The global IMF predicts that Covid-19 pandemic will cause countries around the world to experience the worst recession since 1930. In 2020, Global trade in commodities declined by 11% in 2020, and the forecast for global economic growth was lowered to -3.0. Which is highly dependent on global trade cannot but be shocked by the Korea. However, Covid-19 pandemic has come as an opportunity from a crisis, and it is the domestic Bio-health industry such as medical devices area. This paper examines the influence position of Korea and Asian countries in the global medical device and network trade volume changed of the Asian countries increased during the period of H1N1 flu and MERS outbreaks since to 2012. The medical device trade network was analyzed by Eigen-vector and mediation centrality by utilizing the connection degree, by the which indicators are can evaluate the influence of nodes in the network in the medical device trade network analysis process.
The purpose of the this paper is to examine the trade of medical devices in the post-corona era is expected to increase significantly, we will how Korea’s position is changing into the Asian countries and how it will affect the medical device industry in Korea.