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Who buys Ireland’s medical instruments? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Ireland exported $10.7 billion of medical instruments (66 thousand tonnes), 6.1% of the world total. Its main destinations were the Netherlands (32%), the United States (28%) and Germany (12%). Ireland was the world’s 5th-largest exporter of medical instruments.

Summary

Value
$10.7billion
Tonnes
66thousand tonnes
Share of world total
6.1%
World rank
5th
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
Netherlands re-exports3.4Tonnes: 16,539USD per tonne: $208,50532.2%Air
United States3Tonnes: 23,543USD per tonne: $125,51127.6%Air
Germany1.3Tonnes: 3,672USD per tonne: $346,58411.9%Air
United Kingdom0.57Tonnes: 6,302USD per tonne: $89,9605.3%Land
Japan0.38Tonnes: 1,336USD per tonne: $285,5443.6%Air
France0.29Tonnes: 2,421USD per tonne: $119,2752.7%Air
China0.27Tonnes: 560USD per tonne: $482,6472.5%Air
Switzerland0.14Tonnes: 509USD per tonne: $275,4531.3%Air
Saudi Arabia0.13Tonnes: 403USD per tonne: $317,8461.2%Air
Canada0.11Tonnes: 335USD per tonne: $339,3931.1%Air
Australia0.1Tonnes: 270USD per tonne: $369,4280.93%Air
South Korea0.08Tonnes: 317USD per tonne: $248,6470.74%Air
Singapore re-exports0.08Tonnes: 776USD per tonne: $97,2070.7%Air
Spain0.07Tonnes: 1,055USD per tonne: $68,4230.67%Air
Mexico0.07Tonnes: 338USD per tonne: $200,2020.63%Air
Belgium re-exports0.06Tonnes: 1,470USD per tonne: $43,7110.6%Sea
Kuwait0.05Tonnes: 146USD per tonne: $360,5970.49%Air
India0.05Tonnes: 539USD per tonne: $92,9320.47%Air
Malaysia0.04Tonnes: 104USD per tonne: $421,6770.41%Air
Austria0.04Tonnes: 132USD per tonne: $328,6050.41%Air

Trend

Who it sells to

The Netherlands has been its main destination since 2024

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

  • Netherlands 3.4
  • United States 3
  • Germany 1.3
  • United Kingdom 0.57
  • Japan 0.38

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Netherlands0.083.4
United States0.043
Germany0.061.3
United Kingdom0.040.57
Japan0.10.38

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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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