The development trend of medical rubber examination gloves

The development trend of medical rubber examination gloves

In the past two years, the world economy has shown a trend of downturn and oscillation. The unemployment rate in developed economies remains high, and economic growth is unsatisfactory; Emerging economies face many problems, such as inflationary pressures and slowing economic growth; The European sovereign debt crisis occasionally triggers new waves, leading to severe fluctuations in financial markets. This brings uncertainty to the recovery of the world economy, and a series of factors also affect the global medical rubber glove market. In recent years, China has lost its leading position in the global medical rubber glove market. The production center of medical rubber gloves has moved to Malaysia, but China remains the main producer and exporter.

In the rubber products industry, the rubber glove industry holds an important position. Rubber gloves are made of natural rubber. The rubber gloves used in medical and health institutions are mainly divided into two categories: medical rubber examination gloves and surgical rubber gloves.

In recent years, the global market for medical rubber gloves has been complex and ever-changing. In 2014, many major importing countries for medical rubber gloves saw a decline in surgical gloves and medical examination gloves. Currently, China's medical rubber glove manufacturing industry is facing many challenges, such as raw material procurement, labor costs, market development, and demand changes. The import demand for rubber gloves is slow.

In 2014, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, and many other major importing countries of medical rubber gloves reduced their imports of surgical and examination gloves. Surgical gloves were imported from regions with a total value of 1.707 billion US dollars, accounting for 76.01% of the total import value. Among them, only the United States, Türkiye and the Netherlands increased their imports, while the rest of the region decreased. Among the three regions with an annual import value exceeding 100 million US dollars, the European Union ranks first, with a related import value of 540 million US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 8.25%, but still accounting for 23.99% of the global surgical instrument import value. The glove import market in the United States imported 350 million US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 11.30%, accounting for 15.70%. The import value related to Germany was 337 million US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 6.67%, accounting for 15.1%.