The joint procurement of traditional Chinese medicine pieces has started, and the upstream processing equipment industry may be affected

Recently, the Shandong Internet Traditional Chinese Medicine (Material) Trading Center, the special area of the Sanming Procurement Alliance for Chinese medicine (materials), issued the "Sanming Procurement Alliance Inter-provincial Chinese Medicine (Material) Procurement Alliance Chinese Medicine Pieces Joint Procurement Document (Draft for Comments)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Draft for Comments"), which began to solicit opinions from the public, which means that the first joint procurement of Chinese medicine pieces in the country has been launched
。 The joint procurement of Chinese medicine pieces does not aim at simple price reduction This joint procurement of Chinese medicine pieces covers a total of 21 varieties with large demand and excellent supply security, including astragalus, codonopsis tablets, honeysuckle, angelica, bran fried baishu, safflower, scalded leech, tianma, wheat dong, huanglian tablets, prince ginseng, white peony, licorice tablets, earth dragon, Chuanxiong, salvia, huangcen tablets, yam, dandelion, peony peel, bellflower
.
It is reported that in the future, the joint procurement of traditional Chinese medicine pieces will gradually expand the variety and procurement
area.
From the experience of collective procurement carried out in the past, through the exchange of price for volume, it is expected that the price reduction of drinking pieces will be inevitable in the future, and the entire 100 billion market may usher in a major reshuffle
.
It is worth noting that the "Draft for Comments" puts forward the central idea of "quality assurance, upgrading and stable supply", clarifying that the rules for the joint procurement of Chinese medicine pieces are "high-quality and high-price", not for the purpose of simple price reduction, which will promote the high-quality development of
the industry.
That is to say, these pieces may have a price reduction, but they are relatively mild, and the quality is matched with a good price, and some high-quality herbs may have a price increase
.
The industry pointed out that unlike Western medicine, the quality of Chinese medicine pieces will be affected by weather, nature and other factors, so the market price changes greatly
.
The 21 varieties selected this time are relatively large-scale, industrialized and universal, and the varieties with good quality are selected through collective procurement negotiations, which is conducive to promoting the standardized development of the industry and will also reduce procurement costs
to a certain extent.
Upstream processing equipment industry may be affected It is worth mentioning that after the joint procurement is implemented, how to balance the interests of Chinese herbal medicine growers and Chinese medicine pieces factories, and meet consumers' drug needs and reasonable prices is a major problem
.
Among them, at the end of Chinese medicine pieces factories, if the price reduction power is too strong and the performance of pharmaceutical enterprises is under pressure, it will have to reduce costs, which may bring survival challenges to small and medium-sized enterprises; If the price of high-quality medicinal materials is raised, the price of drugs for consumers must be considered
.
The industry believes that joint procurement will affect several aspects of Chinese medicine pieces manufacturers, including quality, supply and price, in addition to ensuring supply, in terms of price and quality, in fact, controlling costs and improving the quality of pieces are challenges
that future pieces enterprises have to face.
It is understood that the cost structure of Chinese medicine pieces enterprises includes raw material procurement costs, labor costs, energy consumption costs, machinery and equipment plant depreciation costs, transportation costs, storage costs, loading and unloading costs, distribution costs, quality inspection costs, gross weight loss costs, quality inspection loss costs, etc
.
Drink chip companies need to start from these aspects to control costs
.
Some people in the industry believe that after the joint mining of drinking chips landed, the upstream processing equipment industry may be affected
.
On the one hand, the piece processing equipment may face the challenge of increasing requirements, including the automation and intelligence level of the equipment, the accuracy of the equipment, and the humanized design
.
Processing equipment enterprises need to gather the new needs and new requirements of drinking chip enterprises, increase investment in research and development, and continue to innovate equipment to ensure that enterprises maintain competitiveness
in market competition.
On the other hand, driven by joint procurement, the quality and safety requirements of the piece industry have been improved, and the demand for high-precision instruments such as liquid chromatograph, gas chromatograph, gas mass spectrometry, liquid mass spectrometry and other related testing equipment for drinking pieces, such as liquid chromatograph, gas chromatograph, liquid mass spectrometry, etc.
, may increase, bringing new opportunities
to the industry.
Disclaimer: Under no circumstances does the information or opinions expressed in this article constitute investment advice
to anyone.