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Where does Colombia get its medicines? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Colombia imported $2.3 billion of medicines (96 thousand tonnes), 0.5% of the world total. Its main sources were the United States (18%), Germany (15%) and Mexico (10%). Colombia was the world’s 35th-largest importer of medicines.

Summary

Value
$2.3billion
Tonnes
96thousand tonnes
Share of world total
0.5%
World rank
35th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
United States418Tonnes: 3,457USD per tonne: $120,85518.4%Air
Germany335Tonnes: 2,427USD per tonne: $138,04814.7%Air
Mexico238Tonnes: 67,467USD per tonne: $3,52310.5%Sea
Italy124Tonnes: 1,732USD per tonne: $71,6765.5%Air
France117Tonnes: 1,751USD per tonne: $67,0065.2%Air
Denmark104Tonnes: 250USD per tonne: $417,3124.6%Air
India101Tonnes: 1,499USD per tonne: $67,2514.4%Air
Switzerland90.9Tonnes: 195USD per tonne: $465,2004%Air
Ireland83.8Tonnes: 179USD per tonne: $467,4253.7%Air
Spain80.3Tonnes: 1,389USD per tonne: $57,8013.5%Air
Brazil63.1Tonnes: 1,113USD per tonne: $56,6662.8%Land
United Kingdom57.4Tonnes: 937USD per tonne: $61,2312.5%Sea
Canada56.3Tonnes: 205USD per tonne: $274,1152.5%Air
Netherlands re-exports52.4Tonnes: 7,151USD per tonne: $7,3282.3%Sea
Sweden51.1Tonnes: 157USD per tonne: $325,5982.3%Air
Belgium re-exports48.6Tonnes: 402USD per tonne: $120,9712.1%Air
Argentina39.1Tonnes: 769USD per tonne: $50,9081.7%Sea
Singapore re-exports24.7Tonnes: 35USD per tonne: $715,9221.1%Air
China24.3Tonnes: 1,903USD per tonne: $12,7761.1%Sea
Poland22.8Tonnes: 20USD per tonne: $1,116,6671%Air

Trend

Who it buys from

The United States has been its main source since 2021

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

  • United States 418
  • Germany 335
  • Mexico 238
  • Italy 124
  • France 117

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States12.3418
Germany7.8335
Mexico14.9238
Italy3.5124
France4.8117

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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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