From: Swiss trade during the COVID-19 pandemic: an early appraisal
Total trade | Exports | Imports | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | 2005 | 2019 | 2005 | 2019 | 2005 | |
Total (in bn CHF) | 447.5 | 306.1 | 242.3 | 157.0 | 205.2 | 149.1 |
Total (in % of GDP) | 63.9 | 60.1 | 34.6 | 30.9 | 29.3 | 29.3 |
Trading partner (share in %) | ||||||
Germany | 21.9 | 26.2 | 18.2 | 19.9 | 26.2 | 32.8 |
USA | 12.5 | 7.6 | 17.3 | 10.4 | 6.7 | 4.7 |
Italy | 7.3 | 10.1 | 5.8 | 9.2 | 9.1 | 11.0 |
France | 6.6 | 9.3 | 5.9 | 8.6 | 7.4 | 10.0 |
China | 6.3 | 2.2 | 5.5 | 2.1 | 7.3 | 2.3 |
UK | 4.2 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 4.3 |
Austria | 3.2 | 4.0 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.8 |
Spain | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 2.7 |
Japan | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 1.6 | 1.9 |
Netherlands | 2.5 | 4.3 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 5.0 |
Other countries | 29.9 | 25.5 | 32.1 | 30.1 | 27.4 | 20.7 |
Product group (share in %) | ||||||
06 - Pharmaceuticals | 37.4 | 28.6 | 47.3 | 34.9 | 25.7 | 22.0 |
11 - Prec., watches, jewellery | 18.1 | 12.6 | 20.8 | 17.6 | 14.8 | 7.2 |
09 - Machines | 14.3 | 21.3 | 13.2 | 22.4 | 15.6 | 20.1 |
08 - Metals | 6.4 | 7.9 | 5.6 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 8.3 |
10 - Vehicles | 5.6 | 6.1 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 9.5 | 9.6 |
01 - Agriculture | 5.5 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 7.1 | 7.4 |
03 - Textiles | 3.8 | 4.3 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 5.8 | 5.9 |
02 - Energy | 2.6 | 4.8 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 4.5 | 7.5 |
05 - Leather | 2.6 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
12 - Various | 1.6 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 2.8 | 3.3 |
04 - Paper | 1.3 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 3.4 |
07 - Stones and earth | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 1.8 |