Abstract:

The overall development of castor industry in China was analyzed from a perspective of castor industrial chain consisting of castor bean plantation, processing and marketing of castor-related products. The four bottlenecks affecting the healthy development of castor industrial chain in China were unfavorable environment, inadequate supply of raw materials, low utilization rate of products, and backward marketing. Countermeasures including constructing a favorable industrial environment, building the supplying bases of raw material, developing and marketing castor-related products, were proposed to promote the development of castor industry in China.