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Where does Portugal get its medicines? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Portugal imported $2.7 billion of medicines (39 thousand tonnes), 0.6% of the world total. Its main sources were Germany (22%), Spain (15%) and France (12%). Portugal was the world’s 30th-largest importer of medicines.

Summary

Value
$2.7billion
Tonnes
39thousand tonnes
Share of world total
0.6%
World rank
30th
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
Germany595Tonnes: 6,949USD per tonne: $85,57821.7%Air
Spain420Tonnes: 8,840USD per tonne: $47,52015.3%Land
France336Tonnes: 5,771USD per tonne: $58,15612.2%Sea
Belgium re-exports300Tonnes: 741USD per tonne: $405,23810.9%Air
Netherlands re-exports192Tonnes: 1,017USD per tonne: $188,4357%Air
Switzerland171Tonnes: 533USD per tonne: $321,7356.2%Air
Ireland153Tonnes: 345USD per tonne: $443,0265.6%Air
Italy148Tonnes: 2,088USD per tonne: $70,7715.4%Air
Sweden102Tonnes: 9,308USD per tonne: $11,0003.7%Sea
Denmark53.2Tonnes: 196USD per tonne: $271,8841.9%Air
Malta45.4Tonnes: 884USD per tonne: $51,3781.7%Air
Hungary41.3Tonnes: 236USD per tonne: $174,7141.5%Air
Greece37.2Tonnes: 185USD per tonne: $200,7991.4%Air
Slovenia36.7Tonnes: 492USD per tonne: $74,6071.3%Air
Poland18.8Tonnes: 300USD per tonne: $62,5420.68%Air
United Kingdom14.5Tonnes: 419USD per tonne: $34,7090.53%Sea
Austria13.5Tonnes: 199USD per tonne: $67,8630.49%Air
Japan9.1Tonnes: 33USD per tonne: $275,3380.33%Air
India8.5Tonnes: 275USD per tonne: $30,8660.31%Sea
Czechia8.1Tonnes: 121USD per tonne: $66,9550.29%Air

Trend

Who it buys from

Germany has been its main source since 2008

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

  • Germany 595
  • Spain 420
  • France 336
  • Belgium 300
  • Netherlands 192

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Germany62.5595
Spain35.2420
France51.5336
Belgium32.4300
Netherlands22.9192

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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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