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Who buys Canada’s medicines? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Canada exported $10.2 billion of medicines (54 thousand tonnes), 2.1% of the world total. The United States bought 51% of the total, followed by Japan (7%) and Italy (5%). Canada was the world’s 15th-largest exporter of medicines.

Summary

Value
$10.2billion
Tonnes
54thousand tonnes
Share of world total
2.1%
World rank
15th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
United States5.2Tonnes: 39,863USD per tonne: $129,63651.1%Land
Japan0.7Tonnes: 206USD per tonne: $3,410,0546.9%Air
Italy0.51Tonnes: 293USD per tonne: $1,737,5265%Air
Germany0.44Tonnes: 191USD per tonne: $2,297,5714.3%Air
Belgium re-exports0.3Tonnes: 174USD per tonne: $1,728,4412.9%Air
Ireland0.28Tonnes: 102USD per tonne: $2,704,5472.7%Air
France0.26Tonnes: 194USD per tonne: $1,335,0742.5%Air
United Kingdom0.24Tonnes: 634USD per tonne: $383,4272.4%Air
Switzerland0.24Tonnes: 43USD per tonne: $5,672,7262.4%Air
China0.22Tonnes: 477USD per tonne: $469,6402.2%Air
Spain0.21Tonnes: 312USD per tonne: $685,9732.1%Air
Poland0.17Tonnes: 73USD per tonne: $2,260,1281.6%Air
Australia0.14Tonnes: 652USD per tonne: $210,1881.4%Air
Taiwan0.13Tonnes: 195USD per tonne: $692,0211.3%Air
Brazil0.09Tonnes: 69USD per tonne: $1,299,4310.88%Air
South Korea0.08Tonnes: 366USD per tonne: $227,2350.81%Air
Saudi Arabia0.07Tonnes: 989USD per tonne: $73,5220.71%Sea
Colombia0.06Tonnes: 205USD per tonne: $274,1150.55%Air
Netherlands re-exports0.06Tonnes: 585USD per tonne: $95,2070.55%Air
Mexico0.05Tonnes: 1,061USD per tonne: $46,7170.49%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

The United States was its main destination throughout the period

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

  • United States 5.2
  • Japan 0.7
  • Italy 0.51
  • Germany 0.44
  • Belgium 0.3

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States0.235.2
Japan0.020.7
Italy< 0.010.51
Germany0.030.44
Belgium< 0.010.3

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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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