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The world market for medical products is worth about 170 billion Euro. German companies in this sector have a turnover of about 12 billion Euro and around 85,000 people have jobs in this sector. They are thus the third largest provider of medical technology products, after the United States and Japan. Traditionally, German medical technology has been oriented very much towards international markets: Over 50% of products are exported, whereby the EU member states are the main importers. Experts believe that this industry will continue to have great growth potential.