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Who buys the Netherlands’ medicines? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, the Netherlands exported $13.6 billion of medicines (126 thousand tonnes), 2.8% of the world total. Its main destinations were Germany (21%), Italy (10%) and the United States (6%). The Netherlands was the world’s 13th-largest exporter of medicines.

Summary

Value
$13.6billion
Tonnes
126thousand tonnes
Share of world total
2.8%
World rank
13th
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
Germany2.8Tonnes: 23,918USD per tonne: $118,17520.7%Land
Italy1.4Tonnes: 4,095USD per tonne: $346,95410.4%Air
United States0.83Tonnes: 1,574USD per tonne: $526,1456.1%Air
Belgium re-exports0.72Tonnes: 26,620USD per tonne: $27,0015.3%Land
Spain0.54Tonnes: 4,788USD per tonne: $112,4954%Air
United Kingdom0.49Tonnes: 6,621USD per tonne: $73,8973.6%Air
China0.48Tonnes: 8,503USD per tonne: $56,9793.6%Air
France0.47Tonnes: 5,835USD per tonne: $81,2133.5%Air
Denmark0.39Tonnes: 3,572USD per tonne: $109,9162.9%Air
Poland0.38Tonnes: 3,748USD per tonne: $102,3782.8%Air
Ireland0.38Tonnes: 998USD per tonne: $382,2922.8%Air
Russia0.34Tonnes: 587USD per tonne: $580,5332.5%Air
Sweden0.32Tonnes: 1,564USD per tonne: $202,7562.3%Air
Austria0.31Tonnes: 2,188USD per tonne: $140,5722.3%Air
Romania0.23Tonnes: 775USD per tonne: $294,3211.7%Air
Hungary0.22Tonnes: 1,484USD per tonne: $147,5951.6%Air
Greece0.21Tonnes: 1,095USD per tonne: $191,9301.5%Air
Switzerland0.19Tonnes: 823USD per tonne: $235,7801.4%Air
Portugal0.19Tonnes: 1,017USD per tonne: $188,4351.4%Air
Bulgaria0.18Tonnes: 163USD per tonne: $1,100,6161.3%Air

Trend

Who it sells to

Germany has been its main destination since 2013

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

  • Germany 2.8
  • Italy 1.4
  • United States 0.83
  • Belgium 0.72
  • Spain 0.54

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Germany0.182.8
Italy0.091.4
United States0.020.83
Belgium0.240.72
Spain0.050.54

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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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