coffee beans, grape seeds, epimedium, white peony, rutin, fucoidan, Ganoderma lucidum, Pueraria and other extracts At the same time, this year, the production process certification of plant extracts (GEP certification) began to test the water China Medical Insurance chamber of Commerce will cooperate with NSF to establish the production process certification of plant extracts (GEP certification), draw lessons from the specialty of NSF certification field, build the certification platform of plant extracts industry, and both sides jointly formulate and mutually recognize the standards to edit the monograph on plant extracts standards 。 This landmark cooperation is bound to open a new journey for Chinese plant extracts to enter the international market In addition, China Medical Insurance chamber of Commerce will jointly edit and publish the manual of plant extract customs classification with the classification center of the General Administration of customs, which covers 265 large export products of plant extract It will become a product code classification tool recognized by local customs and plant extract export enterprises, and create a fair competitive environment for export enterprises.