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Where does Italy get its medicines? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Italy imported $18.3 billion of medicines (135 thousand tonnes), 3.8% of the world total. Its main sources were Belgium (23%), Germany (18%) and Switzerland (13%). Italy was the world’s 6th-largest importer of medicines.

Summary

Value
$18.3billion
Tonnes
135thousand tonnes
Share of world total
3.8%
World rank
6th
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
Belgium re-exports4.1Tonnes: 12,359USD per tonne: $334,52522.6%Air
Germany3.2Tonnes: 42,575USD per tonne: $75,09117.5%Air
Switzerland2.4Tonnes: 4,759USD per tonne: $505,19613.2%Land
France1.8Tonnes: 19,478USD per tonne: $91,8639.8%Land
Ireland1.4Tonnes: 8,770USD per tonne: $163,0797.9%Air
Netherlands re-exports1.4Tonnes: 4,095USD per tonne: $346,9547.8%Air
Spain0.77Tonnes: 16,818USD per tonne: $45,5414.2%Sea
Canada0.51Tonnes: 293USD per tonne: $1,737,5262.8%Air
Denmark0.51Tonnes: 1,384USD per tonne: $366,8982.8%Air
Sweden0.42Tonnes: 2,581USD per tonne: $161,4302.3%Air
United States0.27Tonnes: 591USD per tonne: $456,1181.5%Air
Poland0.14Tonnes: 1,755USD per tonne: $81,3770.78%Air
Hungary0.13Tonnes: 1,936USD per tonne: $67,6850.72%Air
United Kingdom0.13Tonnes: 4,027USD per tonne: $31,2730.69%Sea
Greece0.12Tonnes: 1,524USD per tonne: $81,3380.68%Air
Slovenia0.1Tonnes: 1,123USD per tonne: $92,5420.57%Land
India0.09Tonnes: 1,013USD per tonne: $90,9920.5%Air
China0.09Tonnes: 894USD per tonne: $99,0280.48%Air
Austria0.09Tonnes: 2,660USD per tonne: $32,6170.48%Land
Malta0.06Tonnes: 1,559USD per tonne: $39,1400.33%Air

Trend

Who it buys from

Belgium has been its main source since 2024

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

  • Belgium 4.1
  • Germany 3.2
  • Switzerland 2.4
  • France 1.8
  • Ireland 1.4

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Belgium0.094.1
Germany0.343.2
Switzerland0.532.4
France0.271.8
Ireland0.091.4

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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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