Survey on Crude Drug Usage in Japan (3)

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 2019 and 2020. The results showed that total amount of use and number of items of crude drugs were 27,240 tons of 273 items in 2019, and 27,997 tons of 276 items in 2020, respectively. Comparing production ratios among countries, Japan, China and the other countries produced 9.9%, 83.8% and 6.3% of the total amount used in 2019, respectively. Similarly, each ratio turned to 10.3%, 82.7% and 7.0% in 2020.