German industry announces leap in exports
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The German industry association for medical devices, BVMed, has announced that its 170 members recorded an overall increase in exports of 14% for 2000 compared with the same period in 1999. The main contributing factor to the increase was the high value of the US dollar. Exports, however, made up only 15% of the total turnover for the industry.