Price of ginseng more than doubled in a year many Chinese medicine enterprises enjoy the rise

Although the ginseng market in Fusong, Jilin Province is still three to five days away from the opening of the market in the year of Ma, the price of ginseng has become "hot" According to local dealers, the price of red ginseng this year has doubled compared with the same period last year, from 350 yuan / kg to 700-800 yuan / kg As major Chinese medicine manufacturers begin to prepare raw materials for this year's production after the Spring Festival, the tight supply and demand pattern of ginseng will continue "The cost of ginseng raw materials has increased dramatically, but we can't do without purchasing Ginseng accounts for 40% of the cost of raw materials in our company This year's pressure is too great " The manager of the business management department of a listed company in Jiangsu told the Shanghai Stock Exchange A local distributor surnamed Shi in Fusong, Jilin Province, said that ginseng prices began to rise from the third quarter of last year until after the Spring Festival Although the peak season of buying ginseng for ordinary consumers is over after the winter replenishment season, then the purchasers of various manufacturers start to act, and the peak season of ginseng price should not be over There are many reasons for the soaring price of ginseng According to Jia Haibin, deputy general manager of tiandi.com under the China Association of traditional Chinese medicine, the price of ginseng has been sold cheaper than radish in the past two years, hurting the enthusiasm of Northeast ginseng farmers, resulting in the decline of production parameters in the past two years; secondly, due to the strict control of the area of ginseng and the less area suitable for ginseng, the price of ginseng has increased significantly in recent years In 2014, it is expected to rise to 800 yuan / Zhang; thirdly, labor costs will rise, and garden planting requires a high level of technology In the planting and harvesting season, a skilled wage for participating in agriculture has now reached 400 yuan / day; finally, it is not ruled out that there are hot money participating in speculation and hoarding A more noticeable phenomenon is that as the price of this year has nearly doubled compared with that of last year, some farmers will sell ginseng for four or five years, which directly leads to the continuous decline of ginseng production next year and the following years, and the price is expected to rise further In this situation, ginseng resource-based enterprises will benefit significantly According to the introduction of local dealers in Jilin, ginseng reserves of Kangmei pharmaceutical, Yisheng pharmaceutical, Zixin pharmaceutical and other enterprises are relatively rich "Since 2009, large enterprises have been laid out, and now they basically monopolize the upstream resources of ginseng industry, especially the land for planting ginseng They have land participation, and they have signed cooperation agreements with local farmers, and they are willing to sell the ginseng to these large enterprises " Take Yisheng Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd for example After six years of cultivation, the company's level planting technology has matured and entered the harvest period last year According to the company's insiders, the company will harvest 147 mu in 2013, and is expected to harvest 400 mu in 2014, and will continue to plant this spring At present, the company is focusing on the deep processing of ginseng pieces and other products, and ginseng food will become the next stage of the company's work goal In addition, according to relevant persons from Investor Relations Department of Kangmei pharmaceutical, the company has been extending to the upstream of traditional Chinese medicine in recent years, among which Jilin Ji'an has more than 2700 Mu ginseng gap planting base, and the planting area of new Kaihe garden ginseng has reached the largest in Jilin Province The project of "Kangmei pharmaceutical Jilin ginseng Industrial Park" with a total investment of 1 billion yuan has been completed and put into operation.