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The health sector is a very buoyant market for foreign investors. It benefits from an extension of the access to care in most of the Mediterranean countries. The demand for medical equipment is considerable in Algeria, Morocco and in Egypt and depends largely on imports. |
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The health sector is a very buoyant market for foreign investors. It benefits from an extension of the access to care in most of the Mediterranean countries. The demand for medical equipment is considerable in Algeria, Morocco and in Egypt and depends largely on imports. The living standards of the populations are improving slowly. Certain countries present both the health features of a developed country and those of a developing country. This is especially the case in Algeria, where there is an increase in hypertension, respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, and allergies.
Pharmacy is also in full development. At the end of 2002, a new law in Jordan should enable medicines to be more rapidly registered, their prices regulated and the issue of standards of quality control for the establishments. Membership of countries to the WHO has made the conclusion of license agreements simpler. In Jordan as in other countries (Algeria, Tunisia, Turkey), the market of pharmaceutical products is very competitive and the main international groups are present on the market.
Chemical activity is in the process of making a come-back in the Mediterranean countries. Tunisia is the world’s fifth largest producer of phosphates, a sector where Morocco also excels. Turkey presents a development potential in mineral chemistry, thanks to numerous natural resources.
Israel is the uncontested leader in biotechnology and the government supports this market, especially with the help of subsidiaries. |
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With a population of more than thirty million inhabitants, reduced local production, hospital establishments under renovation and a certain development of the private hospital sector, Algeria represents an important market for medical equipment. A market 95 % dominated by imports. The construction of private clinics and public facilities is underway (CHU in Oran for example).
In a few years, Jordan has become the main centre of care in the Near and Middle East. The country can rely upon high quality practitioners, personnel and hospital facilities. To improve the reception facilities certain private clinics have launched hotel residences close to their installations.
The Lebanese public health sector is undergoing development, hence the development of imports. The majority of the large firms are represented thus the introduction of new material requires a dynamic approach to the importing agents.
Morocco depends on foreign countries for 90 % of its medical equipment needs. Hence, the modernisation of hospital facilities is becoming urgent. The free trade agreement between Morocco and the European Union, which came into force on 1st March 2000, will involve between now and 2012, the total disappearance of tariff barriers for the importing of medicines.
In Egypt, with the exception of a few large hospitals in Cairo or Alexandria, the whole of the medical system suffers from a relatively low level of equipment. The demand for medical equipment is high and once again depends on imports (90 %).
Turkey’s needs in medico-hospital material are large. Hospital establishments are under-equipped. With the improvement in living standards, patients will be more demanding for the quality of the care given. There is a large demand for medical imagery, laboratory and operating block equipment.
The Israeli chemical industry is one of the economic heavyweights of the country. The sector offers an important potential, especially for compressors, pumps and plumbing material. In fact, so as to remain competitive, Israeli industry needs to make partnerships with large foreign groups.
In Syria, the chemicals sector under accelerated development for a number of years, still remains very fragmented. It is currently in the process of restructuring. In this perspective, the installation of foreign businesses is encouraged.
Chemicals is today one of the most dynamic markets in Turkey. In the context of the « responsible care » programme, compliance with European standards insofar as gas emissions, discharge of sewage and the processing of refuse are concerned should give rise to an increase in the purchase of foreign products and technology. |
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