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Trade between Romania and Switzerland

In 2024, Romania exported $1.9 billion to Switzerland and imported $1.9 billion. Romania ran a deficit of $31 million with Switzerland, compared with a surplus of $55 million in 2019. Switzerland was Romania’s 18th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and Romania was Switzerland’s 36th (0.5%).

Summary

Romania → Switzerland
$1.9billion
Switzerland → Romania
$1.9billion
Romania’s balance
-$31million

Balance

Romania’s trade balance with Switzerland

Trade between Romania and Switzerland grew 12.6-fold since 1995

USD billions (current). Romania’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 1.9
  • Imports 1.9
  • Balance -0

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$63 million$235 million-$171 million
1996$42 million$197 million-$154 million
1997$50 million$151 million-$101 million
1998$72 million$144 million-$73 million
1999$66 million$140 million-$74 million
2000$74 million$170 million-$96 million
2001$71 million$180 million-$109 million
2002$84 million$175 million-$90 million
2003$121 million$248 million-$127 million
2004$149 million$370 million-$221 million
2005$217 million$461 million-$244 million
2006$212 million$569 million-$356 million
2007$304 million$524 million-$220 million
2008$411 million$648 million-$238 million
2009$320 million$547 million-$228 million
2010$355 million$602 million-$247 million
2011$445 million$620 million-$176 million
2012$566 million$642 million-$76 million
2013$614 million$593 million$21 million
2014$684 million$664 million$20 million
2015$590 million$505 million$85 million
2016$622 million$497 million$125 million
2017$685 million$553 million$132 million
2018$808 million$550 million$258 million
2019$844 million$789 million$55 million
2020$902 million$1.1 billion-$231 million
2021$971 million$1.6 billion-$657 million
2022$1 billion$1.6 billion-$573 million
2023$1.2 billion$1.3 billion-$90 million
2024$1.9 billion$1.9 billion-$31 million

What they sell each other

What Romania sells to Switzerland

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. 205 tonnes · Romania’s destinations
  2. Cars$164 million · 8.8%
    10 thousand tonnes · Romania’s destinations
  3. Gold$88 million · 4.7%
    2 tonnes · Switzerland’s sources
  4. New tires$63 million · 3.4%
    9 thousand tonnes · Romania’s destinations
  5. Military weapons$53 million · 2.8%
    159 tonnes
  6. Valves and taps$52 million · 2.8%
    413 tonnes
  7. Cigarettes and cigars$33 million · 1.8%
    333 tonnes
  8. Cables and wire$31 million · 1.6%
    2 thousand tonnes · Romania’s destinations
  9. 3D printers$28 million · 1.5%
    108 tonnes
  10. 1 thousand tonnes

What Switzerland sells to Romania

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. 929 tonnes · Switzerland’s destinations
  2. Nitrogen heterocyclic compounds$222 million · 11.7%
    43 tonnes
  3. 5 tonnes
  4. Vaccines, blood and antisera$147 million · 7.8%
    13 tonnes · Switzerland’s destinations
  5. Armored vehicles$117 million · 6.2%
    1 thousand tonnes
  6. Turbojets and gas turbines$21 million · 1.1%
    80 tonnes
  7. Engine parts$16 million · 0.83%
    62 tonnes
  8. Coffee$15 million · 0.8%
    455 tonnes · Switzerland’s destinations
  9. Other wristwatches$14 million · 0.73%
    4 tonnes
  10. Gold$14 million · 0.73%
    Switzerland’s destinations

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Constanța to Rotterdam (Netherlands).

The estimated sea route between Constanța and Rotterdam (Netherlands) is 3,499 nautical miles (6,480 km) long: ≈ 8–10.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Passages it crosses: Bosporus, Dardanelles, Strait of Gibraltar and Strait of Dover.

Switzerland is landlocked: it ships through Rotterdam (Netherlands).

Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$796 million · 21.1%
  2. Air$3 billion · 78.9%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

Switzerland was Romania’s 18th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and Romania was Switzerland’s 36th (0.5%).

Switzerland in Romania’s trade
1.6%
Switzerland’s rank among Romania’s partners
18th
Romania in Switzerland’s trade
0.5%
Romania’s rank among Switzerland’s partners
36th

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Sources and methodology

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.