Will the skyrocketing price of natural gas have a big impact on the production cost of Chinese medicinal materials?

Medical Network News on August 26
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The price of natural gas has skyrocketed, driving inflation objectively.

Natural gas has recently become the "price king" of commodities.
Domestic liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices have risen by more than 50% since the second half of the year
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The price of the US natural gas futures contract rose to US$4.
2 per million British thermal units on August 18, twice the amount last year
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Asia has skyrocketed 6 times in the past year, and Europe has skyrocketed 10 times in 14 months
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The rising price of natural gas is also pushing up inflation concerns in various countries
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This time the price of natural gas has skyrocketed.
On the one hand, major economies around the world have successively announced the acceleration of the transition to green energy.
Natural gas, as a cleaner energy source than coal and oil, has become the preferred resource for the transition; on the other hand, natural gas is used in Europe and the United States.
As a traditional power supply fuel, the heat wave in the northern hemisphere has led to an increase in demand for natural gas power generation and refrigeration, leading to an increasing gap in natural gas supply.
Natural gas in various countries has been rushed, which has led to the continuous rise of natural gas prices
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A high degree of external dependence of natural gas, natural gas imports increased year by year, for now, the era of cheap natural gas is likely gone forever, which of the herbs have a relatively large impact?
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The price increase of natural gas may increase the processing cost of medicinal materials.

At present, most of the large transactions of Chinese medicinal materials in China are carried out in the place of origin, and initial processing at the place of production has become a way for businesses to increase added value
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Due to space constraints, especially the low drying efficiency after mass production of new products, processing households began to build their own drying equipment
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In order to save costs in the early stage, coal was used, but starting from 2018, environmental protection requirements have increased, and many places require coal to gas for the drying of medicinal materials
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According to the survey by Mr.
Liu Hongwei, a senior expert in the Chinese herbal medicine industry, starting from 2018, the environmental protection departments of the Chinese herbal medicine producing areas such as Xinjiang have joined the local government to promote environmental protection, requiring all boilers to be changed from coal to gas, and drying furnaces cannot burn coal.

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For this reason, processing households in the production area have bought new boilers, with different model manufacturers and different >
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Varieties that need to be dried on kang are all affected.

Table 1: Some affected varieties have risen and fallen.
Rehmannia glutinosa (Kg price, the same below).
Due to the heavy rain in Henan, the price has increased significantly.
The market has stabilized recently, but stocks Commercial asking prices are still strong.
At present, mixed-grade goods in the Bozhou market are mostly asking for 30-32 yuan.
Rehmannia glutinosa is priced at 33-34 yuan due to the increase in processing costs
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Alisma orientale This variety is currently at a high price.
In addition, the high price in the previous period has stimulated the increase in production.
Market businesses are more cautious in buying and selling, and the market is weak.
The current price is 40-41 yuan
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At present, there are still a few months before the new production, because the overall supply is not large, the market before the new production is mainly stable, and whether the price fluctuates greatly depends on the new production situation to be clear
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Achyranthes is almost two months away from production.
Although it is rainy in the north this year, the growers have mature management techniques.
In most plots, Achyranthes is growing well on the ground
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The current inventory of this species is weak, and the expansion this year is also limited.
The market outlook needs to pay attention to the new situation of production.
The current price of Hebei real estate is around 15-16 yuan
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The early price of Chuanxiong rose too sharply.
After it entered the actual sale, the sales were not fast and the price adjusted.
Recently, due to commercial purchases, the price has been firm again.
The current price is 32 yuan.
This variety is popular.
Prices fluctuate, and the market is still difficult to stabilize
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Forsythia production of new entrants to the end, due to the continuous rise in pre-market, business procurement cautious, recent market stabilization
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The current market price of boiled forsythia is 100-110 yuan, and the price of unstemmed goods is around 130 yuan
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The production area of ​​yam in Hebei has been shrinking, and the price has risen.
Recently, there are still merchants concerned.
The price is stable.
The current price of tops is 10-14 yuan.

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This year is rainy in the north, which will also have an impact on yam.
The market outlook is concerned about the new situation of autumn production
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Honeysuckle supply is acceptable, and the supply of new products is sufficient
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The current market price of Henan Tonghuo is 145 yuan, the price of selected goods is 150-160 yuan, the price of Shandong Tonghuo is 125-130 yuan, and the price of selected goods is 130-140 yuan
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Skullcap affected by the epidemic, recent sources of origin to go off turn smoothly, the price has increased, now Shanxi system purchase price rose 20-22 yuan, long growth cycle of the species, but in recent years the price is good, this year the excavation area needs attention
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Lily's traditional coal processing method is very easy to cause the content to not meet the standard, and it needs to use the steam drying method to ensure that the pesticide residue and the content meet the standard
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At present, the lily of Hunan origin has entered the late stage of production, and new products have been launched one after another.
Merchants in the production area generally report that the yield has fallen this year, and the output has been reduced by about half compared with last year.
Affected by this, the production area has risen from 18 yuan before the new production to the current 24-26.
However, due to the obvious price increase in the short term, most of the goods are temporarily purchased by market merchants on demand
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Of course, the varieties affected by this are not only those listed in Table 1, as long as the varieties that require drying and kang drying will be affected by this
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After all, under the premise of carbon neutrality, coal-to-gas conversion is a general trend, and China is a major natural gas importer, and the period of low natural gas prices has passed
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In the future, the cost of only the drying part of Chinese medicinal materials will increase significantly
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