Rapid development of traditional Chinese medicine trade between China and ASEAN

From January to August, the trade volume of traditional Chinese medicine reached 268 million US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 21%; the import volume of traditional Chinese medicine from ASEAN was 58.77 million US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 51% After the implementation of the China ASEAN Free Trade Area Agreement in January 2010, the tariff of medical and health care categories between China and ASEAN countries dropped significantly, and customs clearance became more convenient From January to August, the trade volume of traditional Chinese medicine between China and ASEAN reached 268 million US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 21.31%; the export volume of traditional Chinese medicine from China to ASEAN was 209 million US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 15%; the import volume of traditional Chinese medicine from ASEAN was 58.77 million US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 51% It can be seen that the trade of traditional Chinese medicine between China and ASEAN is on the track of rapid development Chinese herbal medicines, pieces and extracts are the main export of Chinese herbal medicines, pieces and extracts to ASEAN, accounting for more than 80% of China's total exports of Chinese herbal medicines to ASEAN Since last year, China's exports of Chinese herbal medicines to ASEAN have remained stable, with an average year-on-year increase in export prices of about 11% The main export commodities are chrysanthemum, ginseng, dangshen, astragalus, Atractylodes macrocephala, rhubarb, Zihuang, Lycium barbarum and cumin, etc.; among them, dangshen and Astragalus are the commodities whose export prices have increased rapidly, and ginseng are the commodities whose export prices have decreased rapidly year-on-year; and Ginseng is the commodity with rapid year-on-year growth and Pinellia is the commodity with rapid year-on-year decline in export volume Eucalyptus leaf oil, inositol and anise oil are the main export commodities of China to ASEAN, among which anise oil is the product with rapid growth in export volume from January to August, citronella oil is the product with rapid decline in export volume Chrysanthemum: chrysanthemum is China's largest export product to ASEAN In the first eight months of this year, the quantity and price of chrysanthemum exports to ASEAN were relatively stable The export destination countries were Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia and Thailand, and the main export provinces and cities were Zhejiang, Guangxi and Anhui Ginseng: as the second largest export product of China to ASEAN, although the export volume of ginseng in the first eight months of this year increased by 22% year-on-year, the export price has declined greatly Malaysia and Singapore are the main destinations of China's Ginseng export to ASEAN Dangshen: in the first eight months of this year, the price of China's export of Dangshen to ASEAN increased rapidly, at present it is 12.7 USD / kg, up 48% year on year The main export destinations are Singapore and Malaysia, and the main export provinces are Sichuan Vietnam, Singapore and Malaysia are the traditional markets of Chinese medicine export to ASEAN The export volume of Chinese medicine to Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia accounts for 90% of the total export volume to ASEAN In the first eight months of 2011, China's exports of traditional Chinese medicine to the main ASEAN countries all showed a growth trend, only the exports to Malaysia and Brunei decreased year-on-year, of which China's exports of traditional Chinese medicine to Malaysia decreased 34.6% year-on-year Vietnam: China's largest export destination of traditional Chinese medicine to ASEAN The main export commodities of traditional Chinese medicine to Vietnam are traditional Chinese medicine and decoction pieces, such as chrysanthemum, Atractylodes macrocephala, rhubarb, Zihuang and Astragalus In addition, China also exports a certain amount of lecithin (health products) and inositol (extracts) to Vietnam In the first eight months of this year, China's Chrysanthemum export price to Vietnam rose 29% year on year, with Guangxi and Anhui as the main export provinces Singapore: eucalyptus oil extract is the main export commodity of Chinese medicine to Singapore In addition, China also exports a certain amount of chrysanthemum, dangshen and ginseng to Singapore In the first eight months of this year, the export volume and price of ginseng from Jilin Province decreased to a certain extent Malaysia: the main export commodities of Chinese medicine to Malaysia are extracts In addition, China also exports a certain amount of Chinese patent medicine and medicinal materials to Malaysia The main export medicines are chrysanthemum, ginseng and dangshen In the first eight months of this year, China's export volume and price of Malaysian ginseng increased significantly, but the export volume and price of Malaysian extract decreased to some extent In the first half of this year, the export of traditional Chinese medicine by private enterprises increased significantly year on year The main export provinces of traditional Chinese medicine products from China to ASEAN are Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan and Guangdong From January to August, there were 607 Chinese enterprises exporting traditional Chinese medicine products to ASEAN, an increase of 29 over the same period of 2010 State-owned enterprises were the main force in the export of traditional Chinese medicine to ASEAN, accounting for 50% of the total export volume; private enterprises accounted for 37.22% of the total export volume; and foreign-funded enterprises only accounted for 17.7% of the total export volume The main destination of Guangxi's export of traditional Chinese medicine to ASEAN is Vietnam and Malaysia, and the main export products are medicinal materials and pieces of decoction, such as Atractylodes macrocephala, rhubarb, Zihuang, chrysanthemum, astragalus, pinellia and Ligusticum chuanxiong Among them, Ligusticum chuanxiong and chrysanthemum are the commodities whose export volume has increased greatly, and Pinellia Pinellia is the commodities whose export volume has decreased greatly In the first eight months of this year, Guangxi's exports to Malaysia increased significantly, while its exports to Singapore decreased significantly.