Himfr.com Reports Chinese medicine export situation worse, with 13 years of the current trade deficit in the first

nese Medicine & Health Products Import anddata, the financial crisis will coerced these negative
Export Chamber of Commerce (hereinafterfactors in 2009 Chinese medicine trade into the
referred to as Medical Insurance Association)"winter period" .
recently released the 2008 full year data ofWhy the European Union "not cold"
China's import and export of traditional ChineseApart from the financial crisis, countries in the
medicines. Data show that import and export ofworld, regulations of herbal medicine exports to
traditional Chinese medicines in the past year toChina set up a series of hurdles. The world's
maintain the overall stable developmentcountries are gradually implementing legislation on
momentum, but also began to reveal signs oftraditional medicine, management, on the one hand
fatigue, especially Chinese medicine, there hasfrom 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, willon the other hand also increased the threshold of
be crucial to the future of China's medicine exportgoing global. The EU is the main export markets,
of the road, but also much-needed modernizationdrug 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 hiddencreated its strong market potential. Therefore,
In 2008, Chinese medicine import and exportthe traditional Chinese medicine companies need
volume reached 1.752 billion U.S. dollars, a recordto do this done their homework in the "winter
high, up 14.08 percent growth rate was 3.5period" to accumulate strength, and so on to
percentage points higher than in 2007. Among"spring."
them, imported 443 million U.S. dollars, up 24.46Adopted in March 2004 in accordance with the
percent, higher than in 2007, up 5.2 percentageEuropean "traditional herbal registration process
points; exports 1.309 billion U.S. dollars, up 10.94instruction" (hereinafter "the Directive"), since
percent, higher than in 2007, up 2.8 percentage2011, 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 Chinadrug registration of herbal products as drug listing
in traditional Chinese medicine as many as 163requirements in a series of simplified registration
countries, Asian and European countries are stillrequirements, such as: Traditional Herbal Medicinal
the main export markets of Chinese medicineProducts within the European Union have applied
products. Among them, Asia's trade volumefor more than 30 years of proof, or 15 has been
reached 1.13 billion, an increase of 11.79%, averageapplied within the European Union years, more
price increase of 31.93 percent year on year, thethan 30 years outside of the EU application of
Chinese medicine trade with Asian countries theproof 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 exportUrgent communication and co -
growth rate of each sub-class has been quietlyChina Chinese Academy of Sciences, Professor
changing. In 2008, China's export volume ofYe 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 iswith the European authorities should place more
slowing down, a larger price increase year onemphasis on drug safety of our attention to the
year, up 40.12 percent. Pieces of China's exportshope that these countries would recognize China's
to Asia of Chinese herbal medicines and theGMP, from the enterprise through our GMP
proportion as high as 81.08%, but exports to Asiaimported Chinese herbal medicine, This
market for Chinese medicines have beentransformation can reduce the huge costs of
withering. Which has been driving China's mainGMP; 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 itsunderstanding of the experts, the European Union
still the biggest export value last year, the firstlist of the traditional preparation of the slow
export of traditional Chinese medicines, but theprogress in medicine, traditional Chinese medicines
growth has slowed down. Chinese medicine importare not included in the preparation of plans, China
and export a steady growth, export tradeis 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 firstwith the European Union to participate in writing
time since 1995, a deficit; health care productswith 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 thanRecent note, the State Pharmaceutical
the export growth momentum.Administration Department of International
Analysts believe that 2009 will be a global financialCooperation has signed a memorandum of
crisis further exacerbated the impact on thecooperation with the medical insurance
Chinese medicine trade a year, due to Chineseassociations to the advantage of their strengths
medicine products in foreign countries are usedtogether to promote international business
for dietary supplements, food, food additives andactivities of Chinese medicine, Chinese medicine to
other areas, with the chemical compared to theexpand 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 importerssaid: Government should help the domestic
closure of the consumer market shrinking, willenterprises to the world.
influence the consumption of traditional ChineseIt is reported that in 2009 the state increase its
medicine to international, from the 2008 full-yearefforts to foster corporate policy year.