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Last Update: Dec 31st, 2001
Herbal Extracts & Traditional Chinese Medicines
Sample of Market Analysis
I. News Collection
 
Yunnan Ruibao to Increase the Export of Natural Pigment (Last update: 12/3/2001)
Yunnan Ruibao Natural Pigment Co., Ltd. cooperated with Tianjin Nankai University to develop the downstream products of natural colors. They solved the odor problem during the production. Now they become the largest manufacturer of radish red and red cabbage pigment, totally 7-8 pigment species. In year 2000 the sales turnover in this company is RMB3 million. 90% of the total production is exported to Japan, Korea, Europe and USA.
 
Yibin to Form the Largest Camphor Tree Plantation Base (Last update: 11/21/2001)
Camphor tree is a source of natural flavors. The oil of camphor tree is used to extract sassafras oil. By October 2001, the production of sassafras oil in Yibin, Sichuan, is 1,200MT, earning over USD4.5 million for local government. Yibin city plans to allocate around 3,300 hectares for the plantation of camphor tree in the future two years.
 
Yunnan Herbal Pharma Company Established (Last Update: 11/10/2001)
Yunnan Herbal Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. was established recently in Kunming. The total investment for this company is RMB44.6 million. The share holders are: Hong Kong New World Medicine Investment Co., Ltd. (sharing 70%) and Yunnan Medicine Group (sharing 30%). It is reported that this is the fourth investment project of Hong Kong New World Group.
 
Deep Processing of Cynanchum Bunaei Succeeded in Jiangsu (Last update: 10/20/2001)
The technology to extract cynanchum bunaei in Jiangsu Binhai Jinfang Company has passed appraisal from concerning authority recently. It is reported that this company will invest RMB10 million to develop cynanchum bunaei extract. Cynanchum bunaei is a native product in China. 95% of the total production of cynanchum bunaei comes from Jiangsu Province Haibin County. At present the annual plantation area of cynanchum bunaei in this county is 13,300 hectares and the annual production is 200,000MT. .
 
Hebei Decides to Build Seabuckthorn Industrial Zone (Last update: 10/13/2001)
Hebei Shenxing Group plans to build seabuckthorn zone engaging the research and development of this plant. According to the plan, this zone is consisting of two parts: science & technology zone and industrial zone. The construction of latter one will comply with the GMP standard. In the future this zone will produce seabuckthorn nutritional food, beverage, pharmaceutical and cosmetics. Hebei Shenxing Group began the seabuckthorn business in 1999. Now they have a 66,000 hectare plantation base of seabuckthorn in Liaoning Province, and a R & D center in Hebei province. The products in this group include seabuckthorn juice, seabuckthorn oil, seabuckthorn flavones, etc.
 
Jiusan Group to Develop Soybean Downstream Products (Last Update: 10/12/2001)
Heilongjiang Jiusan Oil & Fat Group Hiukang Food Co. Ltd. starts to build a factory to produce soybean downstream products include natural vitamin E, soybean isoflavone, soybean isolated protein, etc. It is expected that the annual production value of this project will be RMB800 million, and it will process nearly one third of the total soybean produced in Heilongjiang Province.
 
Yunnan Fuyuan to Set Up Ginkgo Plantation Base (Last Update: 10/08/2001)
During the Ninth-Five-year, Yunnan Fuyuan County fasten the development of ginkgo resource. They have planted total 7,000 hectares of ginkgo tree. At present the annual production of ginkgo nut is 20MT and the ginkgo leaf is 200MT. In addition they also set up a extract factory to produce ginkgo nutritional products like wine, tea, juice, etc. It is reported that their product has been exported to Southeast Asia.
 
Gansu to Develop Soybean Protein (Last Update: 10/05/2001)
Gansu Tianyuan Soybean Protein Co., Ltd. established recently. This company will conduct research and production of soybean downstream products. It is reported that the technology and key equipment will be introduced from USA. The total investment for this project is RMB103 million. The production period is scheduled to be 18 months. After the construction this company can process soybean 30,000MT/year, producing soybean protein 3,000MT/year, tissue protein 4,200MT/year, soybean oil 4,800MT/year and soybean meal 2,800MT/year. The annual sales turnover will be RMB89 million.
 
Resveratrol Extraction Technology Passes Appraisal (Last Update: 09/20/2001)
The technology to extract resveratrol from giant knotweed rhizome has passed appraisal from Shaanxi Province. This technology was developed by Shaanxi Light Industry Research & Design Institute who began the research in 1999. Resveratrol is the killer of COX-2 which leads to tumor. The antioxidant property of resveratrol is higher than that of vitamin E. At present Shaanxi Light Industry Research & Design Institute can produce 400kg/year resveratrol 99%. The product has been exported to USA, France, Korea, etc.