How dependent is Switzerland on Germany?

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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%.

• Germany sells 2.5% of what the world exports of refined petroleum; next come United States (11.7%), Singapore (6.3%) and South Korea (5.9%). The rest of the world exported 226.3 times what Switzerland buys from Germany.
• Germany sells 22.9% of what the world exports of dishwashers and packing machines; next come Italy (19%), China (12.4%) and Poland (4.1%). The rest of the world exported 71.2 times what Switzerland buys from Germany.
• Germany sells 17.3% of what the world exports of replacement tool heads; next come China (23.2%), United States (8%) and Japan (7%). The rest of the world exported 49 times what Switzerland buys from Germany.
• Germany sells 13.9% of what the world exports of plastic pipes and hoses; next come China (13.1%), United States (12.3%) and Italy (5.8%). The rest of the world exported 86.2 times what Switzerland buys from Germany.
• Germany sells 10.1% of what the world exports of books and brochures; next come China (15.8%), United States (12.5%) and United Kingdom (12.3%). The rest of the world exported 49.1 times what Switzerland buys from Germany.
• Germany sells 10.8% of what the world exports of aluminum foil; next come China (35%), Italy (4.7%) and Japan (4.2%). The rest of the world exported 56.6 times what Switzerland buys from Germany.
• Germany sells 17.8% of what the world exports of trailers; next come China (20.4%), United States (11.5%) and Mexico (9.8%). The rest of the world exported 115.4 times what Switzerland buys from Germany.
• Germany sells 13.5% of what the world exports of railway parts; next come China (14.6%), United States (9.6%) and Poland (7.2%). The rest of the world exported 54.7 times what Switzerland buys from Germany.
• Germany sells 11.4% of what the world exports of nuclear reactors and fuel; next come Russia (26%), Sweden (17.8%) and United States (7.5%). The rest of the world exported 29.5 times what Switzerland buys from Germany.
• Germany sells 19.3% of what the world exports of putty and sealants; next come United States (10.8%), China (6.7%) and Belgium (6.6%). The rest of the world exported 57.6 times what Switzerland buys from Germany.

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

Switzerland is Germany’s 8th-largest customer, with 4.5% of its exports.

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