Brief analysis of recent statistics on the U.S. medical device imports to the EU | Eastern Europe, includes medical device imports structure, imports value by country and product group and the main country-importers in Eastern Europe.

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U.S. Medical Device Imports to
the EU / Eastern Europe

2. U.S. Medical Device Imports to the EU
*EU28 countries include: (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark,
Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, UK, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxemburg,
Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia)
** Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Slovenia and the
Baltic States
-The data include the following HS codes: HS9018, HS9019, HS9021, HS9022
Source: Eurostat / EMR analysis
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0%
4%
6% 1%
6%
0%
4%
1%
25%
0%
2%
4%
34%
1% 3%
1%
7%
0%
0%
EU 28* countries: Structure of medical device
imports from USA, 2014
• the import value amounted to
€ 7.516 billion (US $9.985
billion) in 2014 which was a
1.37% increase against 2013
• Eastern Europe** accounts for
less than 2% of the import
figure
• Instruments and appliances
used in medical, surgical or
veterinary sciences account for
34% in the imports structure
• Needles, catheters, cannulae
and the like, used in medical,
surgical, dental or veterinary
sciences account for a 25%
share

3. U.S. Medical Device Imports to
Eastern Europe
4%
25%
3%
9%
2%
2%
34%
8%
3%
7%
3%
Medical device imports to Eastern Europe from
USA, 2014
BULGARIA
CZECH REPUBLIC
ESTONIA
HUNGARY
LITHUANIA
LATVIA
POLAND
ROMANIA
SLOVENIA
SLOVAKIA
CROATIA
*The analysed countries in Eastern Europe included Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Czech
Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Slovenia and the Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania)
Source: Eurostat / EMR analysis
•The largest importer of
medical devices from the
US is Poland that accounts
for 34% of the imports,
followed by the Czech
Republic (25%), Hungary
(9%), Romania (8%) and
Slovakia (7%)
•The value of medical
device imports from the
US to Eastern Europe*
increased by 4% and
amounted to €136 million
(ca US $180.76 million) in
2014
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4. Import of Medical Devices from USA to Eastern
Europe, 2014: Value (€) by product group
0 10,000,000 20,000,000 30,000,000 40,000,000 50,000,000
ELECTRO-CARDIOGRAPHS
ULTRASONIC SCANNING APPARATUS
MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS
SCINTIGRAPHIC APPARATUS
ELECTRO-DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, INCL. APPARATUS FOR FUNCTIONAL…
ULTRA-VIOLET OR INFRA-RED RAY APPARATUS USED IN MEDICAL,…
SYRINGES, WITH OR WITHOUT NEEDLES, USED IN MEDICAL, SURGICAL,…
TUBULAR METAL NEEDLES AND NEEDLES FOR SUTURES, USED IN…
NEEDLES, CATHETERS, CANNULAE AND THE LIKE, USED IN MEDICAL,…
DENTAL DRILL ENGINES, WHETHER OR NOT COMBINED ON A SINGLE…
INSTRUMENTS AND APPLIANCES USED IN DENTAL SCIENCES, N.E.S.
OPHTHALMIC INSTRUMENTS AND APPLIANCES, N.E.S.
INSTRUMENTS AND APPLIANCES USED IN MEDICAL, SURGICAL OR…
MECHANO-THERAPY APPLIANCES; MASSAGE APPARATUS;…
OZONE THERAPY, OXYGEN THERAPY, AEROSOL THERAPY, ARTIFICIAL…
BREATHING APPLIANCES AND GAS MASKS (EXCL. PROTECTIVE MASKS…
ORTHOPAEDIC OR FRACTURE APPLIANCES
ARTIFICIAL JOINTS, FOR ORTHOPAEDIC PURPOSES
ORTHOPAEDIC APPLIANCES AND FRACTURE APPLIANCES (EXCL.…
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