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Where does Kuwait get its medicines? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Kuwait imported $1.6 billion of medicines (10 thousand tonnes), 0.3% of the world total. Its main sources were the United States (22%), France (17%) and Germany (13%). Kuwait was the world’s 49th-largest importer of medicines.

Summary

Value
$1.6billion
Tonnes
10thousand tonnes
Share of world total
0.3%
World rank
49th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
United States348Tonnes: 519USD per tonne: $669,72522.2%Air
France258Tonnes: 1,190USD per tonne: $217,10616.5%Air
Germany199Tonnes: 864USD per tonne: $230,67612.8%Air
Italy80Tonnes: 1,064USD per tonne: $75,2005.1%Air
Denmark78Tonnes: 105USD per tonne: $745,1095%Air
Ireland72.5Tonnes: 196USD per tonne: $369,6734.6%Air
United Kingdom65.2Tonnes: 595USD per tonne: $109,6444.2%Air
Switzerland64.3Tonnes: 182USD per tonne: $353,3254.1%Air
Saudi Arabia58.4Tonnes: 1,587USD per tonne: $36,8153.7%Land
Sweden48.5Tonnes: 119USD per tonne: $407,8853.1%Air
Belgium re-exports42.4Tonnes: 151USD per tonne: $280,5022.7%Air
Japan26.5Tonnes: 83USD per tonne: $319,9811.7%Air
Jordan25.9Tonnes: 136USD per tonne: $190,2801.7%Air
United Arab Emirates23.8Tonnes: 442USD per tonne: $53,7931.5%Air
Canada20.7Tonnes: 94USD per tonne: $219,6121.3%Air
Slovenia20.2Tonnes: 54USD per tonne: $373,8381.3%Air
Austria15.4Tonnes: 56USD per tonne: $277,7450.99%Air
Spain15.3Tonnes: 301USD per tonne: $50,8010.98%Sea
India15Tonnes: 433USD per tonne: $34,6190.96%Sea
Netherlands re-exports11.1Tonnes: 151USD per tonne: $73,4180.71%Air

Trend

Who it buys from

The United States has been its main source since 2021

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

  • United States 348
  • France 258
  • Germany 199
  • Italy 80
  • Denmark 78

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States3.1348
France7.2258
Germany11199
Italy3.780
Denmark1.578

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

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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