Medical device exports strong future inflation pressure greater

In 2008, China medical device industry foreign trade growth remains strong, but future inflation will face enormous challenges.

According to customs statistics, in the first half of the total imports and exports of Chinese medical device 74.2 billion, an increase of 32.09%, the proportion of the national pharmaceutical export 31.2%. Where exports 49.7 billion, an increase of 35.48%; imports 24.54 billion, an increase of 25.74%. Export growth higher than imports increase of nearly 10 percentage points, the amount of an expanded 11.4 trade surplus.

Medical device industry in recent years, rapid development benefit from domestic manufacturing capacity upgrades and technological innovation, and gradually become the world's manufacturing center "medical devices", such as GE, Siemens, Philips, and other multinational corporations in Huajian joint venture factory or independent research and development, through technology transfer and promote the quality of our products, medical devices and compensate for independent product upgrades provide useful assistance in product exports continue to be the main force.

At the same time, domestic MINDRAY, friendship, creativity, Xinhua Enterprise B Ultra, monitor, anesthesia machine, ventilator, clinical monitoring equipment has been basically covering domestic mid-tier market, some products in international markets has been a considerable share. However, our high-end products, such as MRI, linear accelerator, and other key technologies and processes in Europe, still and have a certain gap in developed countries, the key is the lack of independent intellectual property rights, there is need for industrial restructuring and policy support. But as sea turtles, entrepreneurship, will lead a group of private enterprises to high-end product innovation has taken a step ahead of the medical device industry-invasive development has laid a good foundation.

The main export products in the first half of medical equipment to medical accessories, surgical instruments, disposable supplies, b-scan, clinical monitoring equipment and massage apparatus, etc. mainly small and medium-sized product, but with domestic inflationary pressures of increasing and world economic slowdown, will gradually affect China's small and medium-sized medical instruments in international market price advantage and reduce my product market competitiveness.

The first half of the Chinese medical device exports to 211 countries and regions, where the United States, Japan, Germany, Hong Kong, China and the United Kingdom for the first 5 bits, of the proportion of 52.51%, market concentration is high. By contrast, in the first half of China's import of medical equipment, mainly in colour ultrasound apparatus, x-ray equipment, disability apparatus, etc. to fill gaps in the domestic products, mainly from the United States, Germany, Japan, Korea, Switzerland and 86 countries and regions importing, including, for the first 5 bits of importing countries the proportion is as high as 69.91 percent, indicating a high degree of reliance on the market.

The first half of the Chinese medical device trade run normally, despite the various costs of domestic and international economic growth slowdown caused some negative factors, but enterprises have taken the necessary measures, such as the most direct way is to raise prices to cover the costs of external growth pressures.

In addition, our product quality guarantee system and gradually improve, reinforce my products at bargain prices on international markets. It is expected that the second half of the medical device and export subject to continued to be affected by Exchange rates, interest rates and other factors, the medical device industry facing inflation pressure is very large, may result in part of enterprise short-term export contract signed.