Health & Beauty

In the processing workshop of Guangdong Zhongji Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., there are bursts of refreshing medicinal scents in the air. Ginseng, astragalus, coix seed, salvia, tuckahoe... bags of processed Chinese medicinal materials are waiting Sealing, labeling and packaging, this batch of Chinese herbal medicine products will be exported to Hong Kong, Singapore and other places.

With the increasing popularity of healthy consumption concepts and the “bright” performance of the global anti-epidemic, the traditional Chinese medicine of “medicine and food” and “treatment of both symptoms and root causes” has gradually been accepted by more and more people from all over the world, and has become the international medicine field. The new darling".

The reporter learned on the 31st that according to statistics from the Guangdong Branch of the General Administration of Customs, from January to April 2021, the value of Chinese medicinal materials exported nationwide was 1.92 billion yuan, and Guangdong's exports accounted for 14.4% of the country's total, ranking first in the country. Among them, the export of Puning Chinese medicinal materials increased rapidly. From January to April, exports of 18.747 million yuan, an increase of 134.8 times, accounted for 6.8% of the province's exports of Chinese medicinal materials and 0.98% of the country.

It is understood that Puning City, as an important "Southern Medicine" medicine source base and "China Famous City of Traditional Chinese Medicine" in South China, the Chinese medicinal material industry has formed a whole industrial chain model integrating planting, processing, production, and research and development. Chinese medicinal materials are traded in China. It has a long-standing reputation, but for many years, there has been no substantial breakthrough in the export of Chinese medicinal materials.

"Does the export of'medicine and food' Chinese medicinal materials require export food product filing? What are the regulatory requirements for the export of animal-derived medicinal materials?" Sha Fei, a salesperson from Guangdong Zhongji Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., came to Shantou Customs for the first time The office of Puning Customs Office posed a series of questions to customs officers.

Puning Customs, in conjunction with relevant departments, takes effective measures to support industrial development, tailor-made measures to facilitate customs clearance of Chinese medicinal materials, publicize and guide the export inspection and quarantine requirements of Chinese medicinal materials, track and study foreign market regulations and technical standards, crack down on smuggling of Chinese medicinal materials, and assist in the development of intellectual property rights Protect, and fully promote Puning Chinese medicinal materials to "go out". In 2020, Puning added 107 kinds of Chinese medicinal materials such as American ginseng, ginseng, and Dendrobium. This year, 31 kinds of Chinese medicinal materials such as red ginseng, coptis, and Yuzhu have been exported. Chinese medicinal materials have become the "new bright spot" of local foreign trade exports.

According to Cai Bin, Commissioner of Puning Customs, Chinese medicinal materials are plant products with high quarantine and quality and safety risks, and the barriers to international access are relatively high. For example, the export of Chinese medicinal materials to Japan needs to meet the requirements of as many as 23 quality and safety standards such as pesticide residues and microbial content testing; European and American markets have set up various certification and registration systems for the access of Chinese medicinal materials; Malaysia requires that the import of botanicals requires irradiation deal with……

Faced with the problem of "blocking points" in the export of enterprises, Puning Customs established a monitoring team for technical trade measures of Chinese herbal medicines immediately to collect and sort out the laws and regulations, quality inspection standards and quarantine requirements of Chinese herbal medicines in Japan, Southeast Asia and other places. More than 30 pieces of technical and trade information were sent to enterprises in the jurisdiction through the following channels to help enterprises understand and apply foreign standards and requirements. Currently, Puning Chinese medicinal materials export destination countries (regions) have increased from a single region to three, and the number of exported Chinese medicinal materials has increased to more than 130 species.