Survey on Crude Drug Usage in Japan (2)

Abstract

The survey on the variety, amount and producing countries of crude drugs for medicinal use was conducted among member companies belonging to Japan Kampo Medicines Manufacturers Association in fiscal 2017 and 2018. The results showed that total amount of use and number of items of crude drugs were 25,326 tons of 263 items in 2017, and 26,391 tons of 264 items in 2018, respectively. Comparing production ratios among countries, Japan, China and the other countries produced 10.0%, 83.2% and 6.8% of total amount of use in 2017, respectively. Similarly, each ratio turned to 10.4%, 83.6% and 6.0% in 2018.