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Where does Singapore get its medicines? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Singapore imported $1.8 billion of medicines (32 thousand tonnes), 0.4% of the world total. Its main sources were the United States (19%), Germany (12%) and Ireland (7%). Singapore was the world’s 42nd-largest importer of medicines.

Summary

Value
$1.8billion
Tonnes
32thousand tonnes
Share of world total
0.4%
World rank
42nd
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
United States343Tonnes: 1,232USD per tonne: $278,43118.7%Air
Germany222Tonnes: 1,688USD per tonne: $131,61412.1%Air
Ireland130Tonnes: 288USD per tonne: $449,8167.1%Air
Switzerland128Tonnes: 192USD per tonne: $666,1327%Air
Malaysia107Tonnes: 14,694USD per tonne: $7,3155.8%Sea
Italy89Tonnes: 1,230USD per tonne: $72,4184.8%Air
France79.3Tonnes: 1,391USD per tonne: $57,0374.3%Air
India72.3Tonnes: 1,876USD per tonne: $38,5353.9%Sea
United Kingdom71.4Tonnes: 348USD per tonne: $205,0673.9%Air
Sweden70.8Tonnes: 68USD per tonne: $1,048,6153.9%Air
Japan59.3Tonnes: 146USD per tonne: $405,1713.2%Air
Denmark48.1Tonnes: 52USD per tonne: $920,3122.6%Air
China42.4Tonnes: 945USD per tonne: $44,8242.3%Sea
Belgium re-exports36.4Tonnes: 125USD per tonne: $292,3362%Air
Netherlands re-exports32.8Tonnes: 629USD per tonne: $52,1271.8%Air
Australia32.8Tonnes: 515USD per tonne: $63,5941.8%Air
Canada31.1Tonnes: 73USD per tonne: $424,2831.7%Air
Spain24.4Tonnes: 262USD per tonne: $93,1731.3%Air
Indonesia22.9Tonnes: 2,536USD per tonne: $9,0151.2%Sea
South Africa21.5Tonnes: 64USD per tonne: $335,8001.2%Air

Trend

Who it buys from

The United States has been its main source since 2022

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

  • United States 343
  • Germany 222
  • Ireland 130
  • Switzerland 128
  • Malaysia 107

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States22.4343
Germany13.5222
Ireland1.3130
Switzerland27.7128
Malaysia13.7107

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

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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