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Where does France get its medicines? Import sources 2024

In 2024, France imported $17.3 billion of medicines (258 thousand tonnes), 3.6% of the world total. Its main sources were Germany (17%), Italy (14%) and the United States (12%). France was the world’s 8th-largest importer of medicines.

Summary

Value
$17.3billion
Tonnes
258thousand tonnes
Share of world total
3.6%
World rank
8th
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
Germany3Tonnes: 67,913USD per tonne: $43,46517.1%Land
Italy2.3Tonnes: 47,384USD per tonne: $49,22513.5%Land
United States2.2Tonnes: 1,839USD per tonne: $1,171,32412.5%Air
Ireland2Tonnes: 13,838USD per tonne: $142,40111.4%Air
United Kingdom1Tonnes: 14,588USD per tonne: $69,8785.9%Air
Switzerland0.88Tonnes: 3,063USD per tonne: $288,0405.1%Land
Spain0.75Tonnes: 32,161USD per tonne: $23,3224.3%Land
Belgium re-exports0.6Tonnes: 6,913USD per tonne: $86,0943.5%Land
Sweden0.51Tonnes: 3,821USD per tonne: $134,3123%Air
Netherlands re-exports0.47Tonnes: 5,835USD per tonne: $81,2132.7%Air
India0.45Tonnes: 9,680USD per tonne: $46,0532.6%Air
Denmark0.41Tonnes: 1,547USD per tonne: $265,1782.4%Air
China0.39Tonnes: 2,410USD per tonne: $159,9052.2%Air
Hungary0.32Tonnes: 6,017USD per tonne: $53,9651.9%Air
Japan0.29Tonnes: 961USD per tonne: $306,5441.7%Air
Canada0.26Tonnes: 194USD per tonne: $1,335,0741.5%Air
Austria0.25Tonnes: 3,921USD per tonne: $63,6421.5%Air
Greece0.24Tonnes: 6,481USD per tonne: $37,6801.4%Sea
Poland0.15Tonnes: 7,195USD per tonne: $21,2640.89%Sea
Slovenia0.14Tonnes: 1,187USD per tonne: $115,8120.8%Air

Trend

Who it buys from

Germany has been its main source since 2017

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

  • Germany 3
  • Italy 2.3
  • United States 2.2
  • Ireland 2
  • United Kingdom 1

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Germany0.33
Italy0.322.3
United States0.182.2
Ireland0.22
United Kingdom0.631

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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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