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Where does Brazil get its medicines? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Brazil imported $5.5 billion of medicines (40 thousand tonnes), 1.1% of the world total. Its main sources were the United States (21%), Germany (13%) and Denmark (13%). Brazil was the world’s 18th-largest importer of medicines.

Summary

Value
$5.5billion
Tonnes
40thousand tonnes
Share of world total
1.1%
World rank
18th
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 States1.2Tonnes: 2,821USD per tonne: $414,47421.4%Air
Germany0.72Tonnes: 4,921USD per tonne: $147,29013.2%Air
Denmark0.72Tonnes: 565USD per tonne: $1,273,01613.2%Air
India0.38Tonnes: 5,505USD per tonne: $69,8417%Air
Switzerland0.36Tonnes: 602USD per tonne: $604,1036.6%Air
Spain0.26Tonnes: 3,470USD per tonne: $74,2074.7%Air
France0.23Tonnes: 3,669USD per tonne: $63,1734.2%Sea
United Kingdom0.18Tonnes: 3,044USD per tonne: $60,2923.4%Air
Sweden0.17Tonnes: 669USD per tonne: $260,1803.2%Air
Italy0.17Tonnes: 1,913USD per tonne: $90,3973.2%Air
Poland0.17Tonnes: 115USD per tonne: $1,460,3793.1%Air
Austria0.12Tonnes: 1,648USD per tonne: $74,8022.3%Air
Canada0.09Tonnes: 69USD per tonne: $1,299,4311.6%Air
Mexico0.09Tonnes: 1,694USD per tonne: $51,5551.6%Air
Argentina0.08Tonnes: 3,802USD per tonne: $22,0721.5%Land
Singapore re-exports0.08Tonnes: 59USD per tonne: $1,286,3491.4%Air
Belgium re-exports0.07Tonnes: 702USD per tonne: $94,5541.2%Air
China0.06Tonnes: 1,229USD per tonne: $50,0131.1%Sea
Japan0.05Tonnes: 135USD per tonne: $394,1360.97%Air
Netherlands re-exports0.05Tonnes: 229USD per tonne: $200,5850.84%Air

Trend

Who it buys from

The United States has been its main source since 1997

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

  • United States 1.2
  • Germany 0.72
  • Denmark 0.72
  • India 0.38
  • Switzerland 0.36

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States0.041.2
Germany0.020.72
Denmark0.010.72
India< 0.010.38
Switzerland0.070.36

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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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