The majority of the spending for cold chain transportation in the global biopharma industry during 2018 was for air and parcel, amounting to 7.8 billion U.S. dollars. In comparison to that, spending on cold-chain transportation by sea stood just at around 100 million dollars.
Global biopharma spending on cold chain transport in 2018, by transport mode (in billion U.S. dollars)*
Characteristic
Spending in billion U.S. dollars
Air and parcel
7.8
Sea
0.1
Truck and multi mode
2.7
Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Spending in billion U.S. dollars7.87.80.10.12.72.7Air and parcelSeaTruck and multi mode
0246810
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Pharmaceutical Commerce. (September 3, 2018). Global biopharma spending on cold chain transport in 2018, by transport mode (in billion U.S. dollars)* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 27, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1074046/global-biopharma-spending-on-cold-chain-transport-by-mode/
Pharmaceutical Commerce. "Global biopharma spending on cold chain transport in 2018, by transport mode (in billion U.S. dollars)*." Chart. September 3, 2018. Statista. Accessed February 27, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1074046/global-biopharma-spending-on-cold-chain-transport-by-mode/
Pharmaceutical Commerce. (2018). Global biopharma spending on cold chain transport in 2018, by transport mode (in billion U.S. dollars)*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 27, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1074046/global-biopharma-spending-on-cold-chain-transport-by-mode/
Pharmaceutical Commerce. "Global Biopharma Spending on Cold Chain Transport in 2018, by Transport Mode (in Billion U.S. Dollars)*." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Sep 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1074046/global-biopharma-spending-on-cold-chain-transport-by-mode/
Pharmaceutical Commerce, Global biopharma spending on cold chain transport in 2018, by transport mode (in billion U.S. dollars)* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1074046/global-biopharma-spending-on-cold-chain-transport-by-mode/ (last visited February 27, 2025)
Global biopharma spending on cold chain transport in 2018, by transport mode (in billion U.S. dollars)* [Graph], Pharmaceutical Commerce, September 3, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1074046/global-biopharma-spending-on-cold-chain-transport-by-mode/
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