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Where does the United Arab Emirates get its medicines? Import sources 2024

In 2024, the United Arab Emirates imported $3 billion of medicines (63 thousand tonnes), 0.6% of the world total. Its main sources were the United Kingdom (17%), the United States (17%) and Germany (12%). The United Arab Emirates was the world’s 29th-largest importer of medicines.

Summary

Value
$3billion
Tonnes
63thousand tonnes
Share of world total
0.6%
World rank
29th
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 Kingdom509Tonnes: 3,131USD per tonne: $162,45317.2%Air
United States496Tonnes: 1,496USD per tonne: $331,70316.8%Air
Germany346Tonnes: 3,215USD per tonne: $107,52611.7%Air
France267Tonnes: 2,601USD per tonne: $102,6359%Air
Switzerland178Tonnes: 958USD per tonne: $186,2596%Air
Saudi Arabia169Tonnes: 4,203USD per tonne: $40,2265.7%Land
India159Tonnes: 19,727USD per tonne: $8,0485.4%Sea
Belgium re-exports149Tonnes: 1,776USD per tonne: $84,1595.1%Air
Ireland102Tonnes: 872USD per tonne: $117,2183.5%Air
Spain87Tonnes: 2,244USD per tonne: $38,7692.9%Sea
Italy84.6Tonnes: 3,352USD per tonne: $25,2312.9%Sea
Sweden57.7Tonnes: 239USD per tonne: $241,8922%Air
Netherlands re-exports52.2Tonnes: 306USD per tonne: $170,5641.8%Air
Canada47.8Tonnes: 747USD per tonne: $63,5031.6%Air
Slovenia38.3Tonnes: 217USD per tonne: $176,6551.3%Air
South Korea22.3Tonnes: 175USD per tonne: $127,7260.75%Air
China22.1Tonnes: 3,466USD per tonne: $6,3750.75%Sea
Poland21.3Tonnes: 103USD per tonne: $205,8480.72%Air
Australia20.9Tonnes: 7,377USD per tonne: $2,8390.71%Sea
Lebanon15.1Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —0.51%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

The United Kingdom has been its main source since 2024

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

  • United Kingdom 509
  • United States 496
  • Germany 346
  • France 267
  • Switzerland 178

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United Kingdom37.2509
United States4.1496
Germany16.3346
France8267
Switzerland23178

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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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