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Where does Thailand get its medicines? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Thailand imported $1.8 billion of medicines (36 thousand tonnes), 0.4% of the world total. Its main sources were Germany (15%), India (9%) and France (8%). Thailand was the world’s 43rd-largest importer of medicines.

Summary

Value
$1.8billion
Tonnes
36thousand tonnes
Share of world total
0.4%
World rank
43rd
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
Germany281Tonnes: 2,102USD per tonne: $133,88015.5%Air
India159Tonnes: 3,473USD per tonne: $45,7748.7%Air
France153Tonnes: 1,862USD per tonne: $82,4348.4%Air
Italy124Tonnes: 1,755USD per tonne: $70,9516.9%Air
Japan122Tonnes: 411USD per tonne: $296,7476.7%Air
Denmark98.5Tonnes: 109USD per tonne: $902,4525.4%Air
United States94.4Tonnes: 1,388USD per tonne: $68,0055.2%Air
Switzerland94.3Tonnes: 296USD per tonne: $318,6105.2%Air
Ireland75.2Tonnes: 262USD per tonne: $287,1414.1%Air
United Kingdom72.4Tonnes: 1,584USD per tonne: $45,6894%Sea
Belgium re-exports62.4Tonnes: 626USD per tonne: $99,6613.4%Air
South Korea62.4Tonnes: 513USD per tonne: $121,5283.4%Air
Spain46.7Tonnes: 593USD per tonne: $78,7752.6%Air
Singapore re-exports45.8Tonnes: 6,187USD per tonne: $7,4082.5%Sea
China38.3Tonnes: 2,680USD per tonne: $14,2802.1%Sea
Sweden35.6Tonnes: 485USD per tonne: $73,4062%Air
Indonesia23.3Tonnes: 1,606USD per tonne: $14,5041.3%Sea
Brazil21.2Tonnes: 290USD per tonne: $73,1661.2%Air
Netherlands re-exports18.8Tonnes: 438USD per tonne: $42,8641%Sea
Canada18.4Tonnes: 64USD per tonne: $287,4871%Air

Trend

Who it buys from

Germany has been its main source since 2011

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

  • Germany 281
  • India 159
  • France 153
  • Italy 124
  • Japan 122

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Germany29.8281
India1.4159
France19.2153
Italy6.5124
Japan7.9122

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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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