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Where does India get its medical instruments? Import sources 2024

In 2024, India imported $2.6 billion of medical instruments (113 thousand tonnes), 1.5% of the world total. Its main sources were the United States (25%), China (20%) and Germany (10%). India was the world’s 16th-largest importer of medical instruments.

Summary

Value
$2.6billion
Tonnes
113thousand tonnes
Share of world total
1.5%
World rank
16th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
United States665Tonnes: 17,611USD per tonne: $37,19325.2%Sea
China534Tonnes: 10,564USD per tonne: $50,54120.3%Land
Germany274Tonnes: 2,815USD per tonne: $97,34110.4%Air
Japan179Tonnes: 2,634USD per tonne: $68,0676.8%Air
South Korea119Tonnes: 6,544USD per tonne: $18,1634.5%Air
Mexico86.6Tonnes: 3,220USD per tonne: $26,7463.3%Air
Netherlands re-exports64.8Tonnes: 749USD per tonne: $86,5472.5%Air
Singapore re-exports62.9Tonnes: 17,443USD per tonne: $3,6062.4%Sea
France61.6Tonnes: 1,138USD per tonne: $54,1672.3%Air
Italy52.5Tonnes: 621USD per tonne: $84,5742%Air
Malaysia51.5Tonnes: 21,064USD per tonne: $2,4432%Sea
Ireland50.1Tonnes: 539USD per tonne: $92,9321.9%Air
Switzerland47.9Tonnes: 268USD per tonne: $178,5581.8%Air
Vietnam42.9Tonnes: 3,104USD per tonne: $13,8351.6%Sea
United Kingdom42.1Tonnes: 4,438USD per tonne: $9,4761.6%Sea
Israel38.5Tonnes: 771USD per tonne: $49,7891.5%Air
Poland35.1Tonnes: 261USD per tonne: $134,1001.3%Air
Thailand28.6Tonnes: 3,389USD per tonne: $8,4271.1%Sea
Spain23.1Tonnes: 978USD per tonne: $23,6030.88%Sea
Denmark22.2Tonnes: 200USD per tonne: $111,0710.84%Air

Trend

Who it buys from

The United States has been its main source since 2022

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

  • United States 665
  • China 534
  • Germany 274
  • Japan 179
  • South Korea 119

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States48.9665
China0.38534
Germany33.7274
Japan35.1179
South Korea0.78119

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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