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Where does Switzerland get its steel? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Switzerland imported $2.4 billion of steel (1.7 million tonnes), 0.7% of the world total. Its main sources were Germany (36%), Italy (23%) and Austria (7%). Switzerland was the world’s 37th-largest importer of steel.

Summary

Value
$2.4billion
Tonnes
1.7million tonnes
Share of world total
0.7%
World rank
37th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Germany845Tonnes: 615,569USD per tonne: $1,37235.6%Land
Italy545Tonnes: 474,862USD per tonne: $1,14823%Land
Austria174Tonnes: 103,032USD per tonne: $1,6857.3%Land
France169Tonnes: 174,443USD per tonne: $9687.1%Land
Belgium re-exports98.5Tonnes: 64,250USD per tonne: $1,5334.2%Sea
Luxembourg59.2Tonnes: 62,285USD per tonne: $9512.5%Sea
China47.1Tonnes: 21,835USD per tonne: $2,1562%Sea
Spain46.3Tonnes: 22,662USD per tonne: $2,0442%Sea
Taiwan41.6Tonnes: 15,459USD per tonne: $2,6911.8%Sea
Finland40.9Tonnes: 12,966USD per tonne: $3,1581.7%Sea
Sweden40.8Tonnes: 11,126USD per tonne: $3,6641.7%Sea
Netherlands re-exports36.9Tonnes: 25,807USD per tonne: $1,4281.6%Sea
India35.7Tonnes: 14,934USD per tonne: $2,3901.5%Sea
Slovakia24.3Tonnes: 14,658USD per tonne: $1,6611%Sea
South Korea23.8Tonnes: 15,608USD per tonne: $1,5251%Sea
Japan19.9Tonnes: 4,143USD per tonne: $4,8050.84%Sea
United States18.7Tonnes: 887USD per tonne: $21,0630.79%Sea
Slovenia16.9Tonnes: 6,100USD per tonne: $2,7690.71%Sea
Poland16.7Tonnes: 13,273USD per tonne: $1,2580.7%Sea
Czechia14.9Tonnes: 8,879USD per tonne: $1,6780.63%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Germany was its main source throughout the period

Value in USD billions. The five largest sources in 2024.

  • Germany 0.84
  • Italy 0.55
  • Austria 0.17
  • France 0.17
  • Belgium 0.1

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Germany0.680.84
Italy0.260.55
Austria0.10.17
France0.220.17
Belgium0.150.1

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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