The export of traditional Chinese medicine products recovered steadily in the first quarter of 2013

In the first quarter, China's foreign trade of traditional Chinese medicine showed a steady upward trend The import and export volume of traditional Chinese medicine was US $940 million, a year-on-year increase of 23.5%, including US $710 million for export, a year-on-year increase of 20.1%, and US $230 million for import, a year-on-year increase of 35.4% The export of plant extracts and Chinese patent medicines increased steadily, while the export of health products, Chinese herbal medicines and decoction pieces maintained a large growth General situation of export of traditional Chinese Medicine In the first quarter, plant extract is still the largest export commodity of traditional Chinese medicine, with a total export of US $330 million, accounting for 47% of the export of traditional Chinese medicine, an increase of 11.2% year-on-year The growth rate is basically the same as that of the same period last year, but significantly higher than the 3% growth rate of the whole year last year The export volume of traditional Chinese medicine and decoction pieces was US $250 million, up 37.6% year-on-year, which was the fastest growing commodity of traditional Chinese medicine; the export volume was 50000 tons, up 10.5% year-on-year The export volume of health care products was US $60 million, up 25.4% year on year The export volume of Chinese patent medicine was US $63 million, up 6.5% year on year The traditional market continued to boost the export growth of traditional Chinese medicine With the acceleration of internationalization of traditional Chinese medicine, traditional Chinese medicine has been exported to 168 countries and regions in the world, while the Asian market is still the traditional market for traditional Chinese medicine export, and also the main market In the first quarter, China's exports of traditional Chinese medicine to Asian countries and regions reached 430 million US dollars, an increase of 27.4% year on year, accounting for 61.2% Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea are three of the five markets of Chinese medicine export, of which the export to Hong Kong increased by 61.3% year on year In addition, since the comprehensive launch of China ASEAN Free Trade Area, the trade of traditional Chinese medicine between China and ASEAN has developed rapidly In the first quarter, China's exports of traditional Chinese medicine to ASEAN reached 100 million US dollars, an increase of 49% year-on-year, of which the exports to Malaysia and Indonesia increased by 176% and 52%, respectively In addition, the U.S market has always occupied an important target market position of Chinese medicine export, and has been ranked in the top three Chinese medicine export market for many years in a row In the first quarter, China exported 95.77 million US dollars of traditional Chinese medicine to the United States, an increase of 26.5% year on year.