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Switzerland Trade Summary

2008

Switzerland exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SWITZERLAND 2008

Overall Exports and Imports for Switzerland 2008

Exports and imports of Switzerland in 2008 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 236,386 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 229,879 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,335 products were exported to 226 countries and 4,570 products were imported from 214 countries.

Switzerland top 5 Export and Import partners 2008

Top five countries to which Switzerland exported in 2008 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Switzerland exports to Germany worth US$ 40,854 million, with a partner share of 17.28 percent.
  2. Switzerland exports to United States worth US$ 19,656 million, with a partner share of 8.32 percent.
  3. Switzerland exports to Italy worth US$ 18,834 million, with a partner share of 7.97 percent.
  4. Switzerland exports to France worth US$ 17,568 million, with a partner share of 7.43 percent.
  5. Switzerland exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 15,141 million, with a partner share of 6.41 percent.

Top five countries from which Switzerland imported goods in 2008 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Switzerland imports from Germany worth US$ 61,757 million, with a partner share of 26.86 percent.
  2. Switzerland imports from United States worth US$ 21,725 million, with a partner share of 9.45 percent.
  3. Switzerland imports from Italy worth US$ 20,388 million, with a partner share of 8.87 percent.
  4. Switzerland imports from France worth US$ 18,261 million, with a partner share of 7.94 percent.
  5. Switzerland imports from United Kingdom worth US$ 13,939 million, with a partner share of 6.06 percent.

Switzerland Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2008

The top five exported HS 6 digit level products to world by Switzerland along with trade value are:

  1. Switzerland exported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 21,015,478.02 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Switzerland exported Antisera and other blood fractions , worth 13,678,154.77 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Switzerland exported Wrist-watches with automatic winding nes , worth 5,697,746.14 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Switzerland exported Electrical energy , worth 5,037,767.69 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Switzerland exported Art. of jewellery and pts thereof of/o prec mtl , worth 4,494,160.74 (US$ Thousands).

The top five imported HS 6 digit level products from world by Switzerland along with trade value are

  1. Switzerland imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 7,668,803.86 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Switzerland imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 7,218,473.13 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Switzerland imported Art. of jewellery and pts thereof of/o prec mtl , worth 4,411,923.24 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Switzerland imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 4,084,888.84 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Switzerland imported Antisera and other blood fractions , worth 4,033,695.11 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2008

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2008 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2008

Tariffs imposed by Switzerland in 2008 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 2,218.30 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 3.50 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 1.79 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 161,004,302.72 and duty free tariff line items share was 70.68 percent.

Development Indicators 2008

Key Development Indicators of Switzerland in 2008 are below

  • Switzerland GDP in current US dollar was 567,273 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 64,870.00 .
  • Switzerland Trade balance: as % of GDP was 9.48.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was 53,781.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 116.78 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 31.90 .

Trade Indicators 2008

Trade Indicators for Switzerland in 2008 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.06.
  • Index of export market penetration was 22.10.
  • World Growth in percentage was -59.29 and Switzerland Country Growth was -52.03 .