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Where does Russia get its medicines? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Russia imported $8 billion of medicines (134 thousand tonnes), 1.7% of the world total. Its main sources were Germany (21%), Switzerland (12%) and Belgium (11%). Russia was the world’s 14th-largest importer of medicines.

Summary

Value
$8billion
Tonnes
134thousand tonnes
Share of world total
1.7%
World rank
14th
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
Germany1.7Tonnes: 36,799USD per tonne: $45,87821%Sea
Switzerland0.97Tonnes: 3,673USD per tonne: $264,86412.1%Air
Belgium re-exports0.85Tonnes: 5,097USD per tonne: $166,13510.5%Air
France0.41Tonnes: 15,346USD per tonne: $26,9005.1%Sea
Slovenia0.4Tonnes: 4,518USD per tonne: $87,6464.9%Air
India0.38Tonnes: 10,335USD per tonne: $36,7664.7%Sea
Austria0.38Tonnes: 3,240USD per tonne: $117,1644.7%Air
United Kingdom0.36Tonnes: 7,314USD per tonne: $48,9204.5%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.34Tonnes: 587USD per tonne: $580,5334.2%Air
Hungary0.32Tonnes: 5,192USD per tonne: $60,8363.9%Air
Poland0.31Tonnes: 5,961USD per tonne: $52,5133.9%Land
Sweden0.26Tonnes: 1,022USD per tonne: $252,5043.2%Air
Italy0.24Tonnes: 3,481USD per tonne: $70,3273%Air
Bulgaria0.22Tonnes: 4,670USD per tonne: $46,8772.7%Sea
Ireland0.18Tonnes: 40USD per tonne: $4,539,4542.3%Air
Croatia0.12Tonnes: 1,322USD per tonne: $92,1981.5%Air
Czechia0.09Tonnes: 3,791USD per tonne: $23,4451.1%Sea
Spain0.07Tonnes: 1,725USD per tonne: $40,1890.86%Sea
Latvia0.06Tonnes: 299USD per tonne: $203,4920.76%Land
Serbia0.06Tonnes: 2,666USD per tonne: $20,9760.7%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Germany was its main source throughout the period

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

  • Germany 1.7
  • Switzerland 0.97
  • Belgium 0.85
  • France 0.41
  • Slovenia 0.4

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Germany0.121.7
Switzerland0.020.97
Belgium0.030.85
France0.050.41
Slovenia0.050.4

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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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