The article reviews methods of transportation for various types of imported medicinal plant materials of ginseng roots from China to the Russian Federation, with due consideration for risks. | Supply chain of the imported ginseng medicinal plant materials for the pharmaceutical industry of the Russian federation Uncertain Supply Chain Management 8 2020 225 230 Contents lists available at GrowingScience Uncertain Supply Chain Management homepage uscm Supply chain of the imported ginseng medicinal plant materials for the pharmaceutical industry of the Russian federation . Litvinovaa . Glazkovaa . Levaginaa . Shalyapinаa and . Sheinaa a Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University 8 Trubetskaya St. bldg. 2 Moscow 119991 Russian Federation CHRONICLE ABSTRACT Article history The article reviews methods of transportation for various types of imported medicinal plant Received June 5 2019 materials of ginseng roots from China to the Russian Federation with due consideration for Received in revised format June risks. Logistic supply chains for ginseng roots have been developed and proposed based on the 25 2019 systemic method of research and the information analytical method. The optimal method for Accepted July 2 2019 Available online transportation of pharmaceutical substances of plant origin is chosen on the basis of the priority July 2 2019 criteria for the cargo owner as well as with due consideration for the peculiarities of the type Keywords of medicinal plant materials of ginseng roots. Supply chain of medicinal plant material Ginseng roots Supply chain risks Herbal drugs Pharmaceutical substances of plant origin 2020 by the authors licensee Growing Science Canada. 1. Introduction An important criterion for the successful sale of a medication and pharmacy assortment is to find the optimal way from the manufacturer to the consumer. Supply should be as gentle and thoughtful as possible in order to avoid transportation costs and losses. Supply of goods to the pharmacy organization assumes that each batch of medications has passed a quality check and was subjected to temporary storage in warehouses. Besides it is .