Chinese pharmaceutical companies exported $1.53 billion worth of medicines and medical consumables last year. The total pharmaceutical export value for December was $147.45 million, slightly greater than November's figure, $146.09 million. China's top group of pharmaceutical exports for December was absorbent cotton, bandages and gauzes, worth $39.89 million.
China's drug exports, Jan. to Dec., 2006
Products Amount (kg) Value ($)
Absorbent cotton, bandage, gauzes 105,296,889 462,163,165
Unnamed drugs composed by mixed or
Unmixed products 40,963,412 187,099,336
Chinese type medicaments 9,012,353 105,733,727
Heparin and its salt 113,601 103,330,958
Unnamed human or animal products for 1,784,289 99,309,754
Disease treatment and prevention
X-ray contrast agents 1,668,734 98,083,213
Unnamed drugs containing two or more 1,508,794 63,333,054
Ingredients with no fixed dosage
Soft packing wadding & similar articles 11,731,251 60,407,472
For medical use
Unnamed drugs containing other anti- 7,971,424 47,110,547
Bacterial
Unnamed articles dressing & other 5,831,856 39,533,220
Articles having an adhesive layer
Drugs containing arteannuin and its 347,530 28,576,202
Derivatives
Other drugs containing vitamins or drugs 4,235,901 19,695,174
Of heading No. 2936
Adhesive plasters 4,160,024 19,028,270
First-aid kits 3,770,681 16,254,246
Other drugs containing penicillin and 4,171,382 14,683,838
Its derivatives
Pientzehuang 3,235 14,453,485
Other drugs containing cefazolin sodium 381,992 13,619,651
Essential balm 2,364,770 11,568,402
Drugs containing streptomycin and its 2,649,161 9,760,705
Derivatives
Dental cements and other dental 235,942 9,627,018
Fillings, bone cements
Ampicillin preparations 2,327,843 9,284,360
Antiserum immunity products 80,310 8,869,209
Human or animal blood products 114,101 8,432,159
Vaccines for animal use 28,171 7,443,232
Drugs containing hormones or drugs of 525,078 7,412,427
Heading No.2937
Vaccines for human use 298,902 7,392,068
Unnamed drugs containing other anti- 262,331 6,798,144
bacterials, with no fixed dosage
Steroid hormones and its derivatives 1,114,514 6,226,684
Sterile surgical catgut, sterile 171,858 5,551,981
laminaria tents
Amoxicillin preparations 369,262 5,064,023
Drugs containing Arteannuin and its 8,409 4,356,673
Derivatives with no fixed dosage
Chinese medicated liquors or wines 1,078,293 2,910,226
Bai Yao 80,767 2,785,250
Ceftriaxone preparations 313,939 2,407,558
Drugs containing sulfonamides 371,040 2,163,043
Extracts of glands and other organs 31,585 2,043,856
Cefotaxime preparations 253,431 1,878,103
Cefoperazone preparations 16,294 1,848,717
Drugs containing quinine and its salts 241,845 1,710,897
Drugs containing insulin 5,302 1,394,108
Other drugs containing penicillin and 113,552 1,338,374
its derivatives with no fixed dosage
Penicillin V preparations 134,637 1,298,475
Other drugs containing alkaloid and its 235,545 1,268,056
Derivatives
Other drugs containing cefradine, with 7,106 1,256,980
No fixed dosage
Cefaclor preparations 1,253 953,941
Drugs containing bifendate 17,458 953,309
Drugs containing sulfonamides with no 63,430 747,850
Fixed dosage
Drugs containing streptomycin and its 10,179 641,580
Derivatives with no fixed dosage
Cefuroxime preparations 17,360 431,514
Gels, lubricants, coupling agents 114,625 412,263
Drugs containing amoxicillin, with no 3,907 297,808
Fixed dosage
Contraceptives containing hormones 1,268 296,918
Other drugs containing cefazolin, with 2,554 243,905
No fixed dosage
Ceftazidime preparations 5,731 226,234
Drugs containing ceftriaxone, with no 2,138 182,118
Fixed dosage
Other drugs containing hormones or 19,416 164,453
Ingredients of heading No.2937, with no
Fixed dosage
Dried gland and other organs, whether 2,057 101,656
Processed in powder
Drugs containing ampicillin with no 7,050 100,381
Fixed dosage
Drugs containing penicillin V with no 5,358 98,118
Fixed dosage
Blood typing reagents 24,045 79,969
Contraceptives with ingredients of 2,168 79,800
Heading No.2937
Other drugs containing alkaloid and its 2,501 75,247
Derivatives
Ceftezole preparations 4,235 47,972
Drugs containing insulin, with no fixed 136 37,951
Dosage
Drugs containing cefotaxime with no 380 37,581
Fixed dosage
Drugs containing quinine and its salt, 2,447 35,677
With no fixed dosage
Drugs containing cefuroxime with no 100 30,243
Fixed dosage
Drugs containing cefoperazone with no 85 11,380
Fixed dosage
Cefoxitin preparations 400 720
Genetic material genetically modified 3 310
Organisms
Bacteria and viruses 1 120
Source: China Customs
"Unnamed drugs" or "other drugs" in the following table refer to various drugs whose import values are quite small, which China Customs has grouped together for convenience.
Source:未知