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Where does Vietnam get its medicines? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Vietnam imported $2.2 billion of medicines (70 thousand tonnes), 0.5% of the world total. Its main sources were Germany (13%), France (12%) and the United Kingdom (8%). Vietnam was the world’s 36th-largest importer of medicines.

Summary

Value
$2.2billion
Tonnes
70thousand tonnes
Share of world total
0.5%
World rank
36th
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
Germany282Tonnes: 6,518USD per tonne: $43,29313.1%Sea
France269Tonnes: 3,672USD per tonne: $73,17612.4%Air
United Kingdom172Tonnes: 1,358USD per tonne: $126,6298%Air
India155Tonnes: 5,110USD per tonne: $30,3737.2%Sea
South Korea152Tonnes: 7,477USD per tonne: $20,3637%Sea
Switzerland111Tonnes: 646USD per tonne: $171,6055.1%Air
Belgium re-exports104Tonnes: 1,557USD per tonne: $67,1044.8%Air
Thailand83.2Tonnes: 2,920USD per tonne: $28,4793.9%Sea
Singapore re-exports73.9Tonnes: 5,074USD per tonne: $14,5573.4%Sea
Sweden73.3Tonnes: 261USD per tonne: $280,6823.4%Air
United States63.2Tonnes: 1,539USD per tonne: $41,0602.9%Air
Italy52.9Tonnes: 3,423USD per tonne: $15,4502.5%Sea
Australia52Tonnes: 895USD per tonne: $58,1422.4%Air
Japan48.3Tonnes: 1,026USD per tonne: $47,1002.2%Sea
Netherlands re-exports47.4Tonnes: 540USD per tonne: $87,7852.2%Air
Austria40Tonnes: 1,337USD per tonne: $29,9281.9%Sea
Spain34Tonnes: 574USD per tonne: $59,2911.6%Air
Taiwan33Tonnes: 2,520USD per tonne: $13,0761.5%Air
Greece32.8Tonnes: 3,507USD per tonne: $9,3411.5%Sea
China31.6Tonnes: 9,311USD per tonne: $3,3931.5%Land

Trend

Who it buys from

Germany has been its main source since 2024

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

  • Germany 282
  • France 269
  • United Kingdom 172
  • India 155
  • South Korea 152

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Germany4.4282
France80.4269
United Kingdom0.18172
India18.2155
South Korea9152

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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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