October 21, the Eighth China - ASEAN Expo opened in Nanning, the Chinese Government leaders attended the opening ceremony and delivered an important speech, highlighting the Government's exchange and cooperation between China and ASEAN, the degree of attention. Followed by significantly reduced or even zero tariff tariffs, customs clearance will be more convenient, will greatly promote China's economic and trade cooperation with ASEAN countries.
Some Chinese provinces and cities in the Chinese medicine trade with ASEAN countries in a unique geographical advantage, and the concentration of Chinese in the region, similar to drug habits. In addition, the ASEAN population of nearly 700 million in recent years, with population and economic growth, local people's growing awareness of health care, the growing demand for traditional medicine, particularly in the ASEAN region, mostly in developing countries, pharmaceutical raw materials industrial base is relatively weak, high dependence on imported drugs. These are traditional Chinese medicine pharmaceutical companies to develop the ASEAN market advantage.
August 2011, the Chinese medicine trade amounted to $ 47.4 billion, of which Chinese trade volume was 19.4 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 42%. Meanwhile, China-ASEAN trade volume reached $ 268 million of Chinese medicine, an increase of 21.31%; which the Chinese exports to ASEAN China $ 209 million, an increase of 15%; China Chinese imports from ASEAN total amount of $ 58,770,000, an increase of 51%. Thus, China - ASEAN trade is medicine onto the track of rapid development
Eight months of 2011, Chinese exports to ASEAN China basically stable, exports grew only in July was largely due to a substantial increase in exports to Singapore due to eucalyptus oil.
The first half of this year, China imported from ASEAN, an increase of Chinese medicine was largely because the bird's nest from Malaysia imports a substantial amount of growth in the past two months and gradually increase steadily.
Chinese Herbal Medicine and extracts the main
Chinese crude drugs and extracts ASEAN has been China's export Chinese goods accounted for 80% of the total. Beginning last year, Glutathione Chinese exports to ASEAN herbal medicines has remained steady state, the average export price increased 11% year on year, mainly exports to chrysanthemum, ginseng, Codonopsis, Astragalus, Atractylodes, rhubarb, yellow seeds, wolfberry and cumin sub- other; which the rapid rise in export prices for Codonopsis and Astragalus, export prices fell faster for ginseng; exports grew faster as ginseng, exports fell faster for Pinellia. China's exports to ASEAN's major commodity extract eucalyptus oil, fennel oil and inositol, which from January to August as exports rose faster fennel oil products, exports fell faster product citronella oil.
Chrysanthemum: Chrysanthemum in China to ASEAN's largest export product, the first eight months of this year, export volume and prices are relatively stable, the export destination for Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia and Thailand, the main export provinces and cities in Zhejiang, Guangxi and Anhui.
Ginseng: As China to ASEAN's second largest export product, the first eight months of this year, Resveratrol although the number of ginseng exports grew 22%, but there is a huge decline in export prices. Chinese ginseng exports to ASEAN countries for the primary purpose of Malaysia and Singapore.
Codonopsis: the first eight months of this year, China's exports to ASEAN increased rapidly Codonopsis price, currently $ 1.27 USD / kg, up 48% year on year, the main export destination for Singapore and Malaysia, the main export areas of Sichuan.
Substantial increase in imports of fish oil bird's nest
Last year, China imported from ASEAN surge in the number of fish oil, mainly in Guangdong Province, Vietnam's crude fish oil (for feed additive) increase in demand. August 1 this year, China imported from ASEAN and the amount of fish oil a slight increase compared to last year 3.6%, prices rose by 20%.
China imports mainly from the bird's nest the ASEAN region, Malaysia and Indonesia, Plant extracts because the domestic market price is higher than the nests and other countries in Southeast Asia, there is a larger profit margin. In 2010, China imported from ASEAN nest number 9229 kg, an increase of 32%; the import price of $ 1,393 / kg, an increase of 42%. January to August, China imported from ASEAN number of 7312 kg of bird's nest, an increase of 5.30%; import price of $ 2,076 / kg, an increase of 60%. Source:www.cospcn.com