Environmental Scan 2017: Human Capital Issues within the Medical Devices Sector
The key products imported in 2016 were as following:
Table 2-3: Top 20 Medical Devices Imported in 2016
No
HS Code
Product Description
Import
Value 2016 Import
Value 2013
(RM million) (RM million)
CAGR
(2013-2016)
1 901890900 Instruments & appliances used in
medical, surgical, dental or veterinary
sciences, not elsewhere specified 766 748 0.8%
2 9021900000 Other orthopaedic appliances, incl.
appliances which are worn,
carried/implanted in the body, for a
defect/disability 544 11 262.3%
3 9001300000 Contact lenses 239 157 15.1%
4 901819900 Other electro-diagnostic apparatus 184 200 -2.7%
5 901839900 Disposable tubes for intravenous fluids,
cannulae & the like 146 125 5.4%
6 902139000 Other artificial parts of the body 106 119 -3.9%
7 901850000 Other ophthalmic instruments &
appliances 98 91 2.4%
8 9018391000 Catheters 97 228 -24.9%
9 901812000 Ultrasonic scanning apparatus 93 66 11.8%
10 9019109000 Mechano-therapy appliances; massage
apparatus; psychological aptitude-
testing apparatus, other than electronic 75 2.4 213.9%
11 9001500000 Spectacle lenses of other material 70 36 25.4%
12 902214000 Apparatus based on the use of x-
rays, for medical, surgical or veterinary
uses 65 39 18.6%
13 9019200000 Ozone therapy, oxygen therapy, aerosol
therapy, artificial respiration/oth thera
peutic respiration apparatus 61 1.7 229.0%
14 841920000 Medical, surgical/laboratory sterilisers 58 63 -2.8%
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