The Export Council for Medical
Industries - ECMI
Dr. Awad Gabr
Chairman
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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 role
ECMI 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
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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(%)
Sector Export Projection ) 2010-2013)
2400
2200
2010
2000
2011
2012
1800
2013
1600
1400
1200
Pharmaceutical
Cosmetics
Medical Supplies
Sector Investment Projection (2010-2013)
1030
830
2010
630
2011
2012
430
2013
230
30
Pharmaceuticals
Cosmetics
Medical Supplies
Sector Employment Projection 2010-2013
7000
6000
2010
5000
2011
4000
2012
3000
2013
2000
1000
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Pharmaceuticals
Cosmetics
Medical supplies
The (actual) sector exports’ development (2007-2011)
Sector
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
Growth
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 Pounds
Source: The General Organization for Export and Import Control
The sector exports’ development
4611
4246.4
3586.4
3115.6
2835.5
2007
Values in million Egyptian Pounds
2008
2009
2010
2011
Export By Geographical Distribution
Top 10 countries (Pharmaceuticals)
4%
3% 2% 2%
14%
Iraq
7%
Sudan
14%
10%
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
Romania
13%
13%
Turkey
Pakistan
India
Libya
United Arab Emirated
Exports By Geographical Distribution
Top 10 Countries (Cosmetics)
4%
12%
5%
Syria
5%
Saudi Arabia
Sudan
6%
11%
Iraq
Jordan
Morroco
6%
France
Emirates
11%
8%
Lebanon
Kenya
9%
Export By Geographical Distribution
Top 10 Countries (Medical Devices)
3%
3%
4%
21%
4%
Pakistan
Morroco
Kenya
4%
Iraq
Uganda
4%
Germany
Nigeria
5%
Saudi Arabia
15%
Jordan
Libya
14%
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