Last year, the international trade of my country's nutritional and health food industry grew against the trend

Our reporter Yang Xiaojing

The China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Medicines and Health Products recently released the analysis data of the import and export of nutritional and health food from 2008 to 2021

Import and export markets double

The data shows that in 2021, China's total import and export of nutritional and health food will be 7.

"With the change of consumer awareness, China has now become one of the main consumers of nutritional and health food.

Data analysis shows that the United States, Australia and Germany, Indonesia and Japan will be China's top five import sources of nutritional and health food in 2021, with the import value of 1.

Li Guiying introduced that in 2021, the United States will once again surpass Australia and become the largest source of imports of nutritional and health food products in China after a lapse of three years.

Imports will fluctuate in 2021.

In terms of exports, Li Guiying believes that although the global epidemic has repeatedly caused inconvenience in global logistics and transportation and a substantial increase in costs, China's export of nutritional and health food is still showing a growth trend

At the same time, the export value of each month is relatively balanced, with an average value of about 200 million US dollars (about 1.

The export status of traditional advantageous categories is strong

Li Guiying analyzed that from the perspective of export categories, vitamins, minerals, chondroitin and plant-based products are the traditional advantageous categories of China's exports

Among them, the raw materials of vitamin products are also the main export categories

　　The export value of fish oil products in 2017 and 2018 was relatively stable, about 120 million US dollars (about 810 million yuan)

　　In terms of market, the United States is the largest market, and has been ranked first from 2017 to 2021, of which the amount exported to the United States in 2021 will be 51.

　　"The double increase in the import and export value of nutritional and health food in 2021 will have a positive impact on boosting confidence in the industry, but today, when the epidemic is still frequent, the industry and even enterprises need to make arrangements in advance

　　"China Food News" (May 18, 2022 06 edition)

　　(Editor in charge: Zhu Meiqiao)