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Who buys the United Kingdom’s medical instruments? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, the United Kingdom exported $3 billion of medical instruments (68 thousand tonnes), 1.7% of the world total. Its main destinations were the United States (20%), Germany (19%) and the Netherlands (12%). The United Kingdom was the world’s 13th-largest exporter of medical instruments.

Summary

Value
$3billion
Tonnes
68thousand tonnes
Share of world total
1.7%
World rank
13th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
United States603Tonnes: 6,472USD per tonne: $93,24920.4%Air
Germany554Tonnes: 7,681USD per tonne: $72,16018.7%Air
Netherlands re-exports341Tonnes: 2,828USD per tonne: $120,39811.5%Air
France211Tonnes: 7,257USD per tonne: $29,0987.1%Sea
Ireland174Tonnes: 3,391USD per tonne: $51,4205.9%Land
Belgium re-exports122Tonnes: 11,611USD per tonne: $10,5224.1%Sea
China93.4Tonnes: 1,328USD per tonne: $70,3533.2%Air
Japan78.9Tonnes: 623USD per tonne: $126,6252.7%Air
Australia59.6Tonnes: 217USD per tonne: $274,5742%Air
Italy45.2Tonnes: 178USD per tonne: $253,4011.5%Air
India42.1Tonnes: 4,438USD per tonne: $9,4761.4%Sea
Canada39.3Tonnes: 591USD per tonne: $66,4471.3%Sea
Switzerland34.4Tonnes: 244USD per tonne: $141,0181.2%Air
Spain31.3Tonnes: 1,355USD per tonne: $23,1051.1%Sea
Singapore re-exports31Tonnes: 3,458USD per tonne: $8,9511.1%Sea
Saudi Arabia25.8Tonnes: 382USD per tonne: $67,6470.87%Air
Taiwan24.5Tonnes: 321USD per tonne: $76,5290.83%Air
Mexico22.9Tonnes: 84USD per tonne: $273,1350.77%Air
Austria21.6Tonnes: 168USD per tonne: $128,5130.73%Air
Poland21.3Tonnes: 490USD per tonne: $43,5130.72%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

The United States has been its main destination since 2024

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

  • United States 603
  • Germany 554
  • Netherlands 341
  • France 211
  • Ireland 174

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States110603
Germany113554
Netherlands34.8341
France92.5211
Ireland48.1174

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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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