Disposable PVC gloves originated in the United States in the 1950s, developed in Japan in the 1970s, and then moved from Taiwan to mainland China. Since 2000, my country has become the world's largest PVC glove production area, and the key paste resin technology and process technology have been continuously improved. Malaysia is the largest production base of disposable gloves, but the concentration of disposable protective gloves is not high. In 2019, the top three glove companies of top gloves, Hetejia, and Keshan Rubber accounted for about 27% of the global market. The market is occupied by small and medium-sized glove manufacturers.

In terms of nitrile gloves, about 60% of the world's nitrile gloves production capacity is concentrated in Malaysia. Hartelega's 2019 annual production capacity of nitrile gloves reached 34.2 billion, accounting for about 20% of the global share, ranking first. The production of nitrile gloves in my country started in early 2000. In recent years, production and sales and market share have continued to grow. Compared with the production of PVC gloves, nitrile gloves have significantly higher requirements in terms of production technology and production technology, and the investment and construction cost of the production line is much higher than that of PVC gloves. There are certain technical and financial barriers to entering the nitrile glove production industry.

Affected by the global outbreak of new crown pneumonia, the demand for the nitrile glove industry has seen explosive growth in the first half of 2020, with the market size reaching approximately US$23.62 billion.