Environmental Scan 2017: Human Capital Issues within the Medical Devices Sector
The key products exported in 2016 were as following:
Table 2-2: Top 20 Medical Devices Exported in 2016
No
HS Code
Product Description
Export
Value 2016 Export
Value 2013
(RM million) (RM million)
CAGR
(2013-2016)
1 401519110 Medical gloves of natural rubber 5,881 5,794 0.5%
2 901890900 Instruments & appliances used in
medical, surgical, dental or veterinary
sciences, not elsewhere specified 2,468 874 41.3%
3 901839900 Disposable tubes for intravenous fluids,
cannulae & the like 1,514 998 14.9%
4 401511100 Surgical gloves of natural rubber 1,107 906 6.9%
5 901819900 Other electro-diagnostic apparatus 610 309 25.5%
6 9001300000 Contact lenses 607 433 11.9%
7 902190000 Other orthopaedic appliances, incl.
appliances which are worn,
carried/implanted in the body, for a
defect/disability 409 180 31.4%
8 901812000 Ultrasonic scanning apparatus 314 16 172.0%
9 401410000 Sheath contraceptives 286 318 -3.5%
10 401511900 Surgical gloves of vulcanised rubber
other than hard rubber or natural rubber 182 198 -2.9%
11 901839100 Catheters 165 289 -17.0%
12 902110000 Orthopaedic or fracture appliances 109 40 39.6%
13 9021400000 Hearing aids, excl. parts & accessories 104 0.23 666.6%
14 9018320000 Tubular metal needles & needles
for
sutures used in medical, surgical, dental
or veterinary sciences 84 6.4 135.7%
15 900150000 Spectacle lenses of other material 76 34 31.2%
16 901920000 Ozone therapy, oxygen therapy, aerosol
therapy, artificial respiration/ other
therapeutic respiration apparatus 61 41 14.3%
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