An industry representative said medical device manufacturers listed 12 products that have surged from countries including China – from multiple factors including existing U.S. policies, a side effect indicates that the ongoing tariff war may have exacerbated the situation.
Products include opaque preparation for X-ray examinations (imported 35%); dental cement (growth 29%); diagnostic reagent kits (growth 23%); gloves (growth 15%); linear ultrasound scanners (growth 39%); syringes and needles (80%); surgical tools (49%); endoscopy (growth 22%); oxygen therapy equipment (36%); orthopedic/breaking equipment (growth 47%), hollow needles (growth 62%) and computed tomography equipment (39%) have been listed by the Indian Association of Medical Equipment Industry (AIMED) and earlier this month to the Department of Medicine Services and earlier this month.
The letter notes that in most cases, imports come from China, Germany, the United States and Japan, as well as government data (April 2024 to November 2024).
Regarding forum coordinator Rajiv Nath, President Biden’s former U.S. government has a difficult view on China’s products. “But the increase in tariffs announced by President Trump may cause these countries to hope to increase imports to markets such as India and have low regulatory and low tariff barriers,” Nat told Nat. BusinessLineadded that it could harm the domestic medical equipment industry.
The letter said there were also peaks in imports from Singapore (14.5%), Hong Kong (20%) and Malaysia (23%), compared with 5%, 0.5% and 3% – “It is possible to transfer the Chinese countries that transition to India through these countries to bypass the regulation of Indian CDSCO to limit the scope of Chinese goods and live within the scope of Chinese regulation and reside within the scope of China, as well as the residents in the scope of distant areas, and the residents within the scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope of their scope
The letter also noted that Switzerland imports at 53% as the recent Free Trade Agreement (FTA) allow tariff concessions. The letter said that stocks imported from Australia also rose 10% from 3% as the FTA allows tariff benefits.
Export attention
The development even though exports of medical equipment from India, including exports of disposable, consumables, electronics and surgical tools, has dropped from 12% to 5.14% in some markets.
The letter noted that international prices in Africa and the Middle East were frustrated and accused Chinese products of “dumped due to excessive production capacity (as USFDA and tariffs restrict Chinese products to the U.S. market. Others.
