Current Situation, Problems and Strategies of Cassia Oil Industry in China

The production area,yield distribution,production process,influence factors of yield, as well as the deep processed products of Chinese cassia oil were throughly analyzed. It was pointed out that Chinese cassia oil was manily produced in the Xijiang River basin of Guangdong and Guangxi, and about 60% were used for deep processing. The new process and the old process coexisted. The new process was more suitable for the deep processing of cassia oil to produce natural cinnamaldehyde and benzaldehyde. At present, the problems of the development of China's cassia oil industry mainly included raw material harvesting, environmental protection laws and utilization of residues. It was suggested that a strong industry association should be established to promote the healthy development of the whole industry chain of cassia.