How dependent is Italy 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 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 21.5 times what Italy 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 13.1 times what Italy buys from Switzerland.
• Switzerland sells 39.6% of what the world exports of hydrazine and hydroxylamine derivatives; next come China (18.4%), India (8.4%) and United States (4.3%). The rest of the world exported 9.6 times what Italy buys from Switzerland.
• Switzerland sells 15.5% of what the world exports of watch straps and bands; next come China (42.9%), France (14.1%) and Thailand (3.7%). The rest of the world exported 73.9 times what Italy 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 83.9 times what Italy 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 293.8 times what Italy buys from Switzerland.
• Switzerland sells 2.2% of what the world exports of tin waste and scrap; next come Belgium (14.2%), United States (10.6%) and Malaysia (9.2%). The rest of the world exported 266.3 times what Italy buys from Switzerland.

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

Italy is Switzerland’s 7th-largest customer, with 4.2% of its exports.

• Trade between Italy and Switzerland
• Who does Italy rely on?
• Who does Switzerland rely on?
• Dependence of Italy on China
• Dependence of Italy on the United States
• Dependence of Italy on Spain
• Dependence of Italy on France
• Dependence of Italy on Germany
• Dependence of Italy on the Netherlands
• Dependence of Italy on Brazil
• Trade profile of Italy
• 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.