The main export products are low-value-added medical device products. 2017 China's medical devices on the belt and road exports of countries along the year

Medical Network September 26, China Pharmaceutical Supervision and Management Research Institute, Social Science Literature Press, "Medical Device Blue Book" editorial board in Beijing jointly issued the "Medical Device Blue: China Medical Device Industry Development Report (2018)".

The report shows that in 2017, China's total exports of medical devices to the belt and road countries totalled $4.476 billion, up 4.98%, India, the Russian Federation and Singapore's top three. The report quoted Chinese customs data as saying that 64 countries along the belt and Road, with China's trade in medical devices, amounted to $6.361 billion in 2017, up 7.7% from the same period, accounting for 15.12% of the total foreign trade in global medical devices in China over the same period. Among them, China's "Belt and Road" countries along the national medical equipment exports of $4.476 billion, an increase of 4.98% yoy; The "Belt and Road" countries along the national medical device imports of $1.886 billion, an increase of 14.75%, the trade surplus of $2.59 billion.

The trade Competition Index of 0.4 indicates that Chinese-made medical device products have a certain competitive advantage in the countries along the Belt and Road. The report notes that since 2013, the "Belt and road" countries have increased demand for Chinese medical device products, especially 2013~ in 2014. In 2016, the lack of a fundamental change in the global economic recovery led to sluggish demand in the country's market, which also led to a noticeable slowdown in foreign trade in Chinese medical devices, with China's exports to the belt and road countries declining and exports falling to the lowest level in nearly 5 years. In terms of export volume and price, the export volume has been increasing at different levels in the past 5 years, but the export market competition is increasing, which mainly shows that the growth of export quantity cannot compensate for the decrease of the export amount resulting from the decline of the price.

2017, China's "Belt and Road" countries along the national medical device products exports increased slightly, changed the 2016-year ' volume increase price drop ' market competition trend. China and the "Belt and Road" countries along the way of trade is the general trade and processing trade, of which the general trade exports of $3.059 billion, accounting for 68.34%;

Processing trade exports of $569 million, accounting for 12.71%, and mainly in the processing of raw materials, a small part of the border small trade. The top five markets for China's medical devices in 2017 were India, the Russian Federation, Singapore, Malaysia and Vietnam, with exports of $1.688 billion, representing 37.7% of China's total exports. China's exports of medical devices to India were the largest in 2017, with exports of $556 million, or 12.4%, far higher than in other countries. In addition, it is noteworthy that since 2017, the bilateral trade between China and Russia, the momentum of stable recovery is more obvious, the export amount increased 5.05% yoy, compared with the same period in 2016 increased by more than 12%.

In 2017, Chinese medical devices were imported from Singapore, Israel, Malaysia, Vietnam and the Czech Republic, accounting for 75.55% of the total imports. In 2017, China's "Belt and Road" countries to carry out medical device business in 16,768 Enterprises, an increase of 12.22%, compared with 2013 increased by 4,213, indicating that the "Belt and Road" countries along the country caused more concern of domestic enterprises. At present, most of the enterprises engaged in business are private enterprises, in the ' Belt and Road ' construction on the main force is also a force, exports amounted to 3.036 billion U.S. dollars, accounting for 67.83%. However, it can be seen that the number of private enterprises involved in the "Belt and Road" operation is more, the share is less, than the funded enterprises industry concentration degree is low. Imported from the ' Belt and Road ' country in 2017 Medical devices Of Enterprise A total of 2,936, an increase of 2.8% yoy.

Most of the private import enterprises, but the import amount is less than funded enterprises, the enterprise concentration degree is low. From the specific products, the first five products exported are: Other syringes, needles, catheters, intubation and similar products, massage equipment, stainless steel washing trough and washbasin and other sanitary utensils, other corrective vision, protection of eyes or other uses of glasses, windshield and similar products, other steel sanitary ware (including parts), exports cumulative 4. $200 million, which accounts for 31.32% of the total exports of medical devices and exports accounted for more than 5%.