How dependent is France on Switzerland?

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%.

• 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 215.8 times what France 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 6.8 times what France buys from Switzerland.
• Switzerland sells 71.1% of what the world exports of precious metal watches; next come Singapore (3.2%), Germany (2.9%) and United Kingdom (2.1%). The rest of the world exported 4.7 times what France buys from Switzerland.
• Switzerland sells 15.5% of what the world exports of watch straps and bands; next come China (42.9%), Italy (6.7%) and Thailand (3.7%). The rest of the world exported 14.2 times what France buys from Switzerland.
• Switzerland sells 28.7% of what the world exports of other watch and clock parts; next come China (23.1%), Thailand (7.3%) and Singapore (6.1%). The rest of the world exported 13.1 times what France buys from Switzerland.
• Switzerland sells 21.6% of what the world exports of watch movements; next come Japan (44.1%), China (9.7%) and Hong Kong (5.2%). The rest of the world exported 30.7 times what France buys from Switzerland.
• Switzerland sells 14.1% of what the world exports of watch cases; next come China (55.9%), Hong Kong (10.2%) and Malaysia (3.3%). The rest of the world exported 58 times what France buys from Switzerland.
• Switzerland sells 24.3% of what the world exports of clocks with watch movements; next come China (34.3%), Japan (3.4%) and Hong Kong (3.4%). The rest of the world exported 17.9 times what France 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 51.8 times what France buys from Switzerland.

Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.

France is Switzerland’s 5th-largest customer, with 4.8% of its exports.

• Trade between France and Switzerland
• Who does France rely on?
• Who does Switzerland rely on?
• Dependence of France on China
• Dependence of France on Spain
• Dependence of France on Belgium
• Dependence of France on Italy
• Dependence of France on South Korea
• Dependence of France on Germany
• Dependence of France on Morocco
• Dependence of France on the United Kingdom
• Dependence of France on Brazil
• Dependence of France on the Netherlands
• Dependence of France on Australia
• Dependence of France on Canada
• Trade profile of France
• Trade profile of Switzerland
• All countries

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.