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, to the minister .

exporters and government representatives” to draft and implement export strategies that are compatible with the changing business environment and work as a consultative body 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.

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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

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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

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2010-2013)

EGP 2 400,000 EGP 2 200,000 EGP 2 000,000 EGP 1 800,000 EGP 1 600,000 EGP 1 400,000 EGP 1 200,000 Pharmaceutical Cosmetics Medical Supplies 2010 2011 2012 2013

Sector Investment Projection (2010-2013)

EGP 1 030,000000 EGP 830,000000 EGP 630,000000 EGP 430,000000 EGP 230,000000 EGP 30,000000 2010 2011 2012 2013

Sector Employment Projection 2010-2013

7000 6000 5000 4000 3000 2000 1000 0 Pharmaceuticals Cosmetics Medical supplies 2010 2011 2012 2013

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 Total exports of medical industries 2835.5

3115.6

1285 1392 1529 3586.4

4246.4

4611 10.9

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)

10% 7% 4% 3% 2% 2% 13% 14% 13% 14% Iraq Sudan Saudi Arabia Yemen Romania Turkey Pakistan India Libya United Arab Emirated

6%

Exports By Geographical Distribution Top 10 Countries (Cosmetics)

5% 5% 4% 12% 11% 6% 11% 8% 9% Syria Saudi Arabia Sudan Iraq Jordan Morroco France Emirates Lebanon Kenya

4% 4% 4% 4%

Export By Geographical Distribution Top 10 Countries (Medical Devices)

3% 3% 21% 5% 15% 14% Pakistan Morroco Kenya Iraq Uganda Germany Nigeria Saudi Arabia Jordan Libya

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