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Where does Belgium get its medicines? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Belgium imported $22.4 billion of medicines (232 thousand tonnes), 4.6% of the world total. Its main sources were Italy (32%), Germany (17%) and the United States (15%). Belgium was the world’s 4th-largest importer of medicines.

Summary

Value
$22.4billion
Tonnes
232thousand tonnes
Share of world total
4.6%
World rank
4th
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
Italy7.1Tonnes: 22,126USD per tonne: $320,30431.7%Air
Germany3.8Tonnes: 30,143USD per tonne: $126,84917.1%Land
United States3.3Tonnes: 2,069USD per tonne: $1,575,01214.6%Air
France2.7Tonnes: 60,042USD per tonne: $45,23712.2%Land
Ireland1.2Tonnes: 13,749USD per tonne: $85,4675.3%Air
Switzerland1.1Tonnes: 1,526USD per tonne: $712,7644.9%Air
Netherlands re-exports0.72Tonnes: 26,620USD per tonne: $27,0013.2%Land
United Kingdom0.66Tonnes: 12,771USD per tonne: $51,8613%Air
Canada0.3Tonnes: 174USD per tonne: $1,728,4411.4%Air
Singapore re-exports0.27Tonnes: 196USD per tonne: $1,368,7721.2%Air
Spain0.21Tonnes: 14,188USD per tonne: $14,5130.92%Sea
Denmark0.13Tonnes: 493USD per tonne: $265,6080.59%Air
Portugal0.12Tonnes: 1,824USD per tonne: $67,0320.55%Air
India0.11Tonnes: 2,928USD per tonne: $37,5740.49%Sea
China0.09Tonnes: 511USD per tonne: $176,6860.4%Air
Austria0.08Tonnes: 3,817USD per tonne: $21,2580.36%Air
Romania0.06Tonnes: 6,297USD per tonne: $10,0560.28%Sea
Sweden0.06Tonnes: 684USD per tonne: $85,3450.26%Air
Australia0.06Tonnes: 881USD per tonne: $65,3240.26%Sea
Norway0.05Tonnes: 458USD per tonne: $106,5360.22%Air

Trend

Who it buys from

Italy has been its main source since 2013

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

  • Italy 7.1
  • Germany 3.8
  • United States 3.3
  • France 2.7
  • Ireland 1.2

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Italy0.147.1
Germany0.33.8
United States0.073.3
France0.342.7
Ireland0.121.2

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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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