T13 · Trade opportunity evidence

China (CHN) to United States (USA) pharmaceutical goods: sterile surgical catgut, suture materials, tissue adhesives, laminaria, laminaria tents, absorbable surgical or dental haemostatics, and surgical or dental adhesion barriers (HS6 300610)

A country-to-country view of reported pharmaceutical goods: sterile surgical catgut, suture materials, tissue adhesives, laminaria, laminaria tents, absorbable surgical or dental haemostatics, and surgical or dental adhesion barriers trade, combining buyer demand, exporter position, market structure, access conditions, and observed lane history.

Exporter China (CHN)Importer United States (USA)HS6 300610Two-way horizontal tradeCoverage 1995-2024Slowing

3-year buyer projection

$1.0BCalculated from reported demand

Exporter growth

-4.9%Full available history

Suppliers in market

53Latest reported count

Observed history

30 yearsLast year: 2024

Reported observations

What this pharmaceutical goods: sterile surgical catgut, suture materials, tissue adhesives, laminaria, laminaria tents, absorbable surgical or dental haemostatics, and surgical or dental adhesion barriers lane shows for HS 300610

Core values for China (CHN) → United States (USA) in HS 300610.

Buyer market

Latest imports$735.8M
Five-year projection$1.2B
Buyer CAGR+11.1%
Latest annual change+4%

Exporter position

Latest exports$1.2M
Market share0.2%
Share change-0 pp
Best observed share16.2%

Market structure

Reported suppliers53
Concentration index1,067.8
Share gap+16.1 pp
SignalSlowing

Detailed evidence

Complete lane evidence

Reported values, calculated indicators, and country-pair context for this route.

MeasureValueWhat it describes
Buyer imports$735.8MUnited States (USA)'s latest reported imports
Exporter exports$1.2MChina (CHN)'s exports to United States (USA)
Exporter market share0.2%Exporter share of the reported buyer market
Buyer five-year CAGR+11.1%Annualized change in buyer imports
Exporter full-history CAGR-4.9%Annualized change in exporter exports
Three-year buyer projection$1.0BCalculated projection from reported demand
Five-year buyer projection$1.2BCalculated projection from reported demand
Average buyer imports$295.4MAverage reported importer value
Peak buyer imports$770.1MHighest reported importer value
Average exporter exports$893.8KAverage reported lane exports
Peak exporter exports$5.2MHighest reported lane exports
Share change-0 ppLatest one-year change in exporter share
Reported suppliers53Supplier countries observed in the latest period
Buyer GDP$23.0TLatest buyer-country GDP estimate
Buyer GDP per person$69.3KLatest buyer-country GDP per person
Buyer population331,893.7 thousandLatest buyer-country population estimate
Buyer investment rate21.9%Reported buyer-country investment rate
Buyer secondary education98.3%Reported secondary education coverage
Distance10,994 kmApproximate country-pair distance
Business entry time4.2 daysReported days to start a business
Shared legal systemNoCountry-pair institutional relationship
Reported FTANoReported trade-agreement indicator
WTO memberYesBuyer-country WTO membership indicator
Lane volatility1Variation indicator across observed lane values
Maximum drawdown99.7%Largest observed decline from a prior peak
Observed history30 yearsCoverage through 2024

Research reading

Pharmaceutical goods: sterile surgical catgut, suture materials, tissue adhesives, laminaria, laminaria tents, absorbable surgical or dental haemostatics, and surgical or dental adhesion barriers demand and the China (CHN) to United States (USA) lane

United States (USA) reported $735.8M of pharmaceutical goods: sterile surgical catgut, suture materials, tissue adhesives, laminaria, laminaria tents, absorbable surgical or dental haemostatics, and surgical or dental adhesion barriers imports in 2024. China (CHN) accounted for 0.2% of the observed market and reported $1.2M in exports on this lane.

The latest annual values eased slightly, while the longer available history shows +11.1% buyer growth and -4.9% exporter growth. The page separates reported values from projections and indicators.

Product classification

What does HS 300610 include?

HS 300610 covers Pharmaceutical goods: sterile surgical catgut, suture materials, tissue adhesives, laminaria, laminaria tents, absorbable surgical or dental haemostatics, and surgical or dental adhesion barriers. This page studies the six-digit Harmonized System classification rather than a company, brand, retail category, or individual shipment.

The classification sits in HS chapter 30 and heading 3006. The recorded trade type is two-way horizontal trade, with a high price range classification in the available product reference data.

How to interpret this page

Compare demand, position, and history together

This HS 300610 trade opportunity page brings together the buyer market in United States (USA), the exporter position of China (CHN), and the observed conditions of their trade lane. A large buyer market does not by itself show that every exporter has equal access, and a positive growth rate does not remove the need to examine volatility and historical coverage.

Use the reported imports and exports to understand scale, market share to understand position, projections to understand the calculated forward view, and lane history to understand how much evidence supports the comparison.

Frequently asked questions

Questions about China (CHN) to United States (USA) pharmaceutical goods: sterile surgical catgut, suture materials, tissue adhesives, laminaria, laminaria tents, absorbable surgical or dental haemostatics, and surgical or dental adhesion barriers trade

What is the HS code for this product?

This page covers HS 300610, the six-digit product classification shown in the trade records.

How large is the United States (USA) market?

The page reports the latest buyer imports, historical averages, peaks, growth, and calculated projections for pharmaceutical goods: sterile surgical catgut, suture materials, tissue adhesives, laminaria, laminaria tents, absorbable surgical or dental haemostatics, and surgical or dental adhesion barriers.

How strong is China (CHN) in this market?

Exporter performance is shown through lane exports, market share, share change, growth, and the number of reported suppliers.

What should be checked before entering this market?

Review market scale, competition, access indicators, volatility, drawdown, and the available history together rather than relying on one signal.

Definitions and coverage

How to read this page

Reported values

Trade values describe reported merchandise trade for the stated HS6 classification. They are not company-level sales or shipment records.

Calculated indicators

Growth, projections, concentration, volatility, and share-gap figures are calculated from the reported observations and should be interpreted with their coverage period.

Coverage

This sample covers 30 observed years through 2024. Missing values are shown as not reported rather than estimated.