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Where does Switzerland get its medical instruments? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Switzerland imported $3 billion of medical instruments (20 thousand tonnes), 1.7% of the world total. Its main sources were the United States (28%), Germany (23%) and Italy (6%). Switzerland was the world’s 13th-largest importer of medical instruments.

Summary

Value
$3billion
Tonnes
20thousand tonnes
Share of world total
1.7%
World rank
13th
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 States856Tonnes: 1,839USD per tonne: $465,52028.3%Air
Germany704Tonnes: 6,043USD per tonne: $116,50023.3%Land
Italy180Tonnes: 2,355USD per tonne: $76,4566%Land
Ireland140Tonnes: 509USD per tonne: $275,4534.6%Air
Netherlands re-exports132Tonnes: 513USD per tonne: $257,5354.4%Air
Mexico118Tonnes: 266USD per tonne: $443,1943.9%Air
Belgium re-exports116Tonnes: 1,121USD per tonne: $103,8663.9%Air
France112Tonnes: 717USD per tonne: $156,6933.7%Land
China103Tonnes: 1,895USD per tonne: $54,4453.4%Sea
Israel67.9Tonnes: 161USD per tonne: $421,1042.2%Air
Taiwan55.7Tonnes: 488USD per tonne: $114,3411.8%Air
Japan46.2Tonnes: 145USD per tonne: $318,1031.5%Air
Poland34.8Tonnes: 454USD per tonne: $76,6371.2%Air
United Kingdom34.4Tonnes: 244USD per tonne: $141,0181.1%Air
Singapore re-exports33.3Tonnes: 54USD per tonne: $612,0421.1%Air
Austria32.9Tonnes: 342USD per tonne: $95,9921.1%Land
Hungary25.5Tonnes: 361USD per tonne: $70,5810.84%Air
Czechia24.4Tonnes: 821USD per tonne: $29,6750.8%Sea
Malaysia22.4Tonnes: 211USD per tonne: $105,9580.74%Air
South Korea18.4Tonnes: 72USD per tonne: $254,8890.61%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 856
  • Germany 704
  • Italy 180
  • Ireland 140
  • Netherlands 132

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States75.8856
Germany161704
Italy12.6180
Ireland4.7140
Netherlands30.5132

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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