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Where does Taiwan get its medicines? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Taiwan imported $3.8 billion of medicines (49 thousand tonnes), 0.8% of the world total. Its main sources were Germany (22%), the United States (13%) and Italy (9%). Taiwan was the world’s 26th-largest importer of medicines.

Summary

Value
$3.8billion
Tonnes
49thousand tonnes
Share of world total
0.8%
World rank
26th
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
Germany832Tonnes: 2,799USD per tonne: $297,40621.8%Air
United States484Tonnes: 1,892USD per tonne: $255,73412.7%Air
Italy325Tonnes: 4,047USD per tonne: $80,3308.5%Air
Ireland307Tonnes: 343USD per tonne: $894,1728%Air
Japan289Tonnes: 4,398USD per tonne: $65,7587.6%Air
France262Tonnes: 2,908USD per tonne: $90,0066.9%Air
Switzerland217Tonnes: 583USD per tonne: $372,7265.7%Air
Canada135Tonnes: 195USD per tonne: $692,0213.5%Air
Denmark124Tonnes: 243USD per tonne: $509,6043.2%Air
Belgium re-exports109Tonnes: 538USD per tonne: $203,0142.9%Air
United Kingdom104Tonnes: 326USD per tonne: $317,7962.7%Air
Sweden88.8Tonnes: 733USD per tonne: $121,1432.3%Air
Singapore re-exports75.6Tonnes: 21,438USD per tonne: $3,5252%Sea
Spain66.4Tonnes: 620USD per tonne: $107,1831.7%Air
Netherlands re-exports55.3Tonnes: 281USD per tonne: $196,4271.5%Air
Indonesia51.4Tonnes: 1,133USD per tonne: $45,3751.4%Sea
Greece34.7Tonnes: 608USD per tonne: $57,0080.91%Air
Austria33.7Tonnes: 609USD per tonne: $55,4010.88%Sea
Hong Kong re-exports33.5Tonnes: 474USD per tonne: $69,6340.88%Air
Slovenia27Tonnes: 77USD per tonne: $352,6800.71%Air

Trend

Who it buys from

Germany has been its main source since 2015

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

  • Germany 0.83
  • United States 0.48
  • Italy 0.33
  • Ireland 0.31
  • Japan 0.29

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Germany0.040.83
United States0.030.48
Italy0.010.33
Ireland< 0.010.31
Japan0.050.29

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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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