Summary
- Share of its imports
- 4%
- Share of its imports from outside the EU
- 12.9%
- Value imported
- $8.1billion
- Rank among its suppliers
- 5th
- Products where it sells over 50%
- 11
- Products where it sells over 75%
- 3
- Dominated value
- $2.3billion
- Share of total imports
- 1.1%
Trend
Trend in shares
Switzerland went from 4.4% to 4% of what Austria buys
Share (%)
- Switzerland 4%
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Value (USD millions) | Share | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 2,910 | 4.4% | 4 |
| 1996 | 2,463 | 3.7% | 5 |
| 1997 | 2,316 | 3.5% | 6 |
| 1998 | 2,510 | 3.6% | 5 |
| 1999 | 2,318 | 3.4% | 6 |
| 2000 | 2,340 | 3.4% | 6 |
| 2001 | 2,539 | 3.6% | 5 |
| 2002 | 2,598 | 3.5% | 5 |
| 2003 | 3,951 | 4.3% | 3 |
| 2004 | 3,637 | 3.3% | 5 |
| 2005 | 4,254 | 3.6% | 4 |
| 2006 | 4,618 | 3.4% | 4 |
| 2007 | 6,275 | 4.1% | 3 |
| 2008 | 7,486 | 4.4% | 3 |
| 2009 | 7,847 | 5.8% | 3 |
| 2010 | 8,091 | 5.5% | 3 |
| 2011 | 9,835 | 5.6% | 3 |
| 2012 | 8,899 | 5.4% | 3 |
| 2013 | 9,118 | 5.4% | 3 |
| 2014 | 8,887 | 5.2% | 4 |
| 2015 | 8,376 | 5.7% | 3 |
| 2016 | 7,907 | 5.3% | 4 |
| 2017 | 8,866 | 5.4% | 4 |
| 2018 | 8,188 | 4.5% | 5 |
| 2019 | 7,019 | 4% | 6 |
| 2020 | 8,816 | 5.4% | 4 |
| 2021 | 11,446 | 5.6% | 4 |
| 2022 | 10,788 | 5% | 4 |
| 2023 | 11,366 | 5.3% | 4 |
| 2024 | 8,088 | 4% | 5 |
Products where Switzerland sells more than half
| Product | Supplier | Share | Second | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Switzerland | 66.3% | Germany · 29.2% | $1.1 billion |
| Hormones | Switzerland | 90.3%over 75% | France · 2.6% | $646 million |
| Self-propelled trains and trams | Switzerland | 99.8%over 75% | Germany · 0.13% | $162 million |
| Other wristwatches | Switzerland | 56.5% | China · 22.6% | $151 million |
| Precious metal watches | Switzerland | 74.3% | France · 10.5% | $90 million |
| Cocoa butter | Switzerland | 51.1% | Germany · 22.5% | $75 million |
| Silver | Switzerland | 54.1% | Germany · 28.7% | $32 million |
| Passenger rail coaches | Switzerland | 50.4% | Germany · 49.1% | $5 million |
| Other watch and clock parts | Switzerland | 83.5%over 75% | Germany · 6.5% | $4 million |
| Postage and revenue stamps, first-day covers | Switzerland | 59.4% | United States · 23.2% | $1 million |
| Watch movements | Switzerland | 68.1% | Germany · 11.4% | $741 thousand |
A product has a dominant supplier when a single country sells more than 50% of what is bought of it; we flag it separately above 75%.
Are there other suppliers in the world?
- Switzerland sells 19.2% of what the world exports of gold; next come United Arab Emirates (10.6%), Hong Kong (6.4%) and Australia (6.1%). The rest of the world exported 405 times what Austria buys from Switzerland.
- Switzerland sells 2.7% of what the world exports of hormones; next come Ireland (48.5%), United States (24.6%) and Denmark (3.8%). The rest of the world exported 56.6 times what Austria buys from Switzerland.
- Switzerland sells 11.6% of what the world exports of self-propelled trains and trams; next come Spain (13.7%), Poland (12.6%) and South Korea (10.7%). The rest of the world exported 26.6 times what Austria buys from Switzerland.
- Switzerland sells 64% of what the world exports of other wristwatches; next come China (12.7%), Japan (2.9%) and Germany (2.2%). The rest of the world exported 72.6 times what Austria buys from Switzerland.
- Switzerland sells 71.1% of what the world exports of precious metal watches; next come France (4.5%), Singapore (3.2%) and Germany (2.9%). The rest of the world exported 57.1 times what Austria buys from Switzerland.
- Switzerland sells 1.1% of what the world exports of cocoa butter; next come Netherlands (28.6%), Indonesia (10.6%) and Germany (10.2%). The rest of the world exported 172.6 times what Austria buys from Switzerland.
- Switzerland sells 5.7% of what the world exports of silver; next come China (16.7%), Mexico (10.1%) and South Korea (7.4%). The rest of the world exported 901.8 times what Austria buys from Switzerland.
- Switzerland sells 2.6% of what the world exports of passenger rail coaches; next come Spain (17.3%), Germany (14.9%) and United States (13.5%). The rest of the world exported 349.2 times what Austria buys from Switzerland.
- Switzerland sells 28.7% of what the world exports of other watch and clock parts; next come China (23.1%), France (9.8%) and Thailand (7.3%). The rest of the world exported 275 times what Austria buys from Switzerland.
- Switzerland sells 23% of what the world exports of postage and revenue stamps, first-day covers; next come United Kingdom (20.1%), United States (11.5%) and Germany (10.6%). The rest of the world exported 78.3 times what Austria buys from Switzerland.
Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.
Seen from Switzerland
Austria is Switzerland’s 14th-largest customer, with 2% of its exports.
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Sources and method
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
The data come from CEPII BACI (Etalab 2.0 licence), which reconciles what the exporting and the importing country report, in current USD, FOB. Data up to 2024.
Dependence is the share of a country’s imports (or exports) that each partner accounts for. It does not measure whether a product has a substitute or how much it would cost to change supplier.
The concentration index (HHI) adds up the square of each partner’s share, in percent: it runs from 0 to 10,000. Its equivalent is 10,000 ÷ HHI, the number of partners of the same size that would give that value.
Products are HS4 headings of the 1992 nomenclature (some combine different goods), with a floor of $1 million per product and country.
The EU is the 27 current members in every year; the United Kingdom is outside the EU throughout the series.
Re-exports: countries that act as redistribution hubs carry their notice and the figures are not corrected.