Price trend of barks for berberine HCl extract
The dried barks of Phellodendron chinense Schneid(Cortex Phellodendri) is one of the sources of Berberine Hydrochloride(Berberine HCl) extract. The price of Phellodendron Chineses schneid barks is now on a high level than in past years, will it go on rising? Here below we try to talk about the price trend of barks for berberine HCl extract.
The dried bark of Phellodendron chinense Schneid is one of the more commonly used bark species in China. Berberine HCl is a good plant-based treatment for diarrhea in China, and one of the choices to lower the level of cholesterol or other fats (lipids) in the blood (hyperlipidemia).
Which places are the authentic sources of the barks for berberine HCl extract?
Chuan Huang bai, Chuan Cortex Phellodendron, is the main raw material barks for berberine HCl extract. The price and price trend of the barks we talk here are that of Chuan Huangbai barks.
the main producing provinces of Chuan Huangbai are as follows:
✅Sichuan
✅Chongqing
✅Guizhou
✅Hunan
✅Hubei
✅Yunnan
✅Guangxi
✅Shaanxi in China, among which Sichuan is the top one in quality and quantity. The main producing area in Sichuan are Ya’an, Leshan, and Mianyang, especially counties in Ya’an are the main producing areas of Phellodendris chinense in the following:
✅Yingjing
✅Hanyuan
✅Tianquan
✅Shimian
✅Lushan
✅Baoxing.Among all, the barks that originated in Tianquan are the sure premium.
The price of the producing area here is mainly from Sichuan province.
When is the harvest time of the raw material barks for berberine HCl extract?
The Phellodendron chinense Schneid, a raw material of berberine HCl, is not a wild plant, but cultivated. Generally, it takes 15~20 years to grow and wait from planting to harvest.
The harvest season is April, May, and June every year, when the average temperature reaches 22~26℃. In Sichuan, we start from the Qingming, the fifth solar term.
It’s Grain rain here at the end of April, and the producing area of Phellodendron is in the new harvest season. Three batches of barks have arrived at our manufacturing site in Pengzhou.
What was the price of the barks for berberine HCl before the harvest?
Price of barks for berberine HCl over the past 10 years
The price of the fresh barks of berberine HCl raw materials went up and down over the past 10 years, but it rose from RMB5to 17 in general.
✅It went upward from 2002 to the end of 2010, while it varied much from 2011 to the beginning of 2013 from RMB 22 to 15.
✅From 2014 to 2018, it went down slowly.
✅After 2019, the cork market went out of a long-term upward trend.
✅From 2019 to 2022, the price of cork has risen steadily, and the purchase price of fresh barks has risen year by year.
Price of Huangbai barks for berberine HCl in the past year
The price increase in 2021 is the largest one in recent years, for the barks of Phellodendron chinense Schneid. The price has refreshed the market history and surged to 32 in December 2021🔝.
Especially at the end of last year, the bark price rose from RMB18 in the same period last year to RMB 33 in Dec 2021, nearly a 70% rocket in the past two years.
The price of Huangbai barks for berberine HCl over the past month.
The price of fresh bark was at RMB30~33/kg in the past month, it kept relatively stable in the 30 days.
The price trend of barks for berberine HCl extract in coming months
The production area of Phellodendron barks for berberine HCl is now in a new harvest season, the bark supply shall be richer than in the past months. The price of the barks stopped rising from the harvest started with more supplies.
If there is no special reason, we believe the price of the barks keeps stable, and the price trend of the barks for berberine HCl will remain stable at a high level of about RMB30/kg in the coming months.
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