China's traditional Chinese medicine industry trade situation and export data

I. Current situation of export of traditional Chinese medicine products

The traditional Chinese medicine products include Chinese herbal medicines, plant extracts and proprietary Chinese medicines. From 1996 to 1999, the export of Chinese medicine products declined for four consecutive years. In 1996, the total export of Chinese medicine products amounted to 685 million US dollars, and in 1999, the export dropped to 506 million US dollars, which is 26.1% down. In 2000, there was a turnaround in the export of Chinese medicine products, and the annual export amounted to 550 million U.S. dollars

, with a year-on-year increase of 9.5 percent, ending the decline in the export of Chinese medicine products for four consecutive years. However, in 2001, the export of Chinese medicine products declined again, amounting to 447 million U.S. dollars, down 18.7% from the previous year. Compared with 1996, the decline was even greater, amounting to 34.7%, and the export situation was grim. In 2002, the export of Chinese medicine products has seen a promising change, from January to June, the export of Chinese medicine products amounted to 410 million U.S. dollars, which is close to the export level of the whole year of last year.

(I) Exports of Chinese herbal medicines

Before 2002, Chinese herbal medicines accounted for the largest proportion of the total exports of Chinese medicines, which had been more than 2/3 of the total exports of Chinese medicines.

Plant extracts and proprietary Chinese medicines accounted for 1/3 of the total exports of Chinese medicines. The export of high-tech and high value-added proprietary Chinese medicines did not realize the fundamental breakthrough, and the proportion of the export of Chinese medicine products ranked last. In 2002, the export of traditional Chinese medicine products had a big change, the proportion of Chinese herbal medicines declined to 1/3 of the total export of traditional Chinese medicines, and the export of plant extracts and proprietary Chinese medicines had a big growth, accounting for 2/3 of the total export of traditional Chinese medicines.

The decline of Chinese herbal medicines export was obvious, in 1996, the export of Chinese herbal medicines was US$504 million, accounting for 73.6% of the total export of traditional Chinese medicines, and in 2001, the export of Chinese herbal medicines was US$1.5 billion, which was 73.6% of the total export of traditional Chinese medicines. From January to June 2002, the export amount of Chinese herbal medicines was 142 million US dollars, accounting for 34.8% of the total Chinese herbal medicines products, compared with the proportion of the whole year of 2001, a drop of

26.6%. In recent years, the reasons for the continuous decline in the export of Chinese herbal medicines are as follows: the increase of irregular exports, disorderly competition among enterprises, price pressure, affecting the export of Chinese herbal medicines; affected by the Asian financial crisis, Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia's imports of Chinese herbal medicines are not in strong demand, and so on.

In 2000, Chinese herbal medicine exports rebounded slightly, thanks to Southeast Asia, Japan, Korea and other demand for Chinese herbal medicines rebound, especially the strong recovery of the Korean market, is one of the most important driving force of China's exports of Chinese herbal medicines, at the same time, some of the Chinese herbal medicines export price increases on the increase in the export value of a certain role.

(B) Exports of proprietary Chinese medicines

After four consecutive years of decline in exports of proprietary Chinese medicines, from 2000 onwards, exports continued to grow in 1996, exports totaled 115 million U.S. dollars, accounting for 16.8 percent of the total exports of traditional Chinese medicines, in 2000, exports of proprietary Chinese medicines rebounded, exports of 0.91 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 15.2% over the previous year, but still lower than in 1996, 24 million U.S. dollars. In 2001, the export value of pCms amounted to US$96 million, with a year-on-year increase of 5.5%, and from January to June 2002, the export value of pCms amounted to US$182 million, which is almost twice of the annual export value of the previous year.

Proprietary Chinese medicine exports accounted for the proportion of exports of Chinese medicine products has changed greatly, in 1996 for 16.7%, January - June 2002 for 44.7%, an increase of 28 percentage points. This shows that pCms are gradually becoming the main force in China's exports of traditional Chinese medicine products.

In 1996-1999, the export of pCms continued to decline mainly due to the impact of the Asian financial crisis, such as Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia and other countries to reduce imports. After 2000, the export of pCms rebounded because the export of Qingliang oil and Pientzehuang among pCms had a substantial growth and the rise in demand in Southeast Asia, Japan and South Korea brought about a substantial increase in the export value.

(C) Export of plant extracts

From 1996 to 2000, the export of plant extracts has always shown a small increase, the export amount of which amounted to USD 0.67 billion in 1996, accounting for 9.8% of the total export of traditional Chinese medicines, and the export amount of which amounted to USD 0.114 billion in 2000, with the proportion of the export rising to 20.6%, up 10.9 percentage points compared with that of 1996. In 2000, the export value was US$114 million, and the proportion of export increased to 20.6%, up 10.9 percentage points from 1996. In 2001, there was a sharp decline in exports, which amounted to 0.78 billion U.S. dollars. From January to June 2002, there was a substantial increase in exports, amounting to $ 84 million, more than the previous year's annual exports, accounting for 20.6%, showing a good momentum of development. Plant extracts to maintain sustained growth is due to: the world, especially in Europe and the United States on the increasing demand for plant extracts; China's plant extracts of lower production costs, quality improvement, increased competitiveness.

Second, the characteristics of exports of traditional Chinese medicine products

(a) the number of exports of traditional Chinese medicine products rose, the unit price fell

In the number of exports of traditional Chinese medicine products rose year by year at the same time, another grim fact must cause us to be highly vigilant, that is, the export price of traditional Chinese medicine products in general is falling trend, although individual years of proprietary Chinese medicines and plant extracts, the unit price rose, but did not fundamentally change the situation, the price of Chinese medicines and plant extracts.

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The export price of Chinese medicine products is generally declining, although the unit price of proprietary Chinese medicines and plant extracts has increased in some years.

1, the number of exports of Chinese herbal medicines increased, prices fell

1996, the number of Chinese herbal medicines exported 213327 tons, the unit price of 2361 U.S. dollars / ton. 2001 exports of 283140 tons, an increase of 69,813 tons over 1996, an increase of 32.73%, but the total value of exports fell 54.51%, the unit price of only 970 U.S. dollars / ton, the unit price of only 970 U.S. dollars / ton, the unit price of only 970 U.S. dollars / ton, a decrease of 3%. Only 970 U.S. dollars / ton, down 58.92% from 1996. 2002

January - June, the export unit price fell further, to 929 U.S. dollars / ton, down 4.23% from the previous year.

2, the export price of plant extracts has been unstable, the overall downward trend

In 1996, the unit export price of plant extracts for 8799 U.S. dollars / ton, the annual **** export 5584 tons. 2001 unit export price of 8663 U.S. dollars / ton, the annual export of 8932 tons, the unit price of 1996 than the decline of 1.55%. January - June 2002, the unit export price of 8222 U.S. dollars / ton, compared with the previous year and fell

5.09%, showing that the export of plant extracts is very fierce competition.

3, the export quantity and export price of proprietary Chinese medicines products in most years show a downward trend

In 1996, the export quantity of proprietary Chinese medicines products was 18708 tons, the export price per unit of product 7561 U.S. dollars / ton, the export quantity of 12,395 tons in 2001, however, the export price per unit of product 7705 U.S. dollars / ton, down 33.75% over

1996, down 33.75% compared to

1996. However, the export price per unit of product was US$7705 per ton, down 33.75% and 19.05% respectively compared with 1996. From January to June 2002, the export volume of proprietary Chinese medicines increased substantially

to 79,260 tons, but the export price per unit was only US$2,295 per ton, down 70.25% from the previous year. (B) The export of traditional Chinese medicine products is mainly based on raw materials, and the export amount of individual varieties is not large

By analyzing the statistical data from 1996 to January to June 2002, it can be seen that the export of traditional Chinese medicine products is mainly based on raw materials. By analyzing the statistical data from 1996 to January-June 2002, it can be seen that raw materials (plant extracts and Chinese herbal medicines) have always accounted for more than 80% of the total exports of Chinese medicines, while proprietary Chinese medicines with a certain level of technical content only accounted for about 1/5 of the total exports of Chinese medicines. In 1996, the export of plant extracts and Chinese herbal medicines accounted for 83.2% of the total export value of Chinese medicine products, while the export of proprietary Chinese medicines accounted for only 16.8%. In January and June 2002, extracts and Chinese herbal medicines accounted for 83.2% of the export value of Chinese medicine products. In January and June 2002, the export of extracts and Chinese herbal medicines accounted for 79.4% of the export value of Chinese medicine products, and the export of pCms only accounted for 20.6%.

There are thousands of varieties of Chinese medicine products exported, but the export amount of individual varieties is not large, according to the customs statistics, from 1996 to January-June 2002, more than 10 million U.S. dollars of commodities only 5, and some varieties of individual years less than 10 million U.S. dollars. Since 1996, Chinese medicine products exported a large amount of varieties of ginseng, fresh royal jelly and products, American ginseng, licorice and products, ginger, cinnamon, unlisted medicinal herbs, Cordyceps sinensis, other plant extracts, bitter almonds, Pientzehuang, Qingliang oil, and other proprietary Chinese medicines, in these varieties, the real exports of individual varieties for many years more than 10 million U.S. dollars are only ginseng and Qingliang oil 2 kinds of products.

(C) The export market of Chinese medicine products is concentrated in Asia

The traditional market for the export of Chinese medicine products is dominated by Asia, and the export share of the market has been more than 60%. Exports to the European market in 1997 exceeded 100 million U.S. dollars, amounting to 125 million U.S. dollars, accounting for 18.9% of the proportion of exports of traditional Chinese medicine products, but in 1998 there was a sharp decline in exports to its exports, only 0.32 billion U.S. dollars, a decline of 74.3%. In 1999 and 2000, there was a great rebound, and then in 2001, the export declined again. From January to June 2002, the export increased again, and the amount was close to that of the whole year of the previous year. However, the proportion of the entire export of traditional Chinese medicine products has been on a downward trend, January - June 2002 was only 11.05%, compared with the proportion of traditional Chinese medicine products exported in 1997, a decline of 7.84

percentage points. Exports of Chinese medicine products to the U.S. market amounted to US$75 million in 1997 and US$91 million in 1998, after which they declined for three consecutive years to US$52 million in 2001, accounting for 11.3% of exports in 1997 and 11.68% in 2001. In January-June 2002, exports to the United States amounted to 0.61 billion U.S. dollars, more than the previous year's annual exports to the United States, the proportion increased to 15%.

The reason for the rapid growth of exports to the U.S. market is that the side effects of Western medicine is becoming more and more obvious, the world's return to the natural fever is rising, the demand for natural plant medicine increased, so the export of plant extracts to the United States continues to increase.

1, the characteristics of the export of Chinese medicine products to the Asian market

The export of Chinese medicine products to Asia, mainly Chinese herbal medicines and proprietary Chinese medicines. In 1997, the export of Chinese herbal medicines to Asia

325 million U.S. dollars, accounting for 69.3% of the total exports of Chinese herbal medicines; exports of proprietary Chinese medicines 95 million U.S. dollars, accounting for 77.3% of the total exports of proprietary Chinese medicines. Exports of Chinese herbal medicines to Europe and the United States amounted to US$130 million, accounting for 28.3% of the total exports of Chinese herbal medicines, while exports of proprietary Chinese medicines amounted to US$13 million, accounting for 11.5% of the total exports of proprietary Chinese medicines. In 2001, the export of Chinese herbal medicines to Asia increased further, accounting for 79.36% of the export of Chinese herbal medicines, up 9.98 percentage points, while the export of proprietary Chinese medicines was 75.83%, down 3.97 percentage points from 1999. From January to June 2002, the export of Chinese herbal medicines to Asia accounted for 81.91% of the total export of Chinese herbal medicines, and the proportion of Chinese herbal medicines accounted for 81.91%.

2, plant extracts exports to Europe and the United States market is dominated

The main export markets of plant extracts are Europe and the U.S.A. In 1996, the export to Europe was 0.12 billion U.S. dollars,

the U.S.A. exported 0.27 billion U.S. dollars, which accounted for 18.1% and 40.6% of the total exports of the extracts, and the two totaled 0.39 billion U.S. dollars, which accounted for 58.9%, and the export to Asia accounted for 0.9%. 58.9%, to Asia exports of $ 26 million, accounting for 38.7%. In 2001, the export of plant extracts to Europe and the United States appeared to be a substantial decline in exports to Europe exports of $ 15 million, accounting for 19.85% of the year's foreign exports of extracts, compared with 1996, an increase of $ 03 million. Exports to the United States remained basically flat. January - June 2002, exports to Europe, the United States increased slightly, exports to Asia has increased.

3, Japan, Hong Kong, the United States in the export market of Chinese medicine products in the forefront

In recent years, Japan, Hong Kong, the United States in the export market of Chinese medicine products in the order of the top three. For example, in 1997 to Japan exports 176 million U.S. dollars, accounting for 26.6% of the year's total exports, exports to Hong Kong 158 million U.S. dollars, accounting for

23.9%, exports to the United States of America 75 million U.S. dollars, accounting for 11.3%, a total of 408 million U.S. dollars, accounting for 61.0% of the year's total exports of traditional Chinese medicine products. January to June 2002 to Japan exports of $ 97 million, accounting for the first half of 2002 exports of 23.8%, exports to Hong Kong $ 96 million, accounting for 23.6%, exports to the United States of $ 61 million, accounting for 15.0%, a total of 62.4%, Japan, Hong Kong, the United States market imports accounted for more than 2 / 3 of China's total exports of traditional Chinese medicines, is an important export market in China. Export market.