46 kinds of medical devices, the United States intends to impose tariffs on China and implement precision strikes

Medical Network April 8 confirmed! The United States intends to impose tariffs on 46 medical devices imported from China.

On April 3, U.S. time, the U.S. Trade Representative Office (USTR) published a list of Chinese goods proposed to be imposed with tariffs on the basis of the results of the '301 investigation'. This list contains approximately 1300 independent tariff items worth a total of approximately US$50 billion.

USTR proposes to impose an additional 25% tariff on Chinese products on the list, saying that it is intended to compensate for the United States’ losses in the field of science and technology.

According to the USTR's timeline, this list will be further reviewed by the hearing later. After this process is completed, the USTR will issue a final decision on the products subject to additional tariff restrictions.

In the USTR’s tax collection list, many medical instruments In the past, it was expected that in addition to the several major categories of high-performance medical device products mentioned in “Made in China 2025,” some general medical supplies and low-end medical equipment are also on the list of proposed tax collections. .

According to statistics from China Customs, in 2017, China's medical device export reversed its decline in 2016, which was a year-on-year increase of 5.84% and total export value was 21.703 billion U.S. dollars, reaching a record high. Among these, exports to the United States were US$5.838 billion, a year-on-year increase. 5.84%. The United States is the largest exporter of medical devices in China. Its alliance, Japan, is the second largest export target. Last year, China exported approximately 1.478 billion yuan to Japan.

In China's export of medical device products, low-value consumables, medium and low-end products are still the mainstay. health care Appliances, medical consumables-based top ten export products, occupying 44.5% of China's total medical device exports.

Among them, exports of syringes, needles, catheters, intubation tubes and the like amounted to 1.245 billion U.S. dollars. Exports of syringes (with or without needles and needles) amounted to 684 million U.S. dollars. Oxygen therapy devices, artificial respirator, and other therapeutic breathing. The export value of utensils was 592 million U.S. dollars, and the export value of hemostatic materials such as cotton wool, gauze, and bandages was 769 million U.S. dollars, and the export volume of high voltage generators, consoles, etc. was 563 million U.S. dollars. In China, these products occupy the top ten list of China's medical equipment exports.

In recent years, in the field of high-end medical devices, the influence of high-value consumables such as domestically produced ultrasound equipment and monitoring equipment as well as artificial joints has gradually emerged in the international market. In addition, in 2016, for example, China heart Exports of pacemakers, artificial body parts, and scintigraphic devices increased significantly, with a year-on-year growth rate of more than 30%. This time, these products are also listed on the Trump government's tax collection list.

In addition, the competitiveness of China's orthopedic or fractured appliances in the international market has increased dramatically in recent years; the export of dental equipment and materials in China has been relatively optimistic in recent years. Dental rigs are more competitive in the international market, dental X-ray equipment, dentures Exports grew faster than last year. And these products are also listed.

After analyzing the Trump's government tax collection list, it will find that it is highly targeted. It is not only necessary to crack down on the rise of high-performance medical devices listed in "Made in China 2025". China's existing large exporters Many of the medical device product categories are also listed.

Once this taxation list is implemented, the impact on China's medical device industry will be greater than expected. Some export-oriented enterprise Will also be directly affected by no small impact.

The following is a list of specific medical device items in the checklist of the Sapporo Blue device.