🇵🇰 China-Pakistan Trade

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Pakistani medical device industry taps new opportunities in booming Chinese market​

By Mariam Raheem | Gwadar Pro
Oct 14, 2024

SHENZHEN- “China ranks among Pakistan’s top six export destinations for surgical instruments. The immense consumer demand and capacity in China have prompted us to register all our products for sales licenses there,” said Akif Javaid, the proprietor of NJ Enterprises from Sialkot, Pakistan, as he exhibited a range of surgical, dental, ENT diagnostic, orthopedic, cosmetics and surgery instruments at the ongoing 90th China International Medical Equipment Fair (CMEF) in Shenzhen, China.

Akif Javaid, with Muhammad Imran, Trade & Investment Counselor, Consulate General of Pakistan in Guangzhou and his client at the CMEF [Photo provided by Akif Javaid]

From October 12th to 15th, the Shenzhen World Exhibition & Convention Center (Bao’an) hosted the CMEF, drawing over 4,000 companies from across the globe who displayed tens of thousands of medical device products. The event attracted international professionals from more than 150 countries and regions, cementing its reputation as the global healthcare industry’s “wind vane.”

Spanning nearly 200,000 square meters, the exhibition floor is abuzz with renowned enterprises showcasing the latest innovations in medical imaging, in vitro diagnostics, medical electronics and other segments of the medical device industry chain. With products integrating AI, big data and cloud platforms, the fair highlighted the innovative prowess of high-end medical devices.

NJ Enterprises, known for manufacturing high-quality surgical instruments, is well-positioned to seize this opportunity. Pakistan ranks among the top countries in surgical instrument exports and is renowned for its expertise in surgical medical equipment. According to the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan, Pakistan exports up to 10,000 different surgical products with up to 40,000 different distinct products available in the catalogue of companies in the Sialkot Cluster.

The CMEF exhibition area is organized into 14 major sections, including medical imaging, in vitro diagnostics, medical electronics, medical optics, hospital construction, operating rooms, sterilization and infection control, medical consumables, and orthopedics, providing a comprehensive view of the entire medical industry chain.

 

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Pakistan exports 10,000 buffalo embryos to China​

Gwadar Pro
Oct 14, 2024

ISALAMABAD – In another sign of significant progress between China-Pakistan cooperation in buffalo embryo prodction and transfer, Pakistan exported 10,000 embryos to China in September, valued at $2 million, Dr Qaisar Shahzad, program manager at the Royal Cell Biotechnology (Pakistan) Co. Ltd., exporter of the embryos, told Gwadar Pro in a recent interview.

The Lahore-based RCB (Pakistan), owned by China’s Royal Group, has established a joint venture with Pakistan’s JW Group, which specialises in production and transfer of embroys of Pakistan’s superior buffalo breeds using advanced Chinese IVF technology.

In August 2023, Pakistan authorised the RCB (Pakistan) to export buffalo embryos, ova and frozen semen to China. The first consignment of 5,000 buffalo embryos was sent to China on June 8, 2024, followed by a recent second consignment of 5,000 embryos exported to China, Dr Qaisar Shahzad told Gwadar Pro.

The embryos were produced from oocytes of the buffalos present at the Royal JW Buffalo Industry Co. Laboratory in Lahore, Dr Qaisar stated. Over the next decade, China intends to import at least 300,000 buffalo embryos from Pakistan.

He said that as many as 100 jobs were created for local people in the process, and the JV has also produced another 10,000 buffalo embryos for sale in Pakistan.

Given the growing demand for buffalo milk in China and the popularity of Pakistani buffaloes for their milk quality and production volume, China intends to further enhance Pakistan’s superior buffalo breed through its advance technology.