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Table 1 Switzerland’s main trading partners and product groups

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

  1. Note: All numbers refer to trade in goods excluding precious metals (mainly gold), gems, and other valuables. See Table 4 in the Appendix for the full definition of the product groups. Source: FCA