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Who buys Germany’s medicines? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Germany exported $64.1 billion of medicines (734 thousand tonnes), 13.2% of the world total. Its main destinations were the United States (11%), Switzerland (11%) and the Netherlands (6%). Germany was the world’s largest exporter of medicines.

Summary

Value
$64.1billion
Tonnes
734thousand tonnes
Share of world total
13.2%
World rank
1st
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 States7.3Tonnes: 27,121USD per tonne: $270,78611.5%Air
Switzerland6.9Tonnes: 17,500USD per tonne: $393,66010.8%Land
Netherlands re-exports4.1Tonnes: 76,268USD per tonne: $54,1106.4%Land
Belgium re-exports3.8Tonnes: 30,143USD per tonne: $126,8496%Land
Italy3.2Tonnes: 42,575USD per tonne: $75,0915%Air
France3Tonnes: 67,913USD per tonne: $43,4654.6%Land
China2.5Tonnes: 11,429USD per tonne: $221,6074%Air
Japan2.5Tonnes: 1,847USD per tonne: $1,367,2493.9%Air
United Kingdom2.3Tonnes: 28,184USD per tonne: $82,0453.6%Air
Spain2.1Tonnes: 24,379USD per tonne: $87,5243.3%Air
Russia1.7Tonnes: 36,799USD per tonne: $45,8782.6%Sea
Austria1.6Tonnes: 26,805USD per tonne: $58,5732.5%Land
Poland1.4Tonnes: 38,471USD per tonne: $35,2622.1%Land
Czechia1Tonnes: 16,300USD per tonne: $64,0931.6%Land
Romania1Tonnes: 38,461USD per tonne: $26,2641.6%Sea
Saudi Arabia0.91Tonnes: 7,302USD per tonne: $124,1171.4%Air
Ireland0.88Tonnes: 17,051USD per tonne: $51,6061.4%Air
Canada0.87Tonnes: 4,452USD per tonne: $194,6071.4%Air
South Korea0.87Tonnes: 8,606USD per tonne: $100,6291.4%Air
Taiwan0.83Tonnes: 2,799USD per tonne: $297,4061.3%Air

Trend

Who it sells to

The United States has been its main destination since 2010

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

  • United States 7.3
  • Switzerland 6.9
  • Netherlands 4.1
  • Belgium 3.8
  • Italy 3.2

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States0.417.3
Switzerland0.96.9
Netherlands0.364.1
Belgium0.33.8
Italy0.343.2

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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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