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Sales of Chinese-grown ginseng have spiked recently as a substitute for costlier imports, said a salesperson at a Chinese medicine shop in Baotou, Inner Mongolia.
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Ginseng exports hampered by pandemic barriers

A lack of visiting buyers from China has created a glut in storage in Canada

By Farah Master, Rod Nickel October 26, 2020
Reuters – The pandemic’s crushing effect on international travel has grounded Canadian exports of ginseng, a root widely used in Asia to treat everything from the common cold to impotency, […] Read more

Canadian ginseng, whose shipments to Hong Kong have plummeted since COVID-19 infections peaked in Canada this spring and travel restrictions took effect, is seen in southwestern Ontario’s Norfolk County in this undated photograph. (Handout photo courtesy Helen Mels via Reuters)
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Ginseng piling up in Canada despite Chinese demand

Travel restrictions depress new-crop sales

By Farah Master, Rod Nickel September 30, 2020
Winnipeg/Hong Kong | Reuters — The pandemic’s crushing effect on international travel has grounded Canadian exports of ginseng, a root widely used in Asia to treat everything from the common […] Read more


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