| nese Medicine & Health Products Import and | | | | data, the financial crisis will coerced these negative |
| Export Chamber of Commerce (hereinafter | | | | factors in 2009 Chinese medicine trade into the |
| referred to as Medical Insurance Association) | | | | "winter period" . |
| recently released the 2008 full year data of | | | | Why the European Union "not cold" |
| China's import and export of traditional Chinese | | | | Apart from the financial crisis, countries in the |
| medicines. Data show that import and export of | | | | world, regulations of herbal medicine exports to |
| traditional Chinese medicines in the past year to | | | | China set up a series of hurdles. The world's |
| maintain the overall stable development | | | | countries are gradually implementing legislation on |
| momentum, but also began to reveal signs of | | | | traditional medicine, management, on the one hand |
| fatigue, especially Chinese medicine, there has | | | | from a legal perspective established the status of |
| been the phenomenon of imports than exports. | | | | Chinese herbal medicine, Chinese herbal medicine |
| Obviously, how to go out and even go better, will | | | | on the other hand also increased the threshold of |
| be crucial to the future of China's medicine export | | | | going global. The EU is the main export markets, |
| of the road, but also much-needed modernization | | | | drug consumption, the concept of national income, |
| of Chinese medicine to address questions. | | | | as well as such factors as level of health care has |
| Stability are hidden | | | | created its strong market potential. Therefore, |
| In 2008, Chinese medicine import and export | | | | the traditional Chinese medicine companies need |
| volume reached 1.752 billion U.S. dollars, a record | | | | to do this done their homework in the "winter |
| high, up 14.08 percent growth rate was 3.5 | | | | period" to accumulate strength, and so on to |
| percentage points higher than in 2007. Among | | | | "spring." |
| them, imported 443 million U.S. dollars, up 24.46 | | | | Adopted in March 2004 in accordance with the |
| percent, higher than in 2007, up 5.2 percentage | | | | European "traditional herbal registration process |
| points; exports 1.309 billion U.S. dollars, up 10.94 | | | | instruction" (hereinafter "the Directive"), since |
| percent, higher than in 2007, up 2.8 percentage | | | | 2011, all traditional medicines sold in Europe must |
| points, the trade surplus reached 866 million U.S. | | | | be registered "drugs" there. "Instructions" on the |
| dollars. | | | | long-term sales in the European Union but not to |
| It is reported that in 2008, global trade with China | | | | drug registration of herbal products as drug listing |
| in traditional Chinese medicine as many as 163 | | | | requirements in a series of simplified registration |
| countries, Asian and European countries are still | | | | requirements, such as: Traditional Herbal Medicinal |
| the main export markets of Chinese medicine | | | | Products within the European Union have applied |
| products. Among them, Asia's trade volume | | | | for more than 30 years of proof, or 15 has been |
| reached 1.13 billion, an increase of 11.79%, average | | | | applied within the European Union years, more |
| price increase of 31.93 percent year on year, the | | | | than 30 years outside of the EU application of |
| Chinese medicine trade with Asian countries the | | | | proof may be required to provide proof of clinical |
| proportion of total trade accounted for 64.41%. | | | | trials. No doubt, this is a shortcut. |
| However, the overall steady growth, the export | | | | Urgent communication and co - |
| growth rate of each sub-class has been quietly | | | | China Chinese Academy of Sciences, Professor |
| changing. In 2008, China's export volume of | | | | Ye Zuguang suggestions: on the one hand, our |
| Chinese herbal medicines and Pieces fell 24.56%, | | | | government should strengthen communication |
| export value increased by 5.7% growth rate is | | | | with the European authorities should place more |
| slowing down, a larger price increase year on | | | | emphasis on drug safety of our attention to the |
| year, up 40.12 percent. Pieces of China's exports | | | | hope that these countries would recognize China's |
| to Asia of Chinese herbal medicines and the | | | | GMP, from the enterprise through our GMP |
| proportion as high as 81.08%, but exports to Asia | | | | imported Chinese herbal medicine, This |
| market for Chinese medicines have been | | | | transformation can reduce the huge costs of |
| withering. Which has been driving China's main | | | | GMP; the other hand, the EU Commission herbal |
| export varieties of traditional Chinese medicine - | | | | medicine because of the lack of a better |
| traditional Chinese medicine extract, although its | | | | understanding of the experts, the European Union |
| still the biggest export value last year, the first | | | | list of the traditional preparation of the slow |
| export of traditional Chinese medicines, but the | | | | progress in medicine, traditional Chinese medicines |
| growth has slowed down. Chinese medicine import | | | | are not included in the preparation of plans, China |
| and export a steady growth, export trade | | | | is now, through the Ministry of Science and , Food |
| reached 354 million U.S. dollars, up 17.67 percent, | | | | and Drug Administration and other communication |
| but imports more than exports, and is the first | | | | with the European Union to participate in writing |
| time since 1995, a deficit; health care products | | | | with the directory will be conducive to traditional |
| trade deficit amounted to 21.1 million U.S. dollars, | | | | Chinese medicine to enter the EU. |
| import increased 15 percentage points higher than | | | | Recent note, the State Pharmaceutical |
| the export growth momentum. | | | | Administration Department of International |
| Analysts believe that 2009 will be a global financial | | | | Cooperation has signed a memorandum of |
| crisis further exacerbated the impact on the | | | | cooperation with the medical insurance |
| Chinese medicine trade a year, due to Chinese | | | | associations to the advantage of their strengths |
| medicine products in foreign countries are used | | | | together to promote international business |
| for dietary supplements, food, food additives and | | | | activities of Chinese medicine, Chinese medicine to |
| other areas, with the chemical compared to the | | | | expand the international market. SATCM Li |
| elasticity of demand is relatively larger. In addition, | | | | Daning, deputy director at the signing ceremony, |
| the RMB appreciation, some foreign importers | | | | said: Government should help the domestic |
| closure of the consumer market shrinking, will | | | | enterprises to the world. |
| influence the consumption of traditional Chinese | | | | It is reported that in 2009 the state increase its |
| medicine to international, from the 2008 full-year | | | | efforts to foster corporate policy year. |