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Who buys Portugal’s medicines? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Portugal exported $1.8 billion of medicines (40 thousand tonnes), 0.4% of the world total. Its main destinations were Germany (15%), the United States (14%) and Japan (8%). Portugal was the world’s 28th-largest exporter of medicines.

Summary

Value
$1.8billion
Tonnes
40thousand tonnes
Share of world total
0.4%
World rank
28th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Germany274Tonnes: 6,612USD per tonne: $41,50215%Air
United States263Tonnes: 3,638USD per tonne: $72,32914.3%Air
Japan146Tonnes: 34USD per tonne: $4,272,1878%Air
Belgium re-exports122Tonnes: 1,824USD per tonne: $67,0326.7%Air
France122Tonnes: 3,277USD per tonne: $37,2806.7%Sea
Czechia92.8Tonnes: 522USD per tonne: $177,8595.1%Air
United Kingdom91.3Tonnes: 1,408USD per tonne: $64,8455%Air
Spain85.1Tonnes: 3,752USD per tonne: $22,6814.6%Land
Angola59.1Tonnes: 1,555USD per tonne: $38,0083.2%Sea
Italy42.3Tonnes: 445USD per tonne: $94,8782.3%Air
Poland36.4Tonnes: 1,715USD per tonne: $21,2322%Sea
Switzerland30.8Tonnes: 811USD per tonne: $37,9621.7%Sea
Netherlands re-exports28.8Tonnes: 536USD per tonne: $53,7801.6%Air
Mozambique21.7Tonnes: 2,090USD per tonne: $10,3601.2%Sea
Saudi Arabia16.4Tonnes: 202USD per tonne: $81,0960.89%Air
Cabo Verde15.6Tonnes: 592USD per tonne: $26,3010.85%Sea
Slovakia13.8Tonnes: 115USD per tonne: $119,4500.75%Air
Ireland13.5Tonnes: 1,030USD per tonne: $13,1000.74%Sea
Canada12.9Tonnes: 133USD per tonne: $96,5310.7%Air
Australia12.2Tonnes: 67USD per tonne: $164,5720.67%Air

Trend

Who it sells to

Germany has been its main destination since 2024

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

  • Germany 274
  • United States 263
  • Japan 146
  • Belgium 122
  • France 122

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Germany8.4274
United States0.41263
Japan0.02146
Belgium1.5122
France10.1122

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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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