Growth in demand by the world herbal market driven, this year, Chinese exports of plant extracts showed a good increase in volume and price momentum double, especially the export price has been a substantial increase over last year. The latest statistics show that from January to August, pharmaceutical raw materials exports of Chinese plant extract $ 142 million, an increase of 46.91%.
       According to reports, the plant extract is a blend of modern pharmaceutical technology, the new high-tech products, but also the international market in recent years, traditional Chinese medicine of new varieties, the degree of processing and high-tech. With the recent years the international "return to nature", "green consumption" had become the fashion in Western developed countries, Resveratrol natural herbal health care as a modern ideal, which has created a huge natural herbal product market. The industry forecasts that the global herbal market in 2005 will exceed $ 26 billion, in 2006 the output value will exceed $ 35 billion. Chinese herbal recognized as a world power, they have the guidance of traditional Chinese medicine theory, the development of plant extracts has a unique advantage. Although China's plant extracts industry in general is still an emerging industry, but its industry has formed a certain scale, a total of more than 200 professional manufacturers, Chia seed while some of the medicine and fine chemical companies also produce extracts. As the degree of processing of plant extracts and high-tech, export prices so much higher than the export of Chinese herbal medicines, plant extracts in China this year, a substantial increase in export prices, not only that our product quality and plant extracts have been on a more large increase, but also reflects the price between the domestic manufacturers, disorderly competition under control.

       Although this year China's production and export of plant extracts have a more substantial growth, but also should be noted that the current Chinese herbal medicine in the international share of less than 10%, plant extracts manufacturers, there are still more than the number of small scale, the majority of manufacturers of products a single, defects and poor ability to resist risks.

       Industry experts predict that China plant extracts during several large export market will remain steady growth, Docetaxel an increase of more than 20%, the annual export volume is expected to exceed $ 200 million. In addition, special attention should be the African market, currently 53 countries in Africa, only seven countries, plant extracts from Chinese imports, but a very small share. So Africa is worthy of cultivation of plant extracts export market. Source:www.cospcn.com