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Where does Canada get its medicines? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Canada imported $9.8 billion of medicines (83 thousand tonnes), 2% of the world total. Its main sources were the United States (37%), Germany (9%) and Denmark (7%). Canada was the world’s 12th-largest importer of medicines.

Summary

Value
$9.8billion
Tonnes
83thousand tonnes
Share of world total
2%
World rank
12th
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 States3.6Tonnes: 41,515USD per tonne: $86,84237%Land
Germany0.87Tonnes: 4,452USD per tonne: $194,6078.9%Air
Denmark0.63Tonnes: 463USD per tonne: $1,210,2696.5%Air
Switzerland0.63Tonnes: 2,667USD per tonne: $237,6076.5%Air
Ireland0.63Tonnes: 2,206USD per tonne: $276,5416.5%Air
India0.55Tonnes: 7,397USD per tonne: $74,4035.6%Air
Sweden0.38Tonnes: 1,570USD per tonne: $240,5443.9%Air
Italy0.37Tonnes: 3,571USD per tonne: $103,5083.8%Air
France0.36Tonnes: 2,933USD per tonne: $121,5173.7%Air
Belgium re-exports0.3Tonnes: 1,449USD per tonne: $206,1043.1%Air
Mexico0.23Tonnes: 1,331USD per tonne: $171,2082.3%Air
United Kingdom0.22Tonnes: 1,848USD per tonne: $119,1872.3%Air
Spain0.21Tonnes: 1,298USD per tonne: $161,9772.2%Air
Austria0.11Tonnes: 1,842USD per tonne: $59,5831.1%Sea
Slovenia0.1Tonnes: 607USD per tonne: $156,6000.97%Air
China0.05Tonnes: 3,216USD per tonne: $16,0080.53%Sea
Japan0.05Tonnes: 173USD per tonne: $71,6340.5%Sea
Singapore re-exports0.05Tonnes: 265USD per tonne: $171,2570.47%Air
Poland0.04Tonnes: 497USD per tonne: $72,8950.37%Air
Israel0.04Tonnes: 241USD per tonne: $150,2570.37%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 3.6
  • Germany 0.87
  • Denmark 0.63
  • Switzerland 0.63
  • Ireland 0.63

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States0.63.6
Germany0.060.87
Denmark0.010.63
Switzerland0.10.63
Ireland0.030.63

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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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