List of countries by pharmaceutical exports


The following is a list of countries by pharmaceutical exports, using the Harmonized System code 30.
Global sales from exported drugs and medicines by country total US$371.3 billion in 2018. Overall the value of drugs and medicine exports grew by an average 5.80% for all exporting countries since 2014 when drugs and medicines shipments were valued at $344.1 billion. Year over year, there was a 7.9% uptick from 2017 to 2018.
Among continents, European countries sold the highest dollar value worth of exported drugs and medicines during 2018 with shipments from Europe totalling $295.8 billion or 79.70% of the global total. In second place were Asian pharmaceutical exporters at 10.70% while 8.10% of worldwide drugs and medicine shipments originated from North America.
Smaller percentages came from drugs and medicines suppliers in Latin America excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, Oceania led by Australia and New Zealand, then Africa.
The 4−digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefixes for drugs and medicines are:
  • 3003 for medicaments consisting of two or more constituents mixed together
  • 3004 for medicaments consisting of mixed or unmixed products.

International Trade Centre

Data is for 2024, in thousands of United States dollars.
CountryValue exported
Value imported
Trade balance
World928,975,232976,677,484−47,702,252
Germany

Observatory of Economic Complexity

Data is for 2023, in United States dollars.
CountryTrade Value
Germany