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Who buys Japan’s medicines? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Japan exported $6.5 billion of medicines (42 thousand tonnes), 1.3% of the world total. Its main destinations were the United States (30%), China (23%) and Switzerland (7%). Japan was the world’s 19th-largest exporter of medicines.

Summary

Value
$6.5billion
Tonnes
42thousand tonnes
Share of world total
1.3%
World rank
19th
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 States1.9Tonnes: 4,044USD per tonne: $479,07129.9%Air
China1.5Tonnes: 5,756USD per tonne: $253,76422.5%Air
Switzerland0.46Tonnes: 61USD per tonne: $7,487,4197%Air
France0.29Tonnes: 961USD per tonne: $306,5444.5%Air
Taiwan0.29Tonnes: 4,398USD per tonne: $65,7584.5%Air
South Korea0.25Tonnes: 11,841USD per tonne: $21,2393.9%Sea
Hong Kong re-exports0.2Tonnes: 6,836USD per tonne: $29,2243.1%Sea
United Kingdom0.18Tonnes: 391USD per tonne: $454,3152.7%Air
Germany0.17Tonnes: 1,760USD per tonne: $95,4312.6%Air
Australia0.13Tonnes: 809USD per tonne: $155,2781.9%Air
Thailand0.12Tonnes: 411USD per tonne: $296,7471.9%Air
Saudi Arabia0.12Tonnes: 383USD per tonne: $311,0621.8%Air
Singapore re-exports0.06Tonnes: 146USD per tonne: $405,1710.91%Air
Egypt0.06Tonnes: 8USD per tonne: $6,779,4960.87%Air
Italy0.05Tonnes: 77USD per tonne: $711,6050.84%Air
Brazil0.05Tonnes: 135USD per tonne: $394,1360.82%Air
Canada0.05Tonnes: 173USD per tonne: $71,6340.75%Sea
Vietnam0.05Tonnes: 1,026USD per tonne: $47,1000.75%Sea
Czechia0.05Tonnes: 17USD per tonne: $2,790,4980.73%Air
Russia0.04Tonnes: 59USD per tonne: $752,1970.68%Air

Trend

Who it sells to

The United States was its main destination throughout the period

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

  • United States 1.9
  • China 1.5
  • Switzerland 0.46
  • France 0.29
  • Taiwan 0.29

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States0.191.9
China0.031.5
Switzerland< 0.010.46
France0.040.29
Taiwan0.050.29

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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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