Blog - Surgical Gloves

In 2020, EU surgical glove imports exceeded $1.8B, reaching the highest level ever recorded. In physical terms, European imports of surgical gloves rose from 20.6B in 2019 to 35B pairs in 2020. Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark imported 69% of the total supplies in the EU. Germany, the largest European importer, saw a 10%-growth of the import volume last year, while the Netherlands doubled its purchases from abroad. In 2020, the average surgical glove import price in the EU grew by +14% y-o-y to $53 per thousand pairs.