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Where does Malaysia get its medicines? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Malaysia imported $1.7 billion of medicines (48 thousand tonnes), 0.4% of the world total. Its main sources were Germany (14%), Singapore (9%) and the United States (9%). Malaysia was the world’s 45th-largest importer of medicines.

Summary

Value
$1.7billion
Tonnes
48thousand tonnes
Share of world total
0.4%
World rank
45th
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
Germany245Tonnes: 3,797USD per tonne: $64,49514.4%Air
Singapore re-exports160Tonnes: 14,685USD per tonne: $10,9209.4%Sea
United States146Tonnes: 1,744USD per tonne: $83,6058.6%Air
India128Tonnes: 2,209USD per tonne: $58,1267.5%Air
France109Tonnes: 4,046USD per tonne: $27,0596.4%Sea
Ireland109Tonnes: 1,892USD per tonne: $57,4986.4%Air
Switzerland108Tonnes: 396USD per tonne: $272,4806.3%Air
Italy93.5Tonnes: 1,256USD per tonne: $74,4605.5%Air
China77.1Tonnes: 1,236USD per tonne: $62,4074.5%Air
Spain58Tonnes: 588USD per tonne: $98,6763.4%Air
United Kingdom45.3Tonnes: 1,341USD per tonne: $33,8042.7%Sea
Sweden41.8Tonnes: 2,704USD per tonne: $15,4462.5%Sea
Belgium re-exports40.2Tonnes: 587USD per tonne: $68,4672.4%Air
Denmark35.7Tonnes: 112USD per tonne: $318,2782.1%Air
Netherlands re-exports31.4Tonnes: 244USD per tonne: $128,6411.8%Air
Thailand30.6Tonnes: 2,023USD per tonne: $15,1201.8%Land
Japan26.8Tonnes: 596USD per tonne: $45,0311.6%Sea
Australia22.3Tonnes: 434USD per tonne: $51,2941.3%Air
Indonesia21.7Tonnes: 2,182USD per tonne: $9,9301.3%Land
Canada20.3Tonnes: 879USD per tonne: $23,1561.2%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Germany has been its main source since 2013

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

  • Germany 245
  • Singapore 160
  • United States 146
  • India 128
  • France 109

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Germany15.5245
Singapore20.5160
United States17.2146
India2.1128
France12.6109

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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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