Switzerland | Imports and Exports | World | Organic chemicals | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2012 - 2023
The value of exports of commodity group 29 "Organic chemicals" from Switzerland totalled $ 40 billion in 2023. Sales of commodity group 29 from Switzerland went up by 30% compared to 2022: exports of commodity group 29 "Organic chemicals" went up by $ 9.34 billion (cumulative exports of commodity group 29 from Switzerland amounted $30 billion in 2022)
Exports of commodity group 29 "Organic chemicals" amounted to 9.59% of total exports from Switzerland (cumulative merchandise exports from Switzerland totalled $ 419 billion in 2023). The share of commodity group 29 in total exports from Switzerland increased by 1.85 p.p. compared to 2022 (it was 7.73% in 2022 and cumulative exports from Switzerland were equal to $ 400 billion).
Where does Switzerland export Organic chemicals?
Top export destinations of "Organic chemicals" from Switzerland in 2023:
- Slovenia with a share of 26% (10.8 billion US$)
- Italy with a share of 17.7% (7.16 billion US$)
- Germany with a share of 11.6% (4.68 billion US$)
- Austria with a share of 8.42% (3.39 billion US$)
- Spain with a share of 7.96% (3.21 billion US$)
- Singapore with a share of 6.16% (2.48 billion US$)
- USA with a share of 5.57% (2.24 billion US$)
- France with a share of 1.86% (752 million US$)
- Brazil with a share of 1.8% (725 million US$)
- China with a share of 1.45% (584 million US$)
Exports structure of 29 - Organic chemicals - from Switzerland in 2023 represented by the following main commodity groups:
- 62% (25 billion US$): 2933 - Heterocyclic compounds with nitrogen hetero-atom(s) only
- 8.82% (3.55 billion US$): 2937 - Hormones, prostaglandins, thromboxanes and leukotrienes, natural or reproduced by synthesis; derivatives and structural analogues thereof, including chain modified polypeptides, used primarily as hormones
- 6.28% (2.53 billion US$): 2935 - Sulphonamides
- 5.74% (2.31 billion US$): 2934 - Nucleic acids and their salts, whether or not chemically defined; other heterocyclic compounds
- 3.58% (1.44 billion US$): 2924 - Carboxyamide-function compounds; amide-function compounds of carbonic acid
- 1.85% (749 million US$): 2941 - Antibiotics
- 1.64% (664 million US$): 2928 - Organic derivatives of hydrazine or of hydroxylamine
- 1.25% (505 million US$): 2932 - Heterocyclic compounds with oxygen hetero-atom(s) only
- 1.2% (485 million US$): 2922 - Oxygen-function amino-compounds
- 0.733% (295 million US$): 2918 - Carboxylic acids with additional oxygen function and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives
The value of imports of commodity group 29 "Organic chemicals" to Switzerland totalled $ 8.96 billion in 2023. Sales of commodity group 29 to Switzerland decreased by 2.59% in value terms compared to 2022. imports of commodity group 29 "Organic chemicals" decreased by $ 238 million (the value of imports of commodity group 29 to Switzerland was equal to $9.2 billion in 2022)
Imports of commodity group 29 "Organic chemicals" accounted for 2.45% of total import flow to Switzerland (in 2023, total imports to Switzerland amounted to $ 365 billion). The share of commodity group 29 in total imports to Switzerland decreased by 0.129 p.p. compared to 2022 (it was 2.58% in 2022 and cumulative imports to Switzerland were equal to $ 356 billion).
Where does Switzerland import Organic chemicals from?
Top trading partners (import of "Organic chemicals") of Switzerland in 2023:
- China with a share of 19.6% (1.76 billion US$)
- Germany with a share of 14.5% (1.3 billion US$)
- India with a share of 10.8% (975 million US$)
- Ireland with a share of 9.54% (855 million US$)
- Italy with a share of 8.29% (743 million US$)
- USA with a share of 7.52% (674 million US$)
- France with a share of 5.18% (464 million US$)
- Slovenia with a share of 4.13% (371 million US$)
- Netherlands with a share of 3.35% (300 million US$)
- United Kingdom with a share of 2.89% (259 million US$)
Imports structure of 29 - Organic chemicals - to Switzerland in 2023 represented by the following main commodity groups:
- 34% (3.07 billion US$): 2933 - Heterocyclic compounds with nitrogen hetero-atom(s) only
- 10.8% (974 million US$): 2934 - Nucleic acids and their salts, whether or not chemically defined; other heterocyclic compounds
- 4.27% (383 million US$): 2914 - Ketones and quinones, whether or not with other oxygen function, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives.
- 3.52% (316 million US$): 2921 - Amine-function compounds
- 3.18% (285 million US$): 2915 - Saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives
- 3.02% (271 million US$): 2928 - Organic derivatives of hydrazine or of hydroxylamine
- 3.01% (270 million US$): 2924 - Carboxyamide-function compounds; amide-function compounds of carbonic acid
- 3.01% (269 million US$): 2932 - Heterocyclic compounds with oxygen hetero-atom(s) only
- 3% (269 million US$): 2922 - Oxygen-function amino-compounds
- 2.8% (251 million US$): 2905 - Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives
