Pharmaceutical intermediates are materials produced by pharmaceutical processes that can only become a kind of material after relatively complex production. Pharmaceutical intermediates are formed by chemical synthesis of basic chemicals, and then raw materials are further formed. Pharmaceutical transactions are strictly required in foreign trade transactions, which belong to one of the six categories of dangerous goods. How can we improve the delivery rate in the process of foreign trade transactions? This article takes the export of pharmaceutical intermediates as an example to help foreign traders successfully export pharmaceutical products.
1〠Understand the development of foreign trade in China's pharmaceutical intermediate industry
According to the data, the pharmaceutical market around the world is showing an upward trend. Compared with the revenue of about 700 billion US dollars in 2010, it has grown to nearly 900 billion US dollars. Medical products are a large demand for foreign trade goods in the world. With the increase of the global population, the continuous improvement of medical and health technology, China's medical technology has made rapid progress, while the overall level of medicine in the world is still relatively low, Only some developed countries have a relatively high level of medical care, so the demand for Chinese medical intermediates has also increased dramatically. In the choice of export products for foreign traders, medicine has become a rigid demand. From the perspective of the industrial chain, the current domestic listed companies are still at the low end of the industrial chain. Whether in professional medical care or services, the core pharmaceutical intermediates or the most important driving force, in the next few years, the world's new drugs such as anti rheumatism, brain function improvement drugs, anti AIDS drugs, antidepressants and other drugs are still in urgent need of development and research. China, as a major producer, It has a very bright prospect for the pharmaceutical export trade industry.
2〠Select appropriate export channels
Hong Kong and Shenzhen Customs are more suitable for exporting pharmaceutical intermediates because of the nature of drugs, which leads to the high value of most goods, and the export volume does not reach the export volume of other export goods. Therefore, it is more suitable to export goods by express delivery. In addition, some places in Hong Kong allow regular dangerous goods to be sent by express delivery, and have such special transport channels, It eliminates the cumbersome process brought about by ordinary transportation methods and improves the efficiency of foreign trade export. Shenzhen logistics specialty can also transport pharmaceutical raw materials, pesticide raw materials and various liquid powders. It also provides air, sea and express transportation. The transportation modes are diverse, which can provide certain convenience for foreign trade transportation to a certain extent. Pharmaceutical foreign trade workers can actively seek similar transportation modes, which can form their own export transportation chain for emergencies.
3〠Analyze the prospect through the production characteristics of pharmaceutical intermediates
Most of the enterprises engaged in pharmaceutical intermediates are private enterprises. Private enterprises have a flexible operation mode and a large investment scale. They are especially suitable for exporting various foreign-funded enterprises. The saturation is not very full, which gives great opportunities to foreign trade operators who want to engage in foreign trade in pharmaceutical intermediates. China needs more than 2000 kinds of raw materials and intermediates every year, and the demand is more than 2.5 million tons, With such a rich variety of raw materials and basic supporting facilities, only a few of them need to be imported. The low price of raw materials has realized a large export demand for foreign trade. Secondly, pharmaceutical manufacturers are relatively concentrated, and can provide foreign trade supply and export to regions with high tolerance and large demand. The products of drugs are also updated rapidly. As long as new technology resources or supplies are available, medical development is concerned, and foreign trade cooperation is discussed with suppliers in advance, large profits can be achieved in foreign trade regions with large demand. Moreover, compared with APIs, pharmaceutical intermediates have lower costs, but the production processes of APIs and intermediates are very similar. Many enterprises use these advantages to produce pharmaceutical intermediates from raw materials themselves. Nowadays, the demand for some drugs such as phenylacetic acid and fluoropyridine intermediates continues to increase. As foreign traders, we should be good at learning foreign trade data through big data, and deal with selling points through data oriented analysis, which will provide us with more profit margins.
Original author: Tina. Zeng
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