{"id":7174,"date":"2017-12-04T19:30:33","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T19:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalhealthintelligence.com\/?p=7174\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T12:20:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T18:20:12","slug":"state-of-the-2017-medical-device-market-in-argentina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalhealthintelligence.com\/es\/ghi-analysis\/state-of-the-2017-medical-device-market-in-argentina\/","title":{"rendered":"State of the 2017 Medical Device Market in Argentina"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite economic downturn in recent years, Argentina is definitely showing signs of a comeback. After one of the deepest recessions in the country\u2019s history, Argentina has rebounded with two consecutive quarters of growth<\/a>. Its GDP is up 1.2 percent from a quarter ago and 2.9 percent from a year ago.<\/p>\n

According to ShareScope<\/a>, a service from Global Health Intelligence (GHI) that analyzes import data and uses it to analyze market size\/share for medical equipment\/device brands in Latin America<\/a>, one major area of growth for Argentina is in the medical device and equipment market. Argentina is certainly a growth market in for medical equipment and devices<\/a>, and the numbers are beginning to reflect this. Here\u2019s a closer look at how Argentina\u2019s medical equipment and device market is surging in 2017.<\/p>\n

Imported Medical Equipment Value into Argentina for 2017<\/h2>\n

ShareScope projects that in 2017 the total value of medical equipment and devices<\/a> imported into Argentina will be more than US$900 million, a 10% increase compared to 2016, when the value of medical equipment imported into Argentina actually went down by 15%.<\/p>\n

In fact, 2017 snaps a downward trend in the value of medical equipment imported into Argentina: the country actually showed strong growth in this area in 2015, at 20 percent, but then faced a steep downturn in 2016\u2026though clearly we\u2019re seeing a strong uptick in 2017.<\/p>\n

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Quantities of Imported Medical Equipment into Argentina for 2017<\/h2>\n

According to import numbers analyzed through ShareScope, in 2017 Argentina<\/a> is forecast to import more than 1 billion units of medical equipment and devices. On the surface, it may seem like a high figure, but this is because it factors in not only capital equipment like MRI machines and CT scanners<\/a> but also smaller pieces like syringes, stents, parts and other smaller instruments that are ordered in mass quantities.<\/p>\n

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Hot Growth Areas with Argentina\u2019s Medical Device\/Equipment Market in 2017<\/h2>\n

Based on ShareScope<\/strong><\/span><\/a> analysis of 2017 numbers regarding imports, among the growth areas with strong sales potential in Argentina are:<\/p>\n[thrive_leads id=’7635′]\n