China and Vietnam provide 70 % and East Africa 20 % of the raw plant material. Seedling are grown in nurseries and then transplanted into fields. It takes about 8 mounts for them to reach full size. Artemisinin is extracted using solvent, typically hexane.
The market price for artemisinin has fluctuated widely, with price quoted at around $750/kg in 2011.
Chemical total synthesis has never been successfully applied in industrial scale.