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Where does Australia get its medical instruments? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Australia imported $2.8 billion of medical instruments (41 thousand tonnes), 1.6% of the world total. Its main sources were the United States (37%), China (9%) and Mexico (8%). Australia was the world’s 14th-largest importer of medical instruments.

Summary

Value
$2.8billion
Tonnes
41thousand tonnes
Share of world total
1.6%
World rank
14th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
United States1.1Tonnes: 11,543USD per tonne: $90,33537.2%Air
China0.27Tonnes: 9,580USD per tonne: $27,7039.3%Sea
Mexico0.23Tonnes: 2,105USD per tonne: $90,9828.2%Air
Germany0.21Tonnes: 1,438USD per tonne: $148,8977.5%Air
Japan0.11Tonnes: 623USD per tonne: $183,8704%Air
Costa Rica0.11Tonnes: 222USD per tonne: $478,3143.7%Air
Ireland0.1Tonnes: 270USD per tonne: $369,4283.5%Air
Switzerland0.07Tonnes: 160USD per tonne: $446,4082.5%Air
United Kingdom0.06Tonnes: 217USD per tonne: $274,5742.1%Air
Singapore re-exports0.05Tonnes: 5,422USD per tonne: $9,6671.8%Air
Malaysia0.05Tonnes: 2,627USD per tonne: $18,0711.8%Sea
Dominican Republic0.04Tonnes: 407USD per tonne: $80,2721.3%Air
Italy0.04Tonnes: 456USD per tonne: $81,4211.3%Air
South Korea0.03Tonnes: 207USD per tonne: $162,5541.2%Air
Israel0.03Tonnes: 83USD per tonne: $255,9721.2%Air
Thailand0.03Tonnes: 753USD per tonne: $38,1521%Sea
Poland0.03Tonnes: 261USD per tonne: $89,4551%Air
Vietnam0.03Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $25,132,3080.97%Sea
Finland0.03Tonnes: 122USD per tonne: $222,2300.95%Air
France0.03Tonnes: 273USD per tonne: $94,1400.9%Air

Trend

Who it buys from

The United States was its main source throughout the period

Value in USD billions. The five largest sources in 2024.

  • United States 1.1
  • China 0.27
  • Mexico 0.23
  • Germany 0.21
  • Japan 0.11

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States0.221.1
China< 0.010.27
Mexico< 0.010.23
Germany0.040.21
Japan0.040.11

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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