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Where does the Philippines get its medicines? Import sources 2024

In 2024, the Philippines imported $1.6 billion of medicines (93 thousand tonnes), 0.3% of the world total. Its main sources were India (23%), Germany (11%) and Indonesia (7%). The Philippines was the world’s 48th-largest importer of medicines.

Summary

Value
$1.6billion
Tonnes
93thousand tonnes
Share of world total
0.3%
World rank
48th
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
India362Tonnes: 18,988USD per tonne: $19,09022.6%Sea
Germany182Tonnes: 2,036USD per tonne: $89,46811.4%Air
Indonesia107Tonnes: 6,216USD per tonne: $17,2526.7%Sea
China104Tonnes: 20,851USD per tonne: $4,9716.5%Sea
France94.3Tonnes: 2,457USD per tonne: $38,3795.9%Sea
United States84.4Tonnes: 1,419USD per tonne: $59,4875.3%Air
Italy81.5Tonnes: 749USD per tonne: $108,8345.1%Air
United Kingdom50.2Tonnes: 770USD per tonne: $65,2133.1%Sea
South Korea47.9Tonnes: 832USD per tonne: $57,5903%Air
Pakistan41Tonnes: 2,481USD per tonne: $16,5222.6%Sea
Singapore re-exports39.1Tonnes: 242USD per tonne: $161,5602.4%Air
Spain36.3Tonnes: 366USD per tonne: $99,0722.3%Air
Belgium re-exports33.8Tonnes: 176USD per tonne: $192,3922.1%Air
Thailand33.6Tonnes: 9,083USD per tonne: $3,7032.1%Sea
Switzerland32.7Tonnes: 435USD per tonne: $75,2602.1%Air
Denmark32.5Tonnes: 99USD per tonne: $328,6152%Air
Vietnam23.3Tonnes: 12,668USD per tonne: $1,8421.5%Sea
Sweden20.7Tonnes: 209USD per tonne: $99,0541.3%Air
Bangladesh18.6Tonnes: 732USD per tonne: $25,4331.2%Sea
Turkey17.5Tonnes: 382USD per tonne: $45,9451.1%Air

Trend

Who it buys from

India has been its main source since 2015

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

  • India 362
  • Germany 182
  • Indonesia 107
  • China 104
  • France 94.3

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
India2.1362
Germany14.1182
Indonesia0.51107
China1.2104
France9.494.3

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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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