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Where does Italy get its medical instruments? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Italy imported $4.5 billion of medical instruments (78 thousand tonnes), 2.6% of the world total. Its main sources were the Netherlands (31%), Germany (19%) and Belgium (12%). Italy was the world’s 10th-largest importer of medical instruments.

Summary

Value
$4.5billion
Tonnes
78thousand tonnes
Share of world total
2.6%
World rank
10th
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
Netherlands re-exports1.4Tonnes: 10,121USD per tonne: $140,09431.5%Air
Germany0.87Tonnes: 12,020USD per tonne: $72,34219.3%Air
Belgium re-exports0.54Tonnes: 12,621USD per tonne: $42,84512%Air
France0.38Tonnes: 5,071USD per tonne: $75,6728.5%Land
China0.22Tonnes: 12,369USD per tonne: $17,6734.9%Sea
United States0.18Tonnes: 1,676USD per tonne: $105,4713.9%Air
Switzerland0.15Tonnes: 2,452USD per tonne: $62,0463.4%Land
Austria0.06Tonnes: 1,852USD per tonne: $33,0221.4%Land
Tunisia0.06Tonnes: 4,718USD per tonne: $12,3061.3%Sea
South Korea0.05Tonnes: 266USD per tonne: $186,7151.1%Air
Slovenia0.05Tonnes: 4,352USD per tonne: $10,8471.1%Land
United Kingdom0.05Tonnes: 178USD per tonne: $253,4011%Air
Hungary0.04Tonnes: 613USD per tonne: $62,5000.85%Air
Japan0.04Tonnes: 283USD per tonne: $132,2760.83%Air
Spain0.04Tonnes: 843USD per tonne: $42,5110.8%Sea
Sweden0.03Tonnes: 499USD per tonne: $64,5570.72%Air
India0.03Tonnes: 1,735USD per tonne: $17,2270.66%Sea
Denmark0.03Tonnes: 129USD per tonne: $225,6730.65%Air
Israel0.03Tonnes: 101USD per tonne: $256,7270.58%Air
Poland0.02Tonnes: 770USD per tonne: $31,6020.54%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

The Netherlands has been its main source since 2018

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

  • Netherlands 1.4
  • Germany 0.87
  • Belgium 0.54
  • France 0.38
  • China 0.22

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Netherlands0.091.4
Germany0.220.87
Belgium0.070.54
France0.10.38
China0.010.22

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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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