Price information on antimalarial medicines, mosquito nets, diagnostics, insecticides, spray equipment and insecticides and drug resistance kits based on data obtained from the survey, is provided in Chapter 4. The official UN exchange rates for the month of February 2004 were used in currency conversions.
All prices listed in Chapter 4 are provided as statistical ranges that are explained below. Price ranges and how these prices are distributed serve as an indication of the prices a purchaser should aim for when planning procurement.
Most of the prices in this report are ex-works (EXW), free-on-board (FOB) or free carrier (FCA). They do not include the added cost of items such as freight, insurance, import duties or taxes. For this reason the prices quoted in this report cannot be compared with prices paid by consumers. Many countries continue to impose considerable import duties, tariffs and taxes. In addition, wholesale and retail mark-ups vary from one country to another. As a result, the ex-works price is often less than half the price paid by the consumer.
The following structure is used for reporting the price information in chapter 4:
(a) Product type (e.g. medicine)
(b) The number of manufacturers that gave an indicative price and the number of countries they represent
(c) The indicative price
unit
The price quoted relates to the unit described, e.g. if the unit is ‘tab’ the price quoted is for one single tablet.
max
The maximum price listed represents the highest price among products, with no differentiation among originator or generic products.
min
The minimum price listed represents the lowest price among products, with no differentiation among originator or generic products.
median
The median price is the middle price or, where there is an even number of prices listed, it is the mean of the two middle numbers. This means that half the prices quoted are above this median price, and the other half are below it.
(a) |
(b) |
(c) |
Product type |
Manufacturer |
Indicative prices, US$ |
| |
N° of manuf |
N° of countries |
unit |
max |
min |
median |
25th perc |
25th perc
The 25th percentile is the value point representing the first quartile of quoted prices in ascending order. It is used to give some indication of the dispersion of prices for a given product.
For example, if 4 suppliers were identified as manufacturers of primaquine 15 mg tablets, and the 25th percentile is US$ 0.011 per tablet: 1 out of the 4 (a quarter) of the manufacturers surveyed offer a price equal to or less than US$ 0.011.
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