In the first half of 2017, the export volume of Chinese herbal medicines and beverage tablets rebounded

In the first half of 2017, China's exports of Chinese herbal medicine and beverage tablets amounted to 100,000 tons, up 50.65 percent year-on-year, while exports amounted to 523 million U.S. dollars, up 5.65 percent year-on-year, reversing the decline and rising trend for the whole of last year.Traditional market recovery is evident
Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and ASEAN have been considered as traditional markets for the export of Chinese herbal medicines and beverage tablets, and exports to these five markets generally account for more than 80% of the total exports of Chinese herbal medicines and beverage tablets. In the first half of this year, China's exports of Chinese herbal medicines and beverage tablets to these traditional markets in Asia accounted for 76.54 percent of total exports.
: In the first half of 2017, China's exports of Chinese herbal medicines and tablets to Japan amounted to 12,000 tons, an increase of 35.17 percent year-on-year, while exports amounted to $108 million, down 13.57 percent year-on-year. At present, China's exports to Japan of medicinal herbs and drink tablets are mainly half-summer, ginseng, dates, licorice and white art. In the first half of the year, China's ginseng exports to Japan have a larger decline, mainly due to Japan's ginseng exports last year, resulting in a certain inventory, so in the first half of this year ginseng exports to Japan regardless of the quantity and price are a certain decline compared to the same period last year. Exports of licorice and white art to Japan increased faster than in the same period last year.
: In the first half of 2017, China's exports of Chinese herbal medicines and tablets to the United States amounted to 3,761 tons, an increase of 127.67 percent year-on-year, while exports amounted to 20.545 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 20.60 percent year-on-year. At present, China's exports to the United States of medicinal herbs and drink tablets are mainly dates, western ginseng, yams, red dates and turmeric and so on. Among them, China's largest exports of Chinese herbal medicine and beverage tablets to the United States were radon, the first half of the export volume of 658 tons, an increase of 55.58 percent year-on-year, accounting for 17.51 percent of exports of Chinese herbal medicine and beverage tablets to the United States;
Netherlands: In the first half of 2017, China's exports of Chinese herbal medicines and beverage tablets to the European Union also increased rapidly year-on-year, with exports to the Netherlands amounting to 2,282 tons, up 87.63 percent year-on-year, and exports of 11.2162 million U.S. dollars, up 32.98 percent year-on-year. At present, China's exports to the Netherlands of medicinal herbs and tablets are mainly dates, ginseng, licorice and yams, among which China's largest exports of Chinese herbs and tablets to the Netherlands are radon, the first half of the export volume of 771 tons, accounting for 33.79 percent of the exports of Dutch herbal medicine and drink tablets;
China's exports to Taiwan were 4,587 tons, down 1.92% YoY, while China's exports of major varieties such as ginseng, radon and ginseng to Taiwan all declined to varying degrees, while China's exports of medicinal herbs to Hong Kong were 28,000 tons, up 8.72% YoY However, the average price of export varieties decreased significantly year-on-year, reaching 19.44 percent, and Hong Kong's status as a trading port continued to decline, while China's exports of medicinal herbs to South Korea were 11,190 tons, down 6.09 percent year-on-year, and the export value was 50.2029 million U.S. dollars, down 15.29 percent year-on-year.
In the first half of the year, China's exports of Chinese herbal medicines and beverage tablets to the Middle East amounted to 9647 tons, up 1579.42 percent year-on-year, while exports amounted to 17.6101 million U.S. dollars, up 986.01 percent year-on-year, mainly to Saudi Arabia, which exported mainly cinnamon and cinnamon flowers and dates.Export enterprises added 51
in the first half of 2017, the number of Chinese herbal medicine and beverage tablets export entrepreneurs was 892, an increase of 51 yoY, private enterprises have been the main force to promote the export of Chinese herbal medicine and beverage tablets, 738 export enterprises, export value of 373 million U.S. dollars, year-on-year This increased by 3.27 per cent to 71.42 per cent, with 91 exporters of three-capital enterprises accounting for US$86,935.3 million in exports and 16.61 per cent of exports, and 61 exporters from state-owned enterprises accounting for 11.91 per cent of exports. It is worth noting that among private enterprises, private enterprises account for 79.61 per cent of exports.traditional provinces and cities are still the main export
, china's main export provinces of Chinese medicine tablets have a clear export positioning. In the early days, the three provinces with large export value of herbal medicines in China were Guangdong, Anhui and Guangxi.
Guangdong is mainly by the advantage of geographical position, adjacent to Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia and other major export destinations of Chinese herbal medicine and drink tablets, products are mainly ginseng, jaundice, yellow and party ginseng varieties.
In terms of export volume, Anhui's export volume of Chinese herbal medicine has been among the best in the country, Anhui's export of Chinese herbal medicine is mainly concentrated in Luzhou, has initially formed a concentrated cultivation of medicinal herbs, processing, sales, scientific research, exhibition, tourism, health care and other more complete industrial system.
of Guangxi's medicinal herbs exports mainly and Vietnam's border trade, Guangxi's medicinal exports to Vietnam accounted for 69.75 percent of the province's total medicinal herbs exports in the first half of 2017, up 375.81 percent year-on-year.
first half of Gansu Province's medicinal exports increased rapidly year-on-year, sichuan, yellow, slug and party ginseng exports increased in the first half of the year, Gansu exports to the international market mainly Hong Kong and India.major varieties have their own ups and downs
In the first half of 2017, China's exports of Chinese herbal medicines and beverage tablets grew faster in the first half of the summer, with exports of 1447 tons, up 50.49 percent year-on-year, with export markets mainly Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam, among which exports to Vietnam grew faster in the first half of the year. The largest decline in exports was in deer antlers, down 34.45 per cent year-on-year. Export prices generally decreased year-on-year, with the volume of ginseng in the first half of the year falling in volume, China's ginseng export volume was only 981 tons, down 15.59 percent year-on-year, and the export price was 50.04 U.S. dollars/kg, down 34.14 percent year-on-year. Export markets were mainly Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Germany and Italy, with exports to Japan and Italy falling significantly year-on-year in the first half of the year.
Another commodity for China's medicinal exports is radon, with exports of 6,051 tons in the first half of the year, down 0.96 percent year-on-year, and export prices at $8.10 per kilogram, down 9.39 percent year-on-year, mainly in Hong Kong, the United States, the Netherlands and France. (Medical Economics)