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Where does Belgium get its medical instruments? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Belgium imported $4.7 billion of medical instruments (76 thousand tonnes), 2.7% of the world total. Its main sources were Mexico (19%), the United States (18%) and the Netherlands (11%). Belgium was the world’s 9th-largest importer of medical instruments.

Summary

Value
$4.7billion
Tonnes
76thousand tonnes
Share of world total
2.7%
World rank
9th
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
Mexico909Tonnes: 4,103USD per tonne: $221,44419.3%Air
United States845Tonnes: 13,091USD per tonne: $64,52018%Air
Netherlands re-exports503Tonnes: 5,689USD per tonne: $88,45910.7%Land
Germany333Tonnes: 6,036USD per tonne: $55,1917.1%Land
Costa Rica320Tonnes: 1,492USD per tonne: $214,2896.8%Air
France315Tonnes: 5,852USD per tonne: $53,8856.7%Land
Switzerland248Tonnes: 1,440USD per tonne: $171,9645.3%Air
Japan228Tonnes: 1,451USD per tonne: $157,2774.9%Air
Malaysia161Tonnes: 1,351USD per tonne: $119,0563.4%Air
Vietnam142Tonnes: 1,477USD per tonne: $96,3463%Air
United Kingdom122Tonnes: 11,611USD per tonne: $10,5222.6%Sea
Italy87.8Tonnes: 2,291USD per tonne: $38,3091.9%Air
Ireland64.2Tonnes: 1,470USD per tonne: $43,7111.4%Sea
China63.5Tonnes: 2,239USD per tonne: $28,3651.4%Air
Israel59.9Tonnes: 154USD per tonne: $388,5381.3%Air
South Korea36.6Tonnes: 51USD per tonne: $724,7060.78%Air
Spain29.2Tonnes: 5,952USD per tonne: $4,8980.62%Sea
India27.5Tonnes: 2,517USD per tonne: $10,9250.58%Sea
Hungary23Tonnes: 1,596USD per tonne: $14,3860.49%Sea
Poland19.2Tonnes: 594USD per tonne: $32,3840.41%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Mexico has been its main source since 2022

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

  • Mexico 0.91
  • United States 0.84
  • Netherlands 0.5
  • Germany 0.33
  • Costa Rica 0.32

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Mexico< 0.010.91
United States0.190.84
Netherlands0.090.5
Germany0.080.33
Costa Rica00.32

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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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