Market and Potential of TCM Hong Kong Market IT is estaimated that 60% of the HK population have consulted TCM practitioners, and a even higer percentage of the Chinese people consume over-the-counter TCM products regularly. No officical figure of TCM sales in Hong Kong, but it has been estaimated  to be equal to that of western pharmaceuticals sales , that is HK$1.7 billion in 1993.
Over 95% of the TCM medication are imported from China Only about 500, out of 3000, of the available proprietary Chinese medical products are manufactured locally. There are about 100 wholesalers of raw or processed Chinese medicinal materials, and 200-300 propriety Chinese medicine wholesalers in HK. And about 1600 retailing herbral shops established in HK. The retailing market is competitive, but potential.