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Latin America

Medical Device and


Equipment Market

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Intro

Latin America’s medical equipment, device and


consumables market was worth an estimated US$ 29
billion in 2016. Imports accounted for 85%-90% of this
market, with limited production for the local market in Brazil,
Mexico, Argentina and Costa Rica. As a result, the market
has had a high exposure to currency fluctuations and lost
significant purchasing power due to foreign exchange rate
devaluations across the region in 2015 and 2016.

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IMPORT TRENDS ACROSS MAJOR MARKETS
3,5

3,0

2,5
Number of untis, billions

2,0

1,5

1,0

0,5

0
BrazilM exico Colombia Argentina Peru

2014 2015 2016

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5.
Peru’s medical device and
equipment market

While being the smallest of the five major l Similarly, Electrocardiographs, Ultrasound
healthcare markets in Latin America, Peru has machines, and MRIs, along with syringes,
demonstrated steady and consistent growth catheters and needles experienced a 14%
from 2014 to 2016. The Peruvian market increase in units and a modest 1% increase in
exhibited 13% growth from 2014 to 2016, going pricing.
from 333 million units to 428 million units. The
market value, meanwhile, remained stable The Peruvian government has been focused
at just over $435 million, indicative of the on expanding the coverage of the healthcare
Peruvian Sol’s depreciation and cost pressures sector since 2015, with plans to invest over
being faced by manufacturers and distributors $2.6 billion by year end 2017. Through
across the region. this effort, we will continue to see growing
infrastructure, resulting in opportunities for
Amidst these headwinds, two modalities still medical equipment manufacturers, device
exhibit success: providers and consumables companies.

l CT scanners, X-Ray machines and


Radiotherapy equipment grew at a 4% CAGR
in number of units from 2014 to 2016f, with a
5% CAGR increase in value during the same
period, reaching $54 million. This was the only
modality to experience uninterrupted growth
for the three-year period.

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PERUVIAN IMPORTS BY MODALITY

$500

$445 m $435 m $438 m


$450
4% 4% Breathing appliances and gas masks
1% 4% 1%
3% 1% 3%
$400 4% 4%
4% 4% Machines for testing metals
2% 2% 2%
$350 11% 12% Thermometers and pyrometers
11%
Human or animal anatomy models
$300 11%
10% 10%
US$, Millions

Massage equipment, Ozone therapy, Oxygen


$250 17% 15%
17%
CT scanners, X-Ray machines,
$200 Radiography/Radiotherapy equipment

Gas meters, Heat meters


$150
39% 40% Instruments for physical or chemical analysis
38%
$100
Electrocardiographs, Ultrasounds, MRI, Syringes,
Needles, Catheters, Canulas
$50

8% 8% 9%
joints, Heart valves, Hearing aids, Pacemakers
$0
2014 2015 2016f

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