Sources of Products

The top 10 leading foreign sources include France, the United States of America, Italy, Japan, China, Germany, Thailand, the United Kingdom, Taiwan and Canada.  Together they account for approximately 77.2% (55,137) of our total imports (n=71,457).  Products imported from ASEAN countries such as Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines constitute nearly 10.7% (7,621) (Table 26).

Table 26: Major sources of imported products

CountryPrescriptionNon-prescriptionTraditional medicineCosmeticsTotal
France251393211,80311,045
America3044464739,39010,613
Italy1842816,7636,976
Japan6341215,8435,968
China4261,6122,7244,366
Germany380142143,6684,204
Thailand270215143,5424,041
UK247105102,4742,836
Taiwan5512862,2672,420
Canada17042202,0762,308

Source:  Annual report 2005, National Pharmaceutical Control Bureau, MOH

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