subject: Qualitative change in the market in 2007 API Reasons - bulk drugs, vitamins - the pharmaceutical industry [print this page] Qualitative change in the market in 2007 API Reasons - bulk drugs, vitamins - the pharmaceutical industry
API China 2007, a qualitative change occurred in the market, first of all depends on the state actively encouraged the policy followed by the result of China's abundant natural resources, cheap cost, they are considered the advantages of China's export bulk drugs. In addition, there is a prominent phenomenon had to mention: rising prices.
As the bulk API, one of the important vitamins products, price increases can be called full coverage.
-Year growth rate of more than 200 of some products
% 2007 ~ September 1, vitamins in a high rise, including calcium pantothenate, vitamin B2, folic acid, vitamin C, vitamin E, some product growth rate of over 200% year on year. One of these products, China controls over 50% to 80% of capacity.
Vitamin C and B family, pantothenic acid, folic acid, niacin, biotin (vitamin H) and other water-soluble vitamins are made in China, the largest category of sales. So far, the bulk drug products, raw materials prices generally rise, thanks to the Chinese medicine industry in the global raw materials have a certain right to speak, internationally leading position, especially as the penicillin industrial salt, vitamin C and other products in the global market share a share.
Recent years, demand driven product prices, coupled with the high cost of raw material medicine this year, the state's stringent environmental policy implementation, raw material drug companies had to make the price increase, especially in the production and export volume accounts for a certain proportion of enterprises in the new situation this year benefit. Present situation, mainly the rapid growth of additives and pharmaceutical industry led the development of vitamin.
Rapid export growth 2007 ~ September 1, vitamins API exports amounted to 785 million U.S. dollars, export volumes reached 102,100 tons, apparent that export large amount of growth. Vitamin Type in exports, still accounts for the bulk of water-soluble vitamins.
Recent years, with the globalization of pharmaceutical industry transfer of bulk pharmaceutical intermediates producer of raw materials to manufacturing advanced, lower cost, labor surplus in China, such as vitamin products in China has become the bulk raw material medicine, the next few transfer of the case in more and more.
Greater product price changes Calcium pantothenate calcium pantothenate (vitamin B5) is the prices of all vitamin products in the first class products.
Under long-term monitoring data, since January this year, D-calcium pantothenate export prices continued to rise, the month the average price in the 77,000 / ton (excluding tax), compared with the fourth quarter of 2006, 59,000 / tonne (excluding tax ) The average price rose 30%. The product prices in June this year rose to 170 yuan / kg, an increase of as much as 140%, in September quote up to 190 yuan / kg. Is still maintained at 160 ~ 170 yuan / kg price. Global production capacity mainly by Zhe Jiang Xinfu Pharmaceutical control, its annual production capacity of 6,000 tons, 1 September is also stepped up export prices. Vitamin B2 Guangji Pharmaceutical
the industry has become the vitamin B2 (riboflavin) is synonymous with the current product has been living in the riboflavin industry leader status, the existing capacity of 2300 tons, more than the Netherlands, DSM ( 2000 tons) and Germany's BASF (1,500 tons), ranking first in the world.
Vitamin B2 in March this year since prices have been rising, the domestic market Haidisainuo Vitamin Co. ceased production, the international BASF has reduced production of vitamin B2 in Europe led to shortages, accelerated the pace of export prices. In June, the market price of Vitamin B2 has been as high as 650 ~ 700 yuan / kg. Until August due to severe shortages caused prices soaring to nearly 1,000 yuan / kg, to the end of September began, prices have come down to stabilize supply and demand, the price of feed grade now down to 700 ~ 730 yuan / kg.
The product is a very prosperous year, one of the products, domestic competitors involved in the industry began to emerge, "cake" who often have more to share. Therefore, early next year the price should be stable and have come down in September this year, the export price should also be the highest point (These prices are 80% of the specifications). Vitamin C vitamin
series this year in "full economy", when vitamin C is also unjustified scenery. Although prices rose to record high prices, but did not last long, exports in June quoted at 11 U.S. dollars / kg, tight supply, to begin to decline in August, about 9 ~ 10 dollars / kg in the current price of basic 7 U.S. dollars / kg, down very fast, several major manufacturers is to resume normal production, or in a situation of supply exceeding demand.
Although domestic offer high, but the transaction on exports is not so high, the average price in June reached 5.11 U.S. dollars / kg, 1 May, the average price of almost no breakthrough in four U.S. dollars / kg, export volume is not much change.
