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Where does Canada get its medical instruments? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Canada imported $3.9 billion of medical instruments (37 thousand tonnes), 2.3% of the world total. Its main sources were the United States (50%), Mexico (13%) and Germany (5%). Canada was the world’s 11th-largest importer of medical instruments.

Summary

Value
$3.9billion
Tonnes
37thousand tonnes
Share of world total
2.3%
World rank
11th
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 States2Tonnes: 14,984USD per tonne: $127,16449.6%Land
Mexico0.53Tonnes: 384USD per tonne: $119,19113.5%Sea
Germany0.2Tonnes: 1,568USD per tonne: $127,6775.1%Air
China0.16Tonnes: 4,078USD per tonne: $40,0294.1%Air
Costa Rica0.14Tonnes: 276USD per tonne: $502,6103.5%Air
Japan0.13Tonnes: 593USD per tonne: $220,7413.3%Air
Ireland0.11Tonnes: 335USD per tonne: $339,3932.9%Air
Israel0.08Tonnes: 46USD per tonne: $265,6792%Sea
Switzerland0.06Tonnes: 144USD per tonne: $431,7291.6%Air
Dominican Republic0.06Tonnes: 242USD per tonne: $207,1691.5%Air
South Korea0.05Tonnes: 178USD per tonne: $287,3011.3%Air
Malaysia0.04Tonnes: 210USD per tonne: $194,3771.1%Air
United Kingdom0.04Tonnes: 591USD per tonne: $66,4471%Sea
Italy0.04Tonnes: 282USD per tonne: $133,2410.95%Air
Singapore re-exports0.04Tonnes: 8,668USD per tonne: $4,0670.89%Sea
Denmark0.03Tonnes: 44USD per tonne: $640,8050.72%Air
Austria0.02Tonnes: 32USD per tonne: $745,1590.6%Air
Poland0.02Tonnes: 578USD per tonne: $38,7830.57%Air
Vietnam0.02Tonnes: 21USD per tonne: $385,3060.52%Sea
France0.02Tonnes: 301USD per tonne: $65,1830.5%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 2
  • Mexico 0.53
  • Germany 0.2
  • China 0.16
  • Costa Rica 0.14

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States0.452
Mexico< 0.010.53
Germany0.030.2
China< 0.010.16
Costa Rica< 0.010.14

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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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