A Nordic nation southwest of Sweden, the Kingdom of Denmark’s imported products cost a total US$123.2 billion in 2024.

That dollar amount reflects a 28.6% gain compared to $95.8 billion five years earlier during 2020.

From 2023 to 2024, the total cost of Denmark’s imported goods slowed to a 2.5% increase starting from $120.2 billion.

Based on the average exchange rate for 2024, the Danish krone depreciated by -0.05% against the US dollar from 2023 to 2024. Denmark’s slightly weaker local currency makes Denmark’s imports relatively more expensive when converted starting from Danish krones.

Denmark’s Biggest International Product Suppliers

The latest available country-specific data shows that 69.6% of products imported by Denmark was supplied by exporters in: Germany (15.7% of the Danish total), Sweden (11.5%), Netherlands (6.9%), China (6.5%), United States of America (5.7%), Poland (5.6%), Norway (4.1%), Italy (3.6%), Belgium (3.5%), France (2.5%), United Kingdom (2.1%) and South Korea (2%).

Applying a continental lens, just over three-quarters (75.7%) of Denmark’s total imports by value in 2024 was purchased from other European countries. Trade partners based in Asia supplied another 16.2% of imports purchased by Denmark.

Denmark joined the European Union in 1973. Fellow EU member states expended 67.4% of total Danish import spending in 2024.

Smaller percentages came from North America (6.3%), Latin America (1.1%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, Africa (0.5%), then Oceania (0.3%) led by Marshall Islands, Australia and New Zealand.

Given Denmark’s population of 5.952 million people, its total $123.2 billion in 2024 imports translates to roughly $20,700 in yearly product demand from every person in the European Union member state. That dollar metric lags the average $21,400 per capita one year earlier in 2023.

Denmark’s Top 10 Imports

The following product groups represent the highest dollar value in Denmark’s import purchases during 2024. Also shown is the percentage share each product category represents in terms of overall imports into Denmark.

1. Machinery including computers: US$13.5 billion (11% of total imports)
2. Vehicles: $11.8 billion (9.6%)
3. Electrical machinery, equipment: $11.8 billion (9.6%)
4. Mineral fuels including oil: $8.6 billion (7%)
5. Pharmaceuticals: $6.8 billion (5.5%)
6. Plastics, plastic articles: $4.6 billion (3.8%)
7. Optical, technical, medical apparatus: $3.8 billion (3.1%)
8. Articles of iron or steel: $3.4 billion (2.8%)
9. Clothing, accessories (not knit or crochet): $3.1 billion (2.5%)
10. Furniture, bedding, lighting , signs, prefab buildings: $3 billion (2.4%)

Denmark’s top 10 imports approached three-fifths (57.2%) of the overall value of its product purchases from other countries.

Pharmaceuticals posted the fastest growth in total cost among Denmark’s top 10 import categories, up by 23.1% from 2023 to 2024.

In second place were Denmark’s imports of unknitted and non-crocheted clothing or accessories (up 4.8%) ahead of imported plastics (up 3.7%) both as materials and including items made with plastic.

The severest decline belongs to mineral fuels including oil imported into Denmark, pulled down by a -9.9% year-over-year reduction.

Please note that the results listed above are at the 2-digit Harmonized Tariff System code level.

At the more granular 4-digit level, importers in Denmark spent the most on imported cars (6.4% of the Danish total), medication mixes in dosage (3.8%), processed petroleum oils (2.5%), crude oil (2.3%), computers including optical readers (2.2%), phone devices including smartphones (2.1%), vessels including cruise ships, cargo ships and ferry-boats (2%), blood products (1.2%), fresh or chilled fish excluding fillets (1.1%), and electrical energy (also 1.1%).

Denmark’s Major Machinery Imports Including Computers

In 2024, Danish importers spent the most on the following 10 subcategories of machinery including computers.

1. Computers, optical readers: US$2.7 billion (up 8.9% from 2023)
2. Taps, valves, similar appliances: $1 billion (up 8.2%)
3. Centrifuges, filters and purifiers: $611.1 million (up 4.1%)
4. Liquid pumps and elevators: $579.2 million (down -2.7%)
5. Miscellaneous machinery: $565 million (up 9%)
6. Transmission shafts, gears, clutches: $533.4 million (down -1.1%)
7. Machinery parts: $532.3 million (down -1.7%)
8. Air or vacuum pumps: $474.2 million (up 11%)
9. Refrigerators, freezers: $460.5 million (down -8.6%)
10. Temperature-change machines: $382.3 million (down -6.7%)

Among these import subcategories, Danish purchases of air or vacuum pumps: (up 11%), miscellaneous machinery (up 9%) then computers including optical readers (up 8.9%) grew at the fastest pace from 2023 to 2024.

These amounts and the percentage gains within parenthesis clearly show where the strongest demand lies for different types of imported machinery including computers among Danish businesses and consumers.

Denmark’s Major Automotive Imports

In 2024, Danish importers spent the most on the following 10 subcategories of vehicles.

1. Cars: US$7.9 billion (up 10.6% from 2023)
2. Trucks: $1.3 billion (down -10.1%)
3. Automobile parts/accessories: $1 billion (up 4.7%)
4. Trailers: $462.8 million (down -22.5%)
5. Tractors: $325.3 million (down -43.6%)
6. Chassis fitted with engine: $188.5 million (up 0.1%)
7. Public-transport vehicles: $172.7 million (up 12.4%)
8. Motorcycles: $151.9 million (down -24.9%)
9. Motorcycle parts/accessories: $126.7 million (down -8.6%)
10. Bicycles, other non-motorized cycles: $118.4 million (up 2.7%)

Among these import subcategories, Danish purchases of public-transport vehicles (up 12.4%), cars (up 10.6%) then automobile parts or accessories (up 4.7%) grew at the fastest pace from 2023 to 2024.

These amounts and the percentage gains within parenthesis clearly show where the strongest demand lies for different types of imported vehicles among Danish businesses and consumers.

Denmark’s Major Electrical Imports

In 2024, Danish importers spent the most on the following 10 subcategories of electrical goods including consumer electronics.

1. Phone devices including smartphones: US$2.5 billion (down -10.7% from 2023)
2. Electrical converters/power units: $980.2 million (down -5.9%)
3. Insulated wire/cable: $887.1 million (up 2.1%)
4. Electrical/optical circuit boards, panels: $579.6 million (up 3.3%)
5. TV receivers/monitors/projectors: $554.3 million (up 2.6%)
6. Lower-voltage switches, fuses: $544.9 million (down -0.4%)
7. Microphones/headphones/amps: $525.6 million (down -1.4%)
8. Electric motors, generators: $474.2 million (down -4.8%)
9. Electric water heaters, hair dryers: $432.5 million (down -1.4%)
10. Integrated circuits/microassemblies: $392.3 million (down -20%)

Among these import subcategories, Danish purchases of electrical and optical circuit boards or panels (up 3.3%), television receivers, monitors and projectors (up 2.6%) then insulated wire or cable (up 2.1%) grew from 2023 to 2024.

These amounts and the percentage gains within parenthesis clearly show where the strongest demand lies for different types of imported electronics among Danish businesses and consumers.

Denmark’s Major Mineral Fuels Imports

In 2024, Danish importers spent the most on the following 10 subcategories of mineral fuels-related products including oil.

1. Processed petroleum oils: US$3 billion (down -2.5% from 2023)
2. Crude oil: $2.8 billion (down -10.5%)
3. Electrical energy: $1.3 billion (down -5.4%)
4. Petroleum gases: $544.1 million (down -39%)
5. Coal tar oils (high temperature distillation): $530.1 million (up 36.9%)
6. Petroleum oil residues: $108.2 million (down -4%)
7. Coal, solid fuels made from coal: $54.8 million (up 186%)
8. Natural bitumen, asphalt, shale: $30.7 million (down -1.7%)
9. Peat: $23.4 million (up 28.9%)
10. Petroleum jelly, mineral waxes: $15.6 million (down -9.4%)

Among these import subcategories, Danish purchases of coal including solid fuels made from coal (up 186%), high-temperature distilled coal tar oils (up 36.9%) then peat (up 28.9%) grew from 2023 to 2024.

These amounts and the percentage gains within parenthesis clearly show where the strongest demand lies for different types of imported mineral fuels-related goods among Danish businesses and consumers.
 

See also Denmark’s Top 10 Exports, Denmark’s Top Trading Partners, Drugs and Medicine Exports by Country and Top Blood Exporters by Country

Research Sources:
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Country Profiles. Accessed on November 5, 2025

EXCHANGE-RATES.org, Exchange Rates (Domestic Currency per U.S. dollar, December selected). Accessed on November 5, 2025

Trade Map, International Trade Centre. Accessed on November 5, 2025

Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on November 5, 2025

Wikipedia, Denmark. Accessed on November 5, 2025