The medical equipment surplus continued to shrink and the growth rate remained at 10%

Imports: Rehabilitation supplies are growing rapidly

From January to September, China imported medical devices from 93 countries and regions. From the regional point of view, Europe is China's medical device import market, imports of 4.29 billion US dollars, an increase of 26.52%, the proportion of 39.42%; North America was the second largest market, with imports of 3.548 billion US dollars, an increase of 20.85%, accounting for 32.59%; Asia ranked third, with imports of 2.781 billion US dollars, an increase of 12.05%, accounting for 25.55%, and the proportion of the three continents reached 97.56%.

From the perspective of specific countries and regions, the top ten import markets are the United States, Germany, Japan, Switzerland, Ireland, South Korea, the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands and Singapore, with a total import value of 9.113 billion US dollars, accounting for 83.73%. For a long time, China's medical equipment import market is mainly the United States, Germany and Japan, among which the products imported from the United States are mainly color ultrasound, CT, medical linear accelerator, MRI and sutures; The products imported from Germany mainly include CT, MRI, endoscope, dialysis equipment, X-ray contrast agent and ventilator. The products imported from Japan mainly include CT, color ultrasound, endoscope, medical catheter and dialysis equipment. The main products imported from Switzerland are orthopedic or fracture instruments, cardiac pacemakers, syringes, artificial joints, dental instruments and ophthalmic instruments. The main products imported from Ireland are vascular stents, medical catheters, contact lenses, X-ray contrast agents, artificial joints and cardiac pacemakers.

Imported product

From the perspective of product structure, from January to September, China's imports of diagnosis and treatment equipment, medical consumables, rehabilitation supplies, oral equipment and medical dressings were 7.79 billion US dollars, 1.715 billion US dollars, 853 million US dollars, 330 million US dollars and 197 million US dollars, respectively. The year-on-year growth was 10.84%, 29.88%, 197%, 36.99% and 13.92%, and the proportion was 71.57%, 15.75%, 7.84%, 3.03% and 1.81%. Among the five categories of products, rehabilitation supplies increased significantly, up to 197%, mainly orthopedic implant products, orthopedic or fracture devices and contact lenses imports grew faster.

From the perspective of specific products, the specific products imported in China with a value of more than 100 million US dollars of medical equipment mainly include color ultrasound, medical catheters, CT, MRI, endoscopes, vascular stents, orthopaedic or fracture instruments, medical linear accelerators, artificial joints, X-ray tubes, dialysis equipment, X-ray contrast agents, nuclear magnetic resonance imaging device parts, monitors and syringes. Among them, the increase of vascular stent and X-ray contrast agent was more obvious, up to 41.39% and 70.7%, respectively.