API is a Chinese medicine export products accounts for a large proportion in a category. Customs statistics show that in recent years our country API export proportion present a downward trend. Had less than 50% of the total in 2012, only 46% in 2013, to a record low. Picked up in the first four months of this year, to 49%, but throughout the year accounted for more than can be recovered to the level be seen.

China's export market pattern basically stable API. In 2013, the Chinese API in total exports to 183 countries and regions, to Asia, Europe, North America, the three big exports accounted for 88.5% of the market. The first four months of the year, API exported to 177 countries and regions in our country, the three major market share rose to 88.8%.

API of import and export enterprises in our country in 2013 to 9260, 2012 less than in 2012. The private enterprise is the main force of API exports, 7119 private enterprises exported $12.6 billion worth of API 2013. From the data depends on the API export enterprises in our country is still in a more decentralized state.

The API export mainly concentrated in coastal areas of our country. Zhejiang, jiangsu, shandong, Shanghai and hebei API exports accounted for 68% API export proportion of the national. Part of growing international order transfer, international trade environment, increasingly strict regulation system is China's domestic export pressure is the main source of API.