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Where does Australia get its medicines? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Australia imported $5.9 billion of medicines (63 thousand tonnes), 1.2% of the world total. Its main sources were the United States (15%), Germany (12%) and Ireland (10%). Australia was the world’s 16th-largest importer of medicines.

Summary

Value
$5.9billion
Tonnes
63thousand tonnes
Share of world total
1.2%
World rank
16th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
United States884Tonnes: 3,831USD per tonne: $230,73714.9%Air
Germany736Tonnes: 7,856USD per tonne: $93,71712.4%Air
Ireland604Tonnes: 618USD per tonne: $977,56410.2%Air
India508Tonnes: 14,863USD per tonne: $34,1738.6%Sea
France421Tonnes: 3,442USD per tonne: $122,3777.1%Air
Italy395Tonnes: 1,140USD per tonne: $346,0416.7%Air
United Kingdom311Tonnes: 6,730USD per tonne: $46,2415.3%Sea
Switzerland309Tonnes: 1,044USD per tonne: $295,9725.2%Air
Denmark270Tonnes: 178USD per tonne: $1,435,1954.6%Air
Belgium re-exports215Tonnes: 6,086USD per tonne: $35,3153.6%Sea
Spain141Tonnes: 2,051USD per tonne: $67,8962.4%Air
Canada139Tonnes: 652USD per tonne: $210,1882.3%Air
Japan126Tonnes: 809USD per tonne: $155,2782.1%Air
Brazil97.3Tonnes: 465USD per tonne: $209,2951.6%Air
Netherlands re-exports83.4Tonnes: 491USD per tonne: $169,1031.4%Air
Austria78Tonnes: 1,886USD per tonne: $41,3751.3%Sea
China72.3Tonnes: 2,796USD per tonne: $25,8581.2%Sea
Singapore re-exports70.6Tonnes: 1,125USD per tonne: $62,7311.2%Air
Greece61.1Tonnes: 479USD per tonne: $127,0521%Air
New Zealand42.9Tonnes: 16USD per tonne: $80,3990.72%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

The United States has been its main source since 2022

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

  • United States 0.88
  • Germany 0.74
  • Ireland 0.6
  • India 0.51
  • France 0.42

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States0.070.88
Germany0.10.74
Ireland0.030.6
India< 0.010.51
France0.060.42

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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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