Release of international business standards plant industry facing transformation and upgrading

After 17 years, the chamber of Commerce of medical insurance issued the third batch of standards on plant extracts On June 21, China Chamber of Commerce for import and export of medical and health products released a new version of international business standards for plant extracts In response, Meng Dongping, vice president of the chamber of Commerce for medical insurance, said that the release of the international business standard for plant extracts is conducive to regulating the export of plant extracts in China and improving international competitiveness (picture source of transformation and upgrading of plant extraction industry in international business standard release: Baidu picture) as for plant extracts, it's no surprise to all These products are widely used in pharmaceutical raw materials, health products, cosmetics, food additives and other fields Scientifically speaking, it refers to the product formed by using modern extraction and separation technology to obtain and concentrate one or more components from fruits, dual-purpose plants, Chinese herbal medicines and other raw materials At present, the export of plant extracts in China has been increasing year by year, accounting for half of the export of traditional Chinese medicine products However, since 2016, the growth rate of China's extract export has slowed down and the industry has entered a period of adjustment According to data statistics, in 2016, China's export of plant extracts reached US $1.93 billion, down 10.93% year on year, accounting for 56% of the export amount of traditional Chinese medicine And into 2017, the downward trend is still continuing Behind this, part of the reason is that China's export volume of plant extracts is huge, which makes the United States and other countries pay more and more attention to plant extracts, and the quality supervision is more and more strict For example, 29 categories of pesticide residues are listed in the EU law, and there are more than 300 restrictions on pesticide residues of products involved in plant extracts At present, there are no unified and perfect policies, imperfect laws and regulations, unclear national positioning of plant extract industry, so that many plant extract products do not have a unified quality standard These defects restrict the development of plant extract industry in China In this regard, industry insiders said that plant extract industry as a sunrise industry is developing rapidly, and the market competition is also very fierce However, due to the lack of industry standards, there are some problems in the plant extract industry, such as relatively disordered production, low industrial concentration and indistinguishable advantages and disadvantages Therefore, China's plant extract industry is facing transformation and upgrading Yu Zhibin, director of the traditional Chinese Medicine Department of the chamber of Commerce for medical insurance, said that the lack of standards has become an important factor hindering the development of the industry In foreign trade, because there are no standards to refer to, enterprises can only rely on customer contracts in many cases, and lack of voice in foreign negotiations In addition, there are also difficulties for enterprises to apply for food production license in China Many products are unable to apply for production license due to lack of national standards The industry urgently needs to meet the standard system of industrial development In addition, the export value-added of plant extracts in China is low, the purification technology is backward and the quality of export products is low Due to the weak extraction technology and poor quality of the extract, it often causes a large loss of profits and market share, especially in Japan and South Korea and other Asian neighboring countries, the passive export situation is more difficult to reverse Therefore, improving the purification technology, increasing the research and development of extraction equipment performance and improving the export quality of plant extracts are the key points
The author believes that with the continuous development of China's social economy, people's living standards are also constantly improving, and the concept of returning to nature is increasingly strengthened Food, medicine, health care products and cosmetics, which are increasingly green, natural and pollution-free products, have a huge development space and broad market prospects both at home and abroad How to grasp the development at present Opportunity is the key With the gradual improvement of international standards, the plant extract industry will achieve transformation, and quality control will become the development trend of the plant extract industry In the process of plant extraction, high-quality extraction equipment will play an increasingly important role With the improvement of process equipment and the innovation of methods, the research on plants and human body will continue to deepen, new plant ingredients that meet the needs of human body will continue to be found, and the product categories of plant extracts will continue to enrich Therefore, under the guidance of new international standards, China's plant extract industry should improve extraction process and purification technology, develop high-quality innovative products, and better participate in market competition.