Medical dressings, as an important type of sanitary materials, play an important role in my country's export trade. In recent years, my country's medical dressing industry has maintained rapid development, and exports have always accounted for more than 20% of the total global export of medical dressings. As my country is a traditional textile country and the world's largest cotton producer, consumer and importer, the output of cotton yarn is large, the industrial chain of the textile industry is relatively complete, and it has a good industrial cluster advantage.

Industry analysts of Shangpu Consulting pointed out: With the increasingly prominent problem of global population aging and the resulting increase in patients with ulcers, bedsores and other diseases, the demand for international medical dressings will continue to grow. In 2013, my country's total export of medical dressings was US$2.381 billion, a year-on-year increase of 3.94%, accounting for 12.31% of the export of medical device commodities. In the first half of 2014, my country's total export of medical dressings was US$ 1.254 billion, a year-on-year increase of 10.84%.

North America is my country’s largest export market for medical dressings, with an export value of US$803 million, a decrease of 2.03% year-on-year; Europe is the second largest export market, with an export value of US$782 million.

In 2013, my country exported medical dressings to 195 countries and regions. In terms of export regions, North America is my country’s largest export market for medical dressings, with an export value of US$803 million, a year-on-year decrease of 2.03%, accounting for 33.72%; Europe is the second largest export market, with an export value of US$782 million. A year-on-year increase of 7.16%, with a proportion of 32.86%; Asia ranked third, with exports of 462 million US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 2.58%, with a proportion of 19.4%. The three continents accounted for 85.98%.