The 2013 Import and Export Market for Instruments and Appliances Used in Medical, Surgical, or Veterinary Sciences Excluding Electro-Diagnostic and ... and Apparatus in the United States

On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, or veterinary sciences excluding electro-diagnostic and radiological instruments and apparatus in the United States face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, or veterinary sciences excluding electro-diagnostic and radiological instruments and apparatus to the United States? How important is the United States compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, or veterinary sciences excluding electro-diagnostic and radiological instruments and apparatus vary from one country of origin to another in the United States? On the supply side, the United States also exports instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, or veterinary sciences excluding electro-diagnostic and radiological instruments and apparatus. Which countries receive the most exports from the United States? How are these exports concentrated across buyers? What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers? This report was created for strategic planners, international marketing executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, or veterinary sciences excluding electro-diagnostic and radiological instruments and apparatus in the United States. With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view. Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact. I have developed a methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, or veterinary sciences excluding electro-diagnostic and radiological instruments and apparatus for those