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Who buys Germany’s medical instruments? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Germany exported $18.2 billion of medical instruments (207 thousand tonnes), 10.4% of the world total. Its main destinations were the United States (23%), the Netherlands (7%) and China (6%). Germany was the world’s 3rd-largest exporter of medical instruments.

Summary

Value
$18.2billion
Tonnes
207thousand tonnes
Share of world total
10.4%
World rank
3rd
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 States4.3Tonnes: 42,999USD per tonne: $99,06723.4%Air
Netherlands re-exports1.3Tonnes: 12,137USD per tonne: $110,4947.4%Land
China1.1Tonnes: 7,815USD per tonne: $145,4716.3%Air
Italy0.87Tonnes: 12,020USD per tonne: $72,3424.8%Air
France0.72Tonnes: 11,116USD per tonne: $64,6874%Land
Switzerland0.7Tonnes: 6,043USD per tonne: $116,5003.9%Land
Russia0.54Tonnes: 6,079USD per tonne: $89,4773%Air
United Kingdom0.52Tonnes: 5,613USD per tonne: $92,7482.9%Air
Spain0.51Tonnes: 8,011USD per tonne: $64,1992.8%Air
Japan0.48Tonnes: 1,918USD per tonne: $248,9132.6%Air
Austria0.37Tonnes: 4,428USD per tonne: $83,5622%Land
Belgium re-exports0.33Tonnes: 6,036USD per tonne: $55,1911.8%Land
Poland0.32Tonnes: 5,049USD per tonne: $63,0581.8%Land
Saudi Arabia0.31Tonnes: 1,993USD per tonne: $156,5191.7%Air
Czechia0.3Tonnes: 3,951USD per tonne: $76,1201.7%Land
India0.27Tonnes: 2,815USD per tonne: $97,3411.5%Air
South Korea0.25Tonnes: 1,995USD per tonne: $125,5631.4%Air
Denmark0.24Tonnes: 3,927USD per tonne: $60,9851.3%Land
Sweden0.23Tonnes: 2,888USD per tonne: $78,9001.3%Air
Australia0.21Tonnes: 1,438USD per tonne: $148,8971.2%Air

Trend

Who it sells to

The United States was its main destination throughout the period

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

  • United States 4.3
  • Netherlands 1.3
  • China 1.1
  • Italy 0.87
  • France 0.72

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States0.584.3
Netherlands0.111.3
China0.031.1
Italy0.220.87
France0.240.72

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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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