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Who buys France’s medicines? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, France exported $27.6 billion of medicines (459 thousand tonnes), 5.7% of the world total. Its main destinations were the United States (11%), Belgium (10%) and Germany (8%). France was the world’s 6th-largest exporter of medicines.

Summary

Value
$27.6billion
Tonnes
459thousand tonnes
Share of world total
5.7%
World rank
6th
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 States2.9Tonnes: 7,550USD per tonne: $384,71710.5%Air
Belgium re-exports2.7Tonnes: 60,042USD per tonne: $45,2379.8%Land
Germany2.3Tonnes: 84,414USD per tonne: $26,8418.2%Land
Italy1.8Tonnes: 19,478USD per tonne: $91,8636.5%Land
China1.5Tonnes: 8,047USD per tonne: $186,7875.4%Air
United Kingdom1Tonnes: 24,902USD per tonne: $41,7503.8%Sea
Spain0.98Tonnes: 17,494USD per tonne: $55,7693.5%Land
Poland0.83Tonnes: 8,263USD per tonne: $100,1713%Air
Denmark0.65Tonnes: 9,078USD per tonne: $71,1322.3%Air
Czechia0.6Tonnes: 4,660USD per tonne: $128,6582.2%Air
Netherlands re-exports0.57Tonnes: 28,841USD per tonne: $19,9012.1%Sea
Japan0.57Tonnes: 2,152USD per tonne: $262,9692.1%Air
Romania0.43Tonnes: 3,931USD per tonne: $108,9721.6%Air
Australia0.42Tonnes: 3,442USD per tonne: $122,3771.5%Air
Russia0.41Tonnes: 15,346USD per tonne: $26,9001.5%Sea
Greece0.4Tonnes: 5,754USD per tonne: $70,0181.5%Air
Switzerland0.4Tonnes: 7,129USD per tonne: $56,2621.5%Land
South Korea0.38Tonnes: 6,214USD per tonne: $60,6621.4%Air
Saudi Arabia0.36Tonnes: 3,668USD per tonne: $97,2201.3%Air
Canada0.36Tonnes: 2,933USD per tonne: $121,5171.3%Air

Trend

Who it sells to

The United States has been its main destination since 2022

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

  • United States 2.9
  • Belgium 2.7
  • Germany 2.3
  • Italy 1.8
  • China 1.5

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States0.072.9
Belgium0.342.7
Germany0.572.3
Italy0.271.8
China0.011.5

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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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