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Pharma and health: Brazil and China

First country

Second country

In 2025, Brazil sold USD 24.1 million of pharmaceutical products to China and bought USD 420 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in pharmaceutical products grew 142 percent, from USD 183 million in 2019 to USD 444 million in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, China sold USD 420 million of pharmaceutical products, against USD 24.1 million the other way.

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

Brazil's exports to China: pharmaceutical products

USD million · 2019 to 2025, calendar years, as reported by Brazil

2019: 29.1Low 13.2 / High 187.62025: 24.1

201929.1
202050.2
202136.7
2022187.6
202330.2
202413.2
202524.1

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

Brazil's imports from China: pharmaceutical products

USD billion · 2019 to 2025, calendar years, as reported by Brazil

2019: 0.15Low 0.15 / High 1.532025: 0.42

20190.15
20200.48
20211.53
20220.6
20230.29
20240.25
20250.42

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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