How dependent is Switzerland on Italy?

and 2 more

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%.

• Italy sells 2.4% of what the world exports of cargo and cruise ships; next come China (31%), South Korea (29.6%) and Japan (10.9%). The rest of the world exported 84.3 times what Switzerland buys from Italy.
• Italy sells 22.9% of what the world exports of ceramic tiles; next come Spain (18.6%), China (17.3%) and India (13.4%). The rest of the world exported 79.1 times what Switzerland buys from Italy.
• Italy sells 4% of what the world exports of bulk medicines; next come Ireland (18.2%), United States (15%) and Portugal (13.7%). The rest of the world exported 125.4 times what Switzerland buys from Italy.
• Italy sells 7.5% of what the world exports of steel wire; next come China (26%), Germany (6.3%) and South Korea (4.5%). The rest of the world exported 54.7 times what Switzerland buys from Italy.
• Italy sells 28.2% of what the world exports of pasta; next come South Korea (9%), China (7.6%) and Turkey (5.7%). The rest of the world exported 99.3 times what Switzerland buys from Italy.
• Italy sells 8.1% of what the world exports of antibiotics; next come China (45.7%), India (9%) and United States (5.1%). The rest of the world exported 94.2 times what Switzerland buys from Italy.
• Italy sells 13.1% of what the world exports of stainless steel wire rod; next come Taiwan (19.2%), China (13%) and Japan (11.8%). The rest of the world exported 14.9 times what Switzerland buys from Italy.
• Italy sells 13.7% of what the world exports of worked stone; next come China (31.4%), Turkey (11.6%) and India (11.1%). The rest of the world exported 97.8 times what Switzerland buys from Italy.
• Italy sells 18.8% of what the world exports of olive oil; next come Spain (43.3%), Tunisia (10%) and Portugal (9.8%). The rest of the world exported 138.2 times what Switzerland buys from Italy.
• Italy sells 39.6% of what the world exports of tomato preserves; next come China (17.1%), United States (8%) and Spain (7.6%). The rest of the world exported 51.9 times what Switzerland buys from Italy.

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

Switzerland is Italy’s 5th-largest customer, with 4.9% of its exports.

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