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Who buys Ireland’s medicines? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Ireland exported $33.3 billion of medicines (162 thousand tonnes), 6.9% of the world total. Its main destinations were the United States (35%), Germany (14%) and France (6%). Ireland was the world’s 5th-largest exporter of medicines.

Summary

Value
$33.3billion
Tonnes
162thousand tonnes
Share of world total
6.9%
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
United States11.6Tonnes: 14,289USD per tonne: $813,20834.9%Air
Germany4.6Tonnes: 15,549USD per tonne: $294,06413.7%Air
France2Tonnes: 13,838USD per tonne: $142,4015.9%Air
Italy1.4Tonnes: 8,770USD per tonne: $163,0794.3%Air
United Kingdom1.4Tonnes: 28,068USD per tonne: $50,2864.2%Land
China1.2Tonnes: 894USD per tonne: $1,393,2893.7%Air
Belgium re-exports1.2Tonnes: 13,749USD per tonne: $85,4673.5%Air
Japan1.1Tonnes: 417USD per tonne: $2,540,3423.2%Air
Netherlands re-exports0.98Tonnes: 8,220USD per tonne: $118,6742.9%Air
Canada0.63Tonnes: 2,206USD per tonne: $276,5411.9%Air
Australia0.6Tonnes: 618USD per tonne: $977,5641.8%Air
Saudi Arabia0.46Tonnes: 2,720USD per tonne: $169,6921.4%Air
South Korea0.45Tonnes: 7,105USD per tonne: $63,1891.4%Air
Switzerland0.41Tonnes: 983USD per tonne: $417,5261.2%Air
Spain0.36Tonnes: 4,164USD per tonne: $86,1771.1%Air
Mexico0.33Tonnes: 896USD per tonne: $367,4500.99%Air
Poland0.33Tonnes: 4,056USD per tonne: $80,4400.98%Air
Taiwan0.31Tonnes: 343USD per tonne: $894,1720.92%Air
Turkey0.25Tonnes: 11,021USD per tonne: $22,3340.74%Sea
Austria0.24Tonnes: 871USD per tonne: $279,1130.73%Air

Trend

Who it sells to

The United States has been its main destination since 2001

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

  • United States 11.6
  • Germany 4.6
  • France 2
  • Italy 1.4
  • United Kingdom 1.4

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States0.0811.6
Germany0.234.6
France0.22
Italy0.091.4
United Kingdom0.321.4

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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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