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Where does South Korea get its medical instruments? Import sources 2024

In 2024, South Korea imported $2.7 billion of medical instruments (36 thousand tonnes), 1.5% of the world total. Its main sources were the United States (28%), Mexico (12%) and China (11%). South Korea was the world’s 15th-largest importer of medical instruments.

Summary

Value
$2.7billion
Tonnes
36thousand tonnes
Share of world total
1.5%
World rank
15th
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 States739Tonnes: 3,038USD per tonne: $243,22527.8%Air
Mexico312Tonnes: 1,973USD per tonne: $157,96311.7%Air
China294Tonnes: 9,169USD per tonne: $32,04611%Sea
Germany251Tonnes: 1,995USD per tonne: $125,5639.4%Air
Japan244Tonnes: 1,761USD per tonne: $138,4979.2%Air
Switzerland92.3Tonnes: 715USD per tonne: $129,0143.5%Air
Ireland78.9Tonnes: 317USD per tonne: $248,6473%Air
Vietnam76.9Tonnes: 6,734USD per tonne: $11,4152.9%Sea
Singapore re-exports61.6Tonnes: 1,041USD per tonne: $59,1972.3%Sea
Israel53.1Tonnes: 159USD per tonne: $333,6462%Air
Costa Rica43.5Tonnes: 86USD per tonne: $503,3861.6%Air
Italy42.2Tonnes: 610USD per tonne: $69,1371.6%Air
France40.6Tonnes: 347USD per tonne: $116,9191.5%Air
Taiwan40.2Tonnes: 422USD per tonne: $95,0951.5%Air
Dominican Republic40.1Tonnes: 853USD per tonne: $46,9991.5%Sea
Malaysia27.6Tonnes: 497USD per tonne: $55,4891%Air
Netherlands re-exports21.6Tonnes: 187USD per tonne: $115,5590.81%Air
Thailand21.3Tonnes: 1,302USD per tonne: $16,3700.8%Sea
United Kingdom19.5Tonnes: 400USD per tonne: $48,6940.73%Air
Philippines19Tonnes: 1,522USD per tonne: $12,5050.71%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

The United States was its main source throughout the period

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

  • United States 739
  • Mexico 312
  • China 294
  • Germany 251
  • Japan 244

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States161739
Mexico0.43312
China1.1294
Germany76.4251
Japan106244

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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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