The environment of traditional Chinese medicine export to Bulgaria tends to be better

In 2012, the pharmaceutical trade between China and Bulgaria reached US $74.5114 million, an increase of 28.58% year on year Among them, the export volume was US $69.8986 million, up 26.14% year on year; the import volume was US $4.6129 million, up 81.64% year on year In recent years, Bulgaria's economy has continued to grow rapidly, its investment policies and environment have been increasingly optimized, and its rating has been steadily improved by international rating agencies Bulgaria has relatively low medical benefits in the EU, but the state still covers most of the medical costs of the employed On the whole, the recognition of Chinese medicine by its citizens is high, and cooperation between China and Bulgaria in this field is promising High acceptance of traditional Chinese medicine most Bulgarian residents are very interested in traditional Chinese medicine, and willing to accept traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture treatment In 1991, the "China traditional Chinese medicine treatment center" was established in Sofia It was co founded by Tianjin College of traditional Chinese medicine and Bulgaria Balkan forklift company Chinese patent medicine and health care products are sold in Bulgarian drugstores, food stores and cosmetics stores, such as weight-loss tea / cream, royal jelly, pearl price cream, Shengfaling, Shenqi products are very marketable In 2012, China's export of traditional Chinese medicine to the country was US $7 million 815 thousand and 800, with a year-on-year growth of 45.25%, accounting for 11.18% API accounts for nearly 60% of the total, but at present, China's exports to Bulgaria are mainly western medicine raw materials, accounting for 59.01% of the total Bulgaria has certain strength in the production of ready-made drugs, especially in the production of veterinary drugs In 2012, China's export of Western medicine to Bulgaria was US $41.2463 million, a year-on-year increase of 33.48%, most of which were raw materials of Western medicine, mainly tetracycline, anti infective, antipyretic and analgesic drugs; the export of Western patent medicine was only US $906200, mainly anti infective drugs There are few manufacturers of raw materials for Bulgarian western medicine, most of which are imported Bulgaria has certain strength in the production of Western patent medicines, especially in the production of veterinary drugs The main enterprise is Actavis ad, which is a subsidiary of Actavis group in Ireland It has 50 years of pharmaceutical experience and more than 250 products, including veterinary drugs Another important enterprise is sopharma PLC, which was founded in 1942 and privatized in 2000 The company produces more than 110 kinds of drugs, mainly for the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases, heart diseases, antipyretics, chemotherapy drugs, smoking cessation drugs, etc., with an annual production capacity of 250000 pieces In 2012, the growth of disposable consumables doubled, and the overall export volume of medical devices to the country was US $20836500, an increase of 8.91% year-on-year, mainly hospital diagnosis and treatment products The best medical equipment sold in the Bulgarian market are: monitoring equipment, heart treatment equipment, ultrasonic testing equipment, automatic defibrillator, X-ray instrument and electrocardiograph The sales of these products are relatively stable in the Bulgarian market In 2012, the export of disposable consumables to the country reached US $5.7502 million, a year-on-year increase of 116.52%, which is the fastest growing product of medical devices However, at present, Bulgarian medical equipment import mainly comes from the United States and the European Union In 2012, there were 859 Chinese pharmaceutical export enterprises to Bulgaria, of which 673 were private enterprises, with an export volume of US $40.2154 million, an increase of 39.22% year on year, accounting for 57.53% of the total export volume of all export enterprises; 110 foreign-funded enterprises, with an export volume of US $18.9049 million, an increase of 35.91% year on year, accounting for 27.05% of the total export volume of Bulgarian pharmaceuticals At present, the main export provinces of China to Bulgaria are Zhejiang, Shandong, Jiangsu price and Guangdong, while the provinces with rapid export growth are Jiangsu price and Sichuan.