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Who buys Switzerland’s medical instruments? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Switzerland exported $4.9 billion of medical instruments (33 thousand tonnes), 2.8% of the world total. Its main destinations were the United States (22%), Germany (21%) and the Netherlands (5%). Switzerland was the world’s 9th-largest exporter of medical instruments.

Summary

Value
$4.9billion
Tonnes
33thousand tonnes
Share of world total
2.8%
World rank
9th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
United States1Tonnes: 8,779USD per tonne: $119,07121.5%Air
Germany1Tonnes: 9,895USD per tonne: $102,45420.9%Land
Netherlands re-exports0.27Tonnes: 421USD per tonne: $631,4645.5%Air
Belgium re-exports0.25Tonnes: 1,440USD per tonne: $171,9645.1%Air
France0.21Tonnes: 1,112USD per tonne: $189,6534.4%Land
China0.21Tonnes: 774USD per tonne: $267,7944.3%Air
Italy0.15Tonnes: 2,452USD per tonne: $62,0463.1%Land
Ireland0.13Tonnes: 1,143USD per tonne: $114,5042.7%Air
United Kingdom0.13Tonnes: 399USD per tonne: $318,1802.6%Air
Spain0.13Tonnes: 685USD per tonne: $185,2392.6%Air
Israel0.12Tonnes: 77USD per tonne: $1,549,2762.5%Air
Japan0.11Tonnes: 266USD per tonne: $413,4882.3%Air
Austria0.11Tonnes: 440USD per tonne: $245,4672.2%Land
South Korea0.09Tonnes: 715USD per tonne: $129,0141.9%Air
Australia0.07Tonnes: 160USD per tonne: $446,4081.5%Air
Russia0.06Tonnes: 521USD per tonne: $121,9431.3%Air
Canada0.06Tonnes: 144USD per tonne: $431,7291.3%Air
Poland0.05Tonnes: 235USD per tonne: $220,8391.1%Air
India0.05Tonnes: 268USD per tonne: $178,5580.99%Air
Saudi Arabia0.04Tonnes: 53USD per tonne: $707,4150.77%Air

Trend

Who it sells to

The United States has been its main destination since 2024

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

  • United States 1
  • Germany 1
  • Netherlands 0.27
  • Belgium 0.25
  • France 0.21

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States0.081
Germany0.191
Netherlands0.020.27
Belgium0.010.25
France0.050.21

Sources and methodology

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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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