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Where does the Netherlands get its medicines? Import sources 2024

In 2024, the Netherlands imported $12.4 billion of medicines (207 thousand tonnes), 2.6% of the world total. Its main sources were Germany (33%), Belgium (17%) and Ireland (8%). The Netherlands was the world’s 11th-largest importer of medicines.

Summary

Value
$12.4billion
Tonnes
207thousand tonnes
Share of world total
2.6%
World rank
11th
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
Germany4.1Tonnes: 76,268USD per tonne: $54,11033.3%Land
Belgium re-exports2.1Tonnes: 40,618USD per tonne: $50,76316.6%Land
Ireland0.98Tonnes: 8,220USD per tonne: $118,6747.9%Air
United States0.93Tonnes: 2,001USD per tonne: $464,5297.5%Air
Switzerland0.67Tonnes: 2,427USD per tonne: $274,1735.4%Air
France0.57Tonnes: 28,841USD per tonne: $19,9014.6%Sea
Italy0.53Tonnes: 7,371USD per tonne: $71,8644.3%Air
United Kingdom0.45Tonnes: 7,156USD per tonne: $62,2403.6%Sea
India0.34Tonnes: 8,298USD per tonne: $40,6342.7%Sea
Austria0.23Tonnes: 4,661USD per tonne: $49,7401.9%Air
Spain0.16Tonnes: 3,114USD per tonne: $51,4341.3%Air
Singapore re-exports0.14Tonnes: 418USD per tonne: $335,5301.1%Air
China0.12Tonnes: 1,994USD per tonne: $60,3230.97%Air
Sweden0.11Tonnes: 3,122USD per tonne: $35,7480.9%Sea
Greece0.1Tonnes: 2,950USD per tonne: $33,7170.8%Sea
Denmark0.1Tonnes: 514USD per tonne: $191,6590.79%Air
Czechia0.08Tonnes: 256USD per tonne: $304,6790.63%Air
Romania0.08Tonnes: 353USD per tonne: $215,9810.62%Air
Malta0.06Tonnes: 1,334USD per tonne: $45,9680.49%Air
Canada0.06Tonnes: 585USD per tonne: $95,2070.45%Air

Trend

Who it buys from

Germany has been its main source since 2013

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

  • Germany 4.1
  • Belgium 2.1
  • Ireland 0.98
  • United States 0.93
  • Switzerland 0.67

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Germany0.364.1
Belgium0.282.1
Ireland0.20.98
United States0.090.93
Switzerland0.140.67

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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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