1. Overview of disposable protective gloves
Protective gloves are used to prevent hands from being injured. In terms of medical treatment, it is mainly used for medical inspection and isolation protection, mainly including examination gloves, sterile medical gloves, and medical X-ray protective gloves.
Disposable protective gloves can be divided into nitrile gloves, PVC gloves, latex gloves and PE gloves according to different materials. They can be divided into medical grade and non-medical grade according to their quality level and usage. Medical-grade gloves refer to products that need to meet the quality certification system or access standards of the target country’s medical market. They are mainly used in medical operations, physical examinations, medical care and other fields.
The upstream of disposable protective gloves is nitrile latex, PVC paste resin, plasticizer viscosity reducer and various auxiliary materials. Midstream is a manufacturer of disposable protective gloves; downstream is the application field, including medical industry, food industry, industrial industry, household cleaning, beauty salon, etc.
2. Development status of disposable medical protective gloves in my country
With the continuous development of my country’s economy, people’s consumption concepts and consumption habits are constantly changing, and my country’s disposable protective gloves market has maintained a steady growth. According to data released by the Bureau of Statistics, China’s health technicians reached 10.1 million in 2019. According to the estimation of the proportion of more than 60% of the personnel in the foreign medical industry who consume protective gloves, each person will use 6 pairs of gloves every day, and the demand in 2019 will reach 13.271 billion. Especially under the influence of the new coronavirus pneumonia epidemic, the demand for protective gloves by medical staff and the public has soared. In 2020, the demand will reach 16.544 billion.
