From March to the end of 2020, China Customs inspected and released major epidemic prevention and control materials worth 438.5 billion yuan, and exported 224.2 billion masks, worth 340 billion yuan, which is equivalent to providing nearly 40 masks for everyone in the world outside China . Among them, 65 billion pieces of medical masks are included, accounting for 30% of the export volume of masks; 2.31 billion pieces of protective clothing are exported, including 773 million pieces of medical protective clothing; 289 million pairs of goggles and 2.92 billion pairs of surgical gloves.
In terms of medical equipment, 271,000 ventilators were exported, including 212,000 non-invasive ventilators; 663,000 patient monitors and 119 million infrared thermometers.
In 2020, protective products such as masks will become the hottest commodities in the world. Relying on the substantial increase in sales of masks, protective clothing and other products, the "Big Three" in the production and export of medical dressings-GDAM Medical Technology Group, GDWJ Medical Technology Group, and ZJZD Medical Technology Group, have achieved substantial growth.
Among them, GDWJ has released a performance forecast for 2020, operating income increased by 151%-195% over the same period of the previous year, reaching 11.5 billion-13.5 billion yuan; net profit attributable to shareholders of listed companies was 3.65 billion-39.5 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase Up to 568%-623%.
Regarding the reasons for the performance changes, GDWJ mentioned two points: 1. The sales of related medical protective equipment (mainly masks, protective clothing, isolation clothing, etc.) have increased significantly; 2. The performance of the company’s cotton spunlace non-woven raw materials has increased significantly , Widely used in surgical gowns, isolation gowns, protective clothing, masks and other products.