The 15th National Participation of Turkey at Medica 2024 Fair Organized by İKMİB
Foreks - One of the world's most important trade fairs for the medical sector, Medica 2024, was held this year from November 11 to 14 in Düsseldorf. This year marked the 15th national participation organization from Turkey. Within the scope of the national participation organization carried out by IKMİB, a total of 227 companies, including 36 firms and 191 individual companies, successfully represented Turkey at the fair.
More than 5,000 companies operating in the medical sector from different countries participated in the fair, which was visited by over 80,000 people. During the fair, Turkish participant firms showcased medical devices, products, consumables, hospital furniture, surgical equipment, orthopedic products, pharmaceuticals, and software products, promoting them to buyer companies.
T.C. Düsseldorf Consul General Ali İhsan İzbul, T.C. Düsseldorf Commercial Attaché İrem Ekmekci Konuk, IKMİB Pharmaceutical Committee Chairman Ahmet Altuğ Oğuz, IKMİB Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices Committee Members Orhan Mutlu Topal and Mehmet Ahmet Ünlü, T.C. Health Ministry's Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency (TİTCK) Medical Devices and Cosmetics Products Deputy Chairman Dr. Mehmet Hakan Fırat, TİTCK Strategy Development Department Head Başar Halıcı, and TİTCK Cosmetics Department Head Dr. Harun Cengiz Özmen visited the participating firms to convey their wishes for success.
Adil Pelister: “Our exports of pharmaceutical products to Germany increased by 14% in the first 10 months” Evaluating the export figures of pharmaceutical products, which include the medical products sector, IKMİB Board Chairman Adil Pelister stated, “Our pharmaceutical product group's exports reached 1.24 billion dollars in the first 10 months of this year, showing a growth of 0.17%. During this period, our exports of pharmaceutical products to Germany approached 60 million dollars, with an increase of approximately 14%. Germany ranks 4th in the list of countries to which we export the most in this product group. Germany is an important export market for our sector. The Medica fair, held annually in Germany, stands out as a meeting point for ideas and innovations that shape the future of the healthcare world. As IKMİB, we support the best promotion of our country by participating nationally in the most important fairs of our sector. Our country's healthcare sector is developing every year in the medical field and is emerging as a significant market. Through the fairs we participate in and the sectoral trade delegations we organize, we contribute to the development of the sector and aim to increase exports. We are also planning our activities for the upcoming period. We will continue to stand by our sector, which maintains steady growth despite challenging conditions.”