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Where does Turkey get its medicines? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Turkey imported $2.5 billion of medicines (39 thousand tonnes), 0.5% of the world total. Its main sources were Germany (23%), the United States (18%) and Ireland (10%). Turkey was the world’s 34th-largest importer of medicines.

Summary

Value
$2.5billion
Tonnes
39thousand tonnes
Share of world total
0.5%
World rank
34th
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
Germany560Tonnes: 9,916USD per tonne: $56,45822.8%Air
United States437Tonnes: 1,237USD per tonne: $353,14817.8%Air
Ireland246Tonnes: 11,021USD per tonne: $22,33410%Sea
Italy242Tonnes: 4,659USD per tonne: $51,9029.8%Air
Switzerland139Tonnes: 628USD per tonne: $221,6895.7%Air
France132Tonnes: 2,650USD per tonne: $49,7295.4%Sea
Greece82.1Tonnes: 588USD per tonne: $139,6473.3%Land
China77.7Tonnes: 295USD per tonne: $262,8603.2%Air
United Kingdom75.3Tonnes: 304USD per tonne: $247,3883.1%Air
Spain57.7Tonnes: 492USD per tonne: $117,2522.3%Air
Belgium re-exports51.7Tonnes: 2,014USD per tonne: $25,6932.1%Sea
Brazil49.3Tonnes: 913USD per tonne: $54,0502%Air
Denmark43.9Tonnes: 191USD per tonne: $230,2061.8%Air
Sweden34.9Tonnes: 169USD per tonne: $206,7021.4%Air
Canada32.8Tonnes: 27USD per tonne: $1,233,4241.3%Air
India31.1Tonnes: 1,184USD per tonne: $26,2901.3%Sea
Austria28Tonnes: 58USD per tonne: $486,6781.1%Air
Netherlands re-exports23.9Tonnes: 257USD per tonne: $92,9810.97%Air
Japan22.4Tonnes: 50USD per tonne: $446,9790.91%Air
Poland17.1Tonnes: 566USD per tonne: $30,2890.7%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Germany has been its main source since 2000

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

  • Germany 560
  • United States 437
  • Ireland 246
  • Italy 242
  • Switzerland 139

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Germany29.6560
United States2.1437
Ireland9.4246
Italy6.1242
Switzerland39139

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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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