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Where does Germany get its medical instruments? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Germany imported $13.6 billion of medical instruments (176 thousand tonnes), 7.8% of the world total. Its main sources were the United States (25%), Ireland (9%) and Switzerland (7%). Germany was the world’s 3rd-largest importer of medical instruments.

Summary

Value
$13.6billion
Tonnes
176thousand tonnes
Share of world total
7.8%
World rank
3rd
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
United States3.4Tonnes: 11,881USD per tonne: $286,57225.1%Air
Ireland1.3Tonnes: 3,672USD per tonne: $346,5849.4%Air
Switzerland1Tonnes: 9,895USD per tonne: $102,4547.5%Land
China0.76Tonnes: 18,500USD per tonne: $41,0035.6%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.73Tonnes: 8,346USD per tonne: $87,6745.4%Land
Japan0.67Tonnes: 3,037USD per tonne: $221,0025%Air
United Kingdom0.55Tonnes: 7,681USD per tonne: $72,1604.1%Air
France0.45Tonnes: 6,924USD per tonne: $65,5583.4%Land
Malaysia0.45Tonnes: 7,158USD per tonne: $63,1193.3%Air
Poland0.45Tonnes: 9,823USD per tonne: $45,9313.3%Land
Mexico0.35Tonnes: 3,071USD per tonne: $113,0142.6%Air
Hungary0.32Tonnes: 14,402USD per tonne: $22,3712.4%Sea
Italy0.3Tonnes: 7,423USD per tonne: $40,3262.2%Sea
Czechia0.3Tonnes: 8,656USD per tonne: $34,2672.2%Land
Austria0.27Tonnes: 3,093USD per tonne: $88,6332%Land
Denmark0.21Tonnes: 4,636USD per tonne: $44,9471.5%Land
Turkey0.2Tonnes: 8,101USD per tonne: $24,2621.5%Sea
Taiwan0.18Tonnes: 3,306USD per tonne: $54,2771.3%Air
Finland0.16Tonnes: 2,922USD per tonne: $56,1451.2%Sea
Israel0.16Tonnes: 450USD per tonne: $344,9531.1%Air

Trend

Who it buys from

The United States was its main source throughout the period

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

  • United States 3.4
  • Ireland 1.3
  • Switzerland 1
  • China 0.76
  • Netherlands 0.73

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States0.613.4
Ireland0.061.3
Switzerland0.191
China0.020.76
Netherlands0.230.73

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

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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