How dependent is Switzerland on France?

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%.

• France sells 14% of what the world exports of electricity; next come Germany (6.8%), Austria (5.5%) and Norway (3.8%). The rest of the world exported 32.9 times what Switzerland buys from France.
• France sells 1.9% of what the world exports of natural gas and LPG; next come United States (18%), Norway (11%) and Australia (10%). The rest of the world exported 508.2 times what Switzerland buys from France.
• France sells 10.1% of what the world exports of nickel bars, profiles and wire; next come United States (27.8%), Germany (12.9%) and Austria (8.9%). The rest of the world exported 46.5 times what Switzerland buys from France.
• France sells 4.2% of what the world exports of corn; next come United States (23.9%), Brazil (19.5%) and Argentina (16.3%). The rest of the world exported 808.7 times what Switzerland buys from France.
• France sells 7.9% of what the world exports of diesel and other locomotives; next come United States (32.2%), Spain (18.1%) and South Korea (11.1%). The rest of the world exported 34.1 times what Switzerland buys from France.
• France sells 22.1% of what the world exports of cereal straw and husks; next come Spain (13.3%), Pakistan (11.6%) and Australia (8.7%). The rest of the world exported 10.6 times what Switzerland buys from France.
• France sells 3.7% of what the world exports of forage (alfalfa and hay); next come United States (49.7%), Australia (13.4%) and Canada (7.5%). The rest of the world exported 90.8 times what Switzerland buys from France.
• France sells 3.1% of what the world exports of caustic soda and potash; next come United States (19.6%), China (16.4%) and Germany (7.6%). The rest of the world exported 239.5 times what Switzerland buys from France.
• France sells 6.2% of what the world exports of epoxides (ethylene and propylene oxide); next come Netherlands (17.2%), United States (15.4%) and Germany (14.1%). The rest of the world exported 99 times what Switzerland buys from France.
• France sells 3.4% of what the world exports of float glass; next come China (10.5%), Germany (10.3%) and United States (7%). The rest of the world exported 197.7 times what Switzerland buys from France.

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

Switzerland is France’s 9th-largest customer, with 3.4% of its exports.

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