The Market for Rubber Medical Devices in East Africa: Focus on Tanzania and Kenya (March 2015)

82 pages. This report examines the market for rubber medical devices including surgical and examination gloves, condoms and Foley catheters in the East African region. The study focuses on Tanzania and Kenya being the major countries in the region by size of economy and population. It provides information on the two countries with respect to consumption of rubber medical devices and identifies the market potential for exports of the products from Malaysia. Tanzania and Kenya are identified as the growing markets for rubber medical devices. The study has found that the market is projected to grow by a CAGR of 9% to 20% in value terms between 2013 and 2016 with higher growth is expected in Tanzania. Both countries relies heavily on imported rubber medical devices due to the absence of domestic manufacturing of the products. Malaysia is currently a major supplier of rubber medical devices in Tanzania and Kenya. Malaysian exporters shall benefit from the increasing domestic demand as well as potential sizeable market for the products in the East African Community (EAC).Tanzania and Kenya are among the five member states of the EAC which has a combined population of 150 million.