HS 30HS chapter
Pharmaceuticals
Global trade in pharmaceuticals during 2023, with the top exporting and importing countries. Sourced from CEPII BACI.
$730.07B
Reported exports (2023)
$693.21B
Reported imports (2023)
50
Exporting countries
Global merchandise trade in pharmaceuticals totaled approximately $730.07 billion in reported exports during 2023, with 50 countries acting as exporters in CEPII BACI. Germany led the field with $104.18 billion in exports — 14.3% of the global market.
This page aggregates every HS6 product line within HS chapter 30. Country-level numbers reflect the sum of all subcategories that BACI reports. See methodology for caveats around mirror reconciliation and known data limitations, or data sources for the underlying CEPII BACI release.
Top exporters
1
Germany
Germany$104.18B
14.3%
2
Ireland
Ireland$85.85B
11.8%
3
USA
USA$81.42B
11.2%
4
Switzerland
Switzerland$79.50B
10.9%
5
Belgium
Belgium$48.60B
6.7%
6
Italy
Italy$45.08B
6.2%
7
France
France$32.49B
4.5%
8
Netherlands
Netherlands$27.24B
3.7%
9
United Kingdom
United Kingdom$22.20B
3.0%
10
India
India$21.15B
2.9%
11
Spain
Spain$20.62B
2.8%
12
Denmark
Denmark$20.03B
2.7%
13
Singapore
Singapore$19.70B
2.7%
14
Slovenia
Slovenia$17.62B
2.4%
15
Austria
Austria$15.33B
2.1%
16
Sweden
Sweden$13.43B
1.8%
17
Japan
Japan$10.68B
1.5%
18
Rep. of Korea
Rep. of Korea$10.53B
1.4%
19
Hungary
Hungary$8.11B
1.1%
20
Canada
Canada$6.97B
1.0%
21
Portugal
Portugal$3.51B
0.5%
22
Poland
Poland$3.35B
0.5%
23
Greece
Greece$2.71B
0.4%
24
Finland
Finland$2.32B
0.3%
25
Czechia
Czechia$2.08B
0.3%
Top importers
1USA
USA$141.15B
20.4%
2Germany
Germany$57.25B
8.3%
3Switzerland
Switzerland$55.55B
8.0%
4Belgium
Belgium$51.26B
7.4%
5
China
China$33.52B
4.8%
6Netherlands
Netherlands$29.63B
4.3%
7France
France$28.04B
4.0%
8Italy
Italy$27.62B
4.0%
9Japan
Japan$22.91B
3.3%
10United Kingdom
United Kingdom$21.12B
3.0%
11Spain
Spain$17.93B
2.6%
12Canada
Canada$13.55B
2.0%
13Ireland
Ireland$12.30B
1.8%
14Austria
Austria$9.61B
1.4%
15
Australia
Australia$9.32B
1.3%
16
Brazil
Brazil$9.07B
1.3%
17
Russian Federation
Russian Federation$9.01B
1.3%
18Slovenia
Slovenia$8.38B
1.2%
19Poland
Poland$7.91B
1.1%
20Rep. of Korea
Rep. of Korea$6.11B
0.9%
21Czechia
Czechia$5.71B
0.8%
22
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia$5.40B
0.8%
23Sweden
Sweden$5.25B
0.8%
24
Romania
Romania$4.52B
0.7%
25Hungary
Hungary$4.45B
0.6%