The Export Council for Medical Industries - ECMI

Dr. Awad GabrChairman

Content

• ECMI role• ECMI vision and mission• ECMI goals and objectives• ECMI services’ facilitator• ECMI stakeholders and partners• Medical sector drivers• The sectors’ projection - 2013• The sector exports’ development (actual)

ECMI roleECMI is designated by the Minister of Industry and

foreign Trade that gather industry related policy makers “producers, exporters and government representatives” to draft and implement export strategies that are compatible with the changing business environment and work as a consultative body to the minister .

The medical industries consists of three main sectors:

- Pharmaceutical sector- Cosmetics sector- Medical devices

Vision and Mission

• Vision: Positioning Egypt as a premium medical vendor to the regional & global community with an unremitting drive towards innovation, competitiveness and transparency.

• Mission: Boosting the sectors industrially, economically and socially , leveraging sectors’ exports, improving workforce education and training, encouraging international business investment and opening new markets plus helping achieve economic prosperity and worldwide recognition.

ECMI goals and objectives

• Promote Egypt’s image and penetrate new markets• Stakeholders integration to the sector strategies

implementation• Support the companies registration processes in the

overseas markets• Drive the simplification of export and registration

procedures domestically.• Develop technical services and trainings to enhance

the sector’s capabilities and competitiveness.• Doubling the sector’s exports in 3 years.

ECMI services’ facilitator• Promote and subsidize the exports of medical supplies and

cosmetics sectors, in line with Egyptian Development Export Fund regulations.

• Subsidize the participation in specialized trade shows and business missions (up to 70%), according to the regulations of the Egyptian Expo & Convention Authority.

• Subsidize the export shipping cost to African countries (up to 50%) as regulated by the Egyptian Development Export Fund.

• Conduct inward and outward promotion missions.• Subsidize the product ‘s registration and needed quality

certification for medicine and medical supplies in the target markets as regulated by the Egyptian Development Export Fund.

• Sector studies and market intelligences.

ECMI stakeholders and partners

• Ministry of Health - MOH• Ministry of Industry - MOI• Ministry of Planning and Int’l Cooperation – MOPIC• Ministry of Investment• Donors, related NGOs and associations (i.e IMC, ITC..)• ECS offices• Expo and Convention Authority• Business councils• Foreign embassies / commercial sections• Export Development Fund

Sector’s value propositions• Low labor cost and taxes structure

• Low logistics cost

• High healthcare expenditure*

• Expansion of social health insurance

• Governmental support

• Int’l sector growth by 7-10% yearly

• Domestic investment increase by 15-20% yearly

• Biomedical researches and educational academies

• Trends to OEM and private labeling business

* Government spending on healthcare has increased by 200% over the past 15 years.

Projected regional changes in health spending due to population growth and aging, 2000–2020(%)

Pharmaceutical Cosmetics Medical SuppliesEGP 1,200.000

EGP 1,400.000

EGP 1,600.000

EGP 1,800.000

EGP 2,000.000

EGP 2,200.000

EGP 2,400.000

2010

2011

2012

2013

2010-2013)) Sector Export Projection

Pharmaceu-ticals

Cosmetics Medical Supplies

EGP 30.000000

EGP 230.000000

EGP 430.000000

EGP 630.000000

EGP 830.000000

EGP 1,030.000000

2010201120122013

Sector Investment Projection (2010-2013)

Pharmaceuticals Cosmetics Medical supplies0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

2010

2011

2012

2013

Sector Employment Projection 2010-2013

The (actual) sector exports’ development (2007-2011)

Sector 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011Growth Rate% (10/11)

Pharmaceutical

876.9 1017.4 1144.2 1325.3 1428 10.7

Cosmetics 883.6 948.2 1157.2 1529.2 1654 10.8

Medical devices

1075 1150 1285 1392 1529 10.9

Total exports of medical

industries

2835.5 3115.6 3586.4 4246.4 4611 10.8

Values in million Egyptian PoundsSource: The General Organization for Export and Import Control

The sector exports’ development

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

2835.5

3115.6

3586.4

4246.4

4611

Values in million Egyptian Pounds

14%

14%

13%13%

10%

7% 4%

3% 2% 2%

Export By Geographical Distribution Top 10 countries (Pharmaceuticals)

IraqSudanSaudi ArabiaYemenRomaniaTurkeyPakistanIndiaLibyaUnited Arab Emirated

12%

11%

11%

9%

8%

6%

6%

5%

5%

4%

Exports By Geographical Distribution Top 10 Countries (Cosmetics)

Syria Saudi ArabiaSudanIraqJordanMorrocoFranceEmiratesLebanonKenya

21%

15%

14%

5%

4%

4%

4%

4%3%

3%

Export By Geographical Distribution Top 10 Countries (Medical Devices)

PakistanMorrocoKenyaIraqUgandaGermanyNigeriaSaudi ArabiaJordanLibya

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