Inventory of price increase varieties in the medicinal material market in 2021
Looking back at the price increases in 2021, it is nothing more than natural disasters, man-made factors, low-cost species reduction, weak inventory, decline in wild resources, and blocked goods at ports. Some varieties are under the superposition of multiple factors. The price has risen to a new historical high, and the quantity is so large that this is rare in the history of the Chinese medicinal material market.
There are 110 commonly used varieties have increased by more than 25% in 2021, as many as 21 have increased by more than 100%, such as rehmannia, chrysanthemum, and 25 have increased by 50%-100%, such as gardenia, yam and sour jujube seed. 33 between 30%-50%, such as Schisandra, Ophiopogon, 31 between 10%-30%, such as Codonopsis and Angelica, reached a record high for more than 35 varieties.