Annual International Trade Statistics by Country (HS)
Publication date: 2024-01-28
Reporting period: 2002 - 2022
Timeseries: 194 million
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Switzerland | Imports and Exports | World | ALL COMMODITIES | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2009 - 2020

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TOTAL. ALL COMMODITIESSwitzerlandWorldExportsValue (US$)172,702,655,007.00195,609,280,170.00234,819,262,335.00312,282,673,243.00357,909,509,746.17311,292,919,173.07289,629,055,115.21302,499,429,349.08299,331,427,818.62310,523,862,211.19313,685,932,750.63318,580,420,583.97
Value Growth, YoY (%)-13.9113.2620.0432.9814.61-13.02-6.954.44-1.043.731.011.56
ImportsValue (US$)155,572,596,857.00176,280,625,555.00208,219,897,633.00295,071,061,330.00321,053,933,867.24275,354,608,588.85251,189,810,218.73269,279,966,266.04267,493,892,985.60278,671,370,444.36276,388,086,970.53290,402,110,277.21
Value Growth, YoY (%)-15.2213.3118.1141.718.80-14.23-8.777.20-0.664.17-0.815.07

The value of merchandise exports from Switzerland totalled $ 318 billion in 2020. Merchandise exports from Switzerland increased by 1.56% compared to 2019. Goods exports grew up by $ 4.89 billion in 2020 (the value of merchandise exports from Switzerland amounted to $313 billion in 2019)

Switzerland's exports 2020 by country

Top export destinations of commodities from Switzerland in 2020:

  • USA with a share of 22% (73 billion US$)
  • Germany with a share of 15.3% (48 billion US$)
  • China with a share of 5.47% (17.4 billion US$)
  • United Kingdom with a share of 5.27% (16.8 billion US$)
  • France with a share of 5.17% (16.4 billion US$)
  • Italy with a share of 4.85% (15.4 billion US$)
  • India with a share of 3.63% (11.5 billion US$)
  • Austria with a share of 2.57% (8.18 billion US$)
  • Spain with a share of 2.51% (8.02 billion US$)
  • Japan with a share of 2.35% (7.5 billion US$)

Exports structure from Switzerland in 2020 represented by the following main commodity groups:

  • 27% (88 billion US$): 30 - Pharmaceutical products
  • 26% (85 billion US$): 71 - Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin
  • 8% (25 billion US$): 29 - Organic chemicals
  • 6.62% (21 billion US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
  • 5.68% (18.1 billion US$): 91 - Clocks and watches and parts thereof
  • 5.24% (16.7 billion US$): 90 - Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof
  • 3.8% (12.1 billion US$): 85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
  • 1.57% (5.02 billion US$): 39 - Plastics and articles thereof
  • 1.19% (3.79 billion US$): 33 - Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations
  • 0.91% (2.9 billion US$): 09 - Coffee, tea, matT and spices

What did Switzerland export in 2020?

Switzerland's Top Exports in 2020:

  • 22% ($71 billion): 7108 - Gold (including gold plated with platinum) unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form
  • 14.8% ($47 billion): 3004 - Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 30.02, 30.05 or 30.06) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses (including those in the form of transdermal administration systems) or in forms or packings for retail sale
  • 12.4% ($39 billion): 3002 - Human blood; animal blood for therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic uses; antisera, other blood fractions, immunological products, modified or obtained by biotechnological processes; vaccines, toxins, cultures of micro-organisms (excluding yeasts) etc
  • 3.95% ($12.5 billion): 2933 - Heterocyclic compounds with nitrogen hetero-atom(s) only
  • 3.59% ($11.4 billion): 9102 - Wrist-watches, pocket-watches and other watches, including stop-watches, other than those of heading 91.01
  • 2.54% ($8.1 billion): 7113 - Articles of jewellery and parts thereof, of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal
  • 1.87% ($5.97 billion): 9021 - Orthopaedic appliances, including crutches, surgical belts and trusses; splints and other fracture appliances; artificial parts of the body; hearing aids and other appliances which are worn or carried, or implanted in the body, to compensate for a defect or disability.
  • 1.81% ($5.77 billion): 9101 - Wrist-watches, pocket-watches and other watches, including stop-watches, with case of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal
  • 1.1% ($3.51 billion): 9018 - Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scintigraphic apparatus, other electro-medical apparatus and sight-testing instruments
  • 0.998% ($3.18 billion): 2937 - Hormones, prostaglandins, thromboxanes and leukotrienes, natural or reproduced by synthesis; derivatives and structural analogues thereof, including chain modified polypeptides, used primarily as hormones

The value of merchandise imports to Switzerland totalled $ 290 billion in 2020. Merchandise imports to Switzerland increased by 5.07% compared to 2019. Goods imports grew up by $ 14 billion in 2020 (the value of merchandise imports to Switzerland was equal to $276 billion in 2019)

Switzerland's imports 2020 by country

Top trading partners (import sources) of Switzerland in 2020:

  • Germany with a share of 19.4% (56 billion US$)
  • Italy with a share of 8.15% (23 billion US$)
  • USA with a share of 7.19% (20 billion US$)
  • China with a share of 6.08% (17.6 billion US$)
  • France with a share of 5.88% (17 billion US$)
  • United Kingdom with a share of 5.72% (16.6 billion US$)
  • Hong Kong with a share of 4.15% (12 billion US$)
  • United Arab Emirates with a share of 3.47% (10.1 billion US$)
  • Austria with a share of 3.08% (8.94 billion US$)
  • Thailand with a share of 2.81% (8.16 billion US$)

Imports structure to Switzerland in 2020 represented by the following main commodity groups:

  • 35% (103 billion US$): 71 - Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin
  • 13.4% (38 billion US$): 30 - Pharmaceutical products
  • 6.56% (19 billion US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
  • 5.21% (15.1 billion US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
  • 5.12% (14.8 billion US$): 85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
  • 2.83% (8.23 billion US$): 90 - Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof
  • 2.55% (7.42 billion US$): 29 - Organic chemicals
  • 2.22% (6.45 billion US$): 39 - Plastics and articles thereof
  • 2.01% (5.83 billion US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
  • 1.56% (4.53 billion US$): 94 - Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, n.e.s.; illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like; prefabricated buildings

What did Switzerland import in 2020?

Switzerland's Top Imports in 2020:

  • 30% ($87 billion): 7108 - Gold (including gold plated with platinum) unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form
  • 8.91% ($25 billion): 3004 - Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 30.02, 30.05 or 30.06) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses (including those in the form of transdermal administration systems) or in forms or packings for retail sale
  • 4.26% ($12.3 billion): 3002 - Human blood; animal blood for therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic uses; antisera, other blood fractions, immunological products, modified or obtained by biotechnological processes; vaccines, toxins, cultures of micro-organisms (excluding yeasts) etc
  • 3.48% ($10.1 billion): 8703 - Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 87.02), including station wagons and racing cars
  • 2.71% ($7.89 billion): 7113 - Articles of jewellery and parts thereof, of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal
  • 1.18% ($3.45 billion): 8471 - Automatic data processing machines and units thereof; magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, not elsewhere specified or included
  • 1.12% ($3.27 billion): 8517 - Electrical apparatus for line telephony or line telegraphy, including line telephone sets with cordless handsets and telecommunication apparatus for carrier-current line systems or for digital line systems; videophones
  • 1.07% ($3.11 billion): 7110 - Platinum, unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form
  • 0.903% ($2.62 billion): 2710 - Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparations n.e.c. containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; these being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils
  • 0.85% ($2.46 billion): 2933 - Heterocyclic compounds with nitrogen hetero-atom(s) only

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Switzerland | Imports and Exports | World | ALL COMMODITIES | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2009 - 2020