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Who buys China’s medical instruments? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, China exported $13.6 billion of medical instruments (632 thousand tonnes), 7.8% of the world total. Its main destinations were the United States (18%), Japan (6%) and Germany (6%). China was the world’s 4th-largest exporter of medical instruments.

Summary

Value
$13.6billion
Tonnes
632thousand tonnes
Share of world total
7.8%
World rank
4th
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 States2.4Tonnes: 59,016USD per tonne: $40,62417.6%Sea
Japan0.79Tonnes: 17,431USD per tonne: $45,0585.8%Sea
Germany0.76Tonnes: 18,500USD per tonne: $41,0035.6%Sea
Hong Kong re-exports0.64Tonnes: 4,299USD per tonne: $148,2904.7%Land
India0.53Tonnes: 10,564USD per tonne: $50,5413.9%Land
Mexico0.51Tonnes: 12,405USD per tonne: $41,3843.8%Air
Netherlands re-exports0.49Tonnes: 10,853USD per tonne: $44,7073.6%Sea
Brazil0.48Tonnes: 20,253USD per tonne: $23,7523.5%Sea
Russia0.42Tonnes: 23,483USD per tonne: $17,8723.1%Land
United Kingdom0.41Tonnes: 15,597USD per tonne: $26,4973%Sea
France0.39Tonnes: 11,866USD per tonne: $33,0422.9%Sea
South Korea0.29Tonnes: 9,169USD per tonne: $32,0462.2%Sea
Australia0.27Tonnes: 9,580USD per tonne: $27,7032%Sea
Turkey0.24Tonnes: 9,306USD per tonne: $25,7191.8%Sea
Italy0.22Tonnes: 12,369USD per tonne: $17,6731.6%Sea
Poland0.21Tonnes: 10,042USD per tonne: $20,6261.5%Sea
Indonesia0.19Tonnes: 7,812USD per tonne: $24,6951.4%Sea
Spain0.17Tonnes: 7,094USD per tonne: $24,3841.3%Sea
Singapore re-exports0.17Tonnes: 3,644USD per tonne: $46,0681.2%Air
Thailand0.16Tonnes: 7,363USD per tonne: $22,3611.2%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

The United States has been its main destination since 1999

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

  • United States 2.4
  • Japan 0.79
  • Germany 0.76
  • Hong Kong 0.64
  • India 0.53

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States0.062.4
Japan0.020.79
Germany0.020.76
Hong Kong0.030.64
India< 0.010.53

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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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