Switzerland | Imports and Exports | World | ALL COMMODITIES | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2016 - 2018

Exports structure from Switzerland in 2018 represented by the following main commodity groups:

• 26% (81 billion US$): 71 - Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin
• 24% (75 billion US$): 30 - Pharmaceutical products
• 8.02% (24 billion US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
• 6.97% (21 billion US$): 91 - Clocks and watches and parts thereof
• 6.68% (20 billion US$): 29 - Organic chemicals
• 5.58% (17.3 billion US$): 90 - Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof
• 4.13% (12.8 billion US$): 85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
• 1.78% (5.55 billion US$): 39 - Plastics and articles thereof
• 1.2% (3.73 billion US$): 33 - Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations
• 1% (3.13 billion US$): 73 - Articles of iron or steel

What did Switzerland export in 2018?

Switzerland's Top Exports in 2018:

• 20% ($63 billion): 7108 - Gold (including gold plated with platinum) unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form
• 14.4% ($44 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
• 9.35% ($29 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
• 4.39% ($13.6 billion): 9102 - Wrist-watches, pocket-watches and other watches, including stop-watches, other than those of heading 91.01
• 3.78% ($11.7 billion): 7113 - Articles of jewellery and parts thereof, of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal
• 3.04% ($9.45 billion): 2933 - Heterocyclic compounds with nitrogen hetero-atom(s) only
• 2.18% ($6.77 billion): 9101 - Wrist-watches, pocket-watches and other watches, including stop-watches, with case of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal
• 2.01% ($6.26 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.
• 1.3% ($4.04 billion): 9018 - Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scintigraphic apparatus, other electro-medical apparatus and sight-testing instruments

Imports structure to Switzerland in 2018 represented by the following main commodity groups:

• 30% (86 billion US$): 71 - Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin
• 10.7% (29 billion US$): 30 - Pharmaceutical products
• 7.2% (20 billion US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
• 5.56% (15.5 billion US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
• 5.35% (14.9 billion US$): 85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
• 4.63% (12.9 billion US$): 29 - Organic chemicals
• 3.46% (9.66 billion US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
• 2.96% (8.27 billion US$): 90 - Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof
• 2.49% (6.95 billion US$): 39 - Plastics and articles thereof
• 1.65% (4.61 billion US$): 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 2018?

Switzerland's Top Imports in 2018:

• 22% ($63 billion): 7108 - Gold (including gold plated with platinum) unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form
• 6.96% ($19.4 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
• 5.81% ($16.1 billion): 7113 - Articles of jewellery and parts thereof, of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal
• 3.78% ($10.5 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
• 3.56% ($9.94 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
• 2.5% ($6.99 billion): 2933 - Heterocyclic compounds with nitrogen hetero-atom(s) only
• 1.7% ($4.74 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
• 1.21% ($3.38 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
• 1.2% ($3.36 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
• 0.903% ($2.51 billion): 7102 - Diamonds, whether or not worked, but not mounted or set