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Where does Ireland get its medicines? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Ireland imported $5.4 billion of medicines (47 thousand tonnes), 1.1% of the world total. Its main sources were the United Kingdom (29%), Germany (16%) and the United States (12%). Ireland was the world’s 19th-largest importer of medicines.

Summary

Value
$5.4billion
Tonnes
47thousand tonnes
Share of world total
1.1%
World rank
19th
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 Kingdom1.6Tonnes: 8,957USD per tonne: $173,31928.8%Land
Germany0.88Tonnes: 17,051USD per tonne: $51,60616.3%Air
United States0.66Tonnes: 640USD per tonne: $1,028,26612.2%Air
Netherlands re-exports0.38Tonnes: 998USD per tonne: $382,2927.1%Air
Canada0.28Tonnes: 102USD per tonne: $2,704,5475.1%Air
France0.25Tonnes: 3,723USD per tonne: $68,0434.7%Air
Italy0.25Tonnes: 1,083USD per tonne: $227,0534.6%Air
Switzerland0.23Tonnes: 240USD per tonne: $944,7434.2%Air
Belgium re-exports0.21Tonnes: 999USD per tonne: $208,8623.9%Air
Denmark0.16Tonnes: 323USD per tonne: $506,4093%Air
Greece0.08Tonnes: 819USD per tonne: $101,1081.5%Air
India0.06Tonnes: 751USD per tonne: $86,5641.2%Air
Norway0.06Tonnes: 856USD per tonne: $69,3931.1%Air
Spain0.06Tonnes: 939USD per tonne: $62,1411.1%Air
Japan0.04Tonnes: 108USD per tonne: $378,7140.76%Air
Hungary0.04Tonnes: 1,770USD per tonne: $20,7810.68%Sea
China0.03Tonnes: 88USD per tonne: $308,8450.5%Air
Austria0.02Tonnes: 945USD per tonne: $20,3890.36%Sea
Czechia0.02Tonnes: 256USD per tonne: $69,7130.33%Air
Slovenia0.02Tonnes: 224USD per tonne: $67,4860.28%Air

Trend

Who it buys from

The United Kingdom has been its main source since 2018

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

  • United Kingdom 1.6
  • Germany 0.88
  • United States 0.66
  • Netherlands 0.38
  • Canada 0.28

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United Kingdom0.271.6
Germany0.030.88
United States0.050.66
Netherlands< 0.010.38
Canada< 0.010.28

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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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