Egypt’s Exports of Pharmaceuticals

Presented by

Mahmoud Fath-AllahCustoms and Trade Policy Advisor

April 2, 2012

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responsibility of The Trade Facilitation Project (TFP) under the management of Nathan Associates Inc. and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government.

Global Pharmaceutical Market, 2005-210

Source: IMS, Health Market Prognosis, March 2011

Source: IMS, Health Market Prognosis, March 2011

Regional Distribution of Global Pharmaceutical Market

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 20110

500

1,000

1,500

2,000

2,500

0.0%

0.5%

1.0%

1.5%

2.0%

2.5%

Exports of Medical Industries and Percentage to the Total Exports of All Egypt Export Councils

Value in Millions LE % to Total Exports Councils

Source: Computed from Data in Egyptian non-oil Foreign Trade – Monthly Digest, Feb. 2012, General Organization for Exports & Imports Control (GOEIC), http://www.goeic.gov.eg/en/statisticsindex.asp

EU10%

Arab67%

USA0.1%

RoW22.9%

Egypt Exports of Medical Industry Products by share of Main Trade Partners (2011)

Source: Computed from Data in Egyptian non-oil Foreign Trade – Monthly Digest, Feb. 2012, General Organization for Exports & Imports Control (GOEIC), http://www.goeic.gov.eg/en/statisticsindex.asp

Source: ITC, Market Access Map, http://www.macmap.org/trademap/Applied.Tariffs.Results.Importers.aspx

Tariffs applied to "(30) Pharmaceutical products" originating from Egypt.

Selected importers

Year Harmonised System Nomenclature Revision

Number of lines

Total ad valorem equivalent tariff (estimated)

India 2009 Rev. 07 214 9.93%

Kazakhstan 2010 Rev. 07 79 0.11%

Libyan Arab J amahiriya

2006 Rev. 02 31 0.00%

Pakistan 2008 Rev. 07 54 12.17%

Romania 2010 Rev. 07 46 0.00%

Saudi Arabia 2009 Rev. 07 40 0.00%

Sudan 2011 Rev. 07 32 0.00%

Turkey 2010 Rev. 07 71 0.00%

Yemen 2009 Rev. 07 36 0.65%

USA 2010 Rev. 07 43 0.0%

Others

91%

Middle

East 9%

US Pharmaceutical Imports from Middle East (2001-2011) and it’s Share in 2011

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