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Trade between Suriname and Switzerland

In 2024, Suriname exported $1.3 billion to Switzerland and imported $5 million. Suriname ran a surplus of $1.3 billion with Switzerland, compared with a surplus of $1.1 billion in 2019. Switzerland was Suriname’s largest trading partner (34% of its trade), and Suriname was Switzerland’s 57th (0.2%).

Summary

Suriname → Switzerland
$1.3billion
Switzerland → Suriname
$5million
Suriname’s balance
$1.3billion

Balance

Suriname’s trade balance with Switzerland

Trade between Suriname and Switzerland grew 251.8-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 1.3
  • Imports 0
  • Balance +1.3

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$344 thousand$5 million-$5 million
1996$840 thousand$1 million-$409 thousand
1997$96 thousand$523 thousand-$426 thousand
1998$171 thousand$982 thousand-$811 thousand
1999$90 thousand$2 million-$2 million
2000$223 thousand$1 million-$918 thousand
2001$51 thousand$705 thousand-$654 thousand
2002$34 thousand$981 thousand-$946 thousand
2003$1 million$3 million-$1 million
2004$364 thousand$3 million-$2 million
2005$3 million$2 million$1 million
2006$650 thousand$4 million-$3 million
2007$46 thousand$2 million-$1 million
2008$274 thousand$2 million-$2 million
2009$127 thousand$4 million-$4 million
2010$5 million$2 million$2 million
2011$670 thousand$3 million-$2 million
2012$610 million$12 million$598 million
2013$447 million$6 million$441 million
2014$433 million$5 million$428 million
2015$357 million$2 million$355 million
2016$482 million$3 million$479 million
2017$1.1 billion$5 million$1.1 billion
2018$1.1 billion$8 million$1.1 billion
2019$1.1 billion$7 million$1.1 billion
2020$1.1 billion$4 million$1.1 billion
2021$1.4 billion$3 million$1.4 billion
2022$1.9 billion$7 million$1.9 billion
2023$1.2 billion$6 million$1.2 billion
2024$1.3 billion$5 million$1.3 billion

What they sell each other

What Suriname sells to Switzerland

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

  1. Gold$1.3 billion · 100%
    19 tonnes · Switzerland’s sources
  2. Motor and generator parts$199 thousand · 0.02%
    7 tonnes
  3. Frozen fish$79 thousand · 0.01%
    13 tonnes
  4. Brooms, brushes and paintbrushes$77 thousand · 0.01%
    22 tonnes
  5. Dried, salted and smoked fish$43 thousand · 0%
    4 tonnes
  6. Refrigerators, freezers and heat pumps$30 thousand · 0%
    3 tonnes
  7. Cigarettes and cigars$27 thousand · 0%
    1 tonne
  8. Chocolate$23 thousand · 0%
    1 tonne
  9. Fish fillets$23 thousand · 0%
    2 tonnes
  10. Nitrogen heterocyclic compounds$18 thousand · 0%

What Switzerland sells to Suriname

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

  1. Air pumps, compressors and fans$2 million · 35.7%
    6 tonnes
  2. Vaccines, blood and antisera$1 million · 20.8%
    Switzerland’s destinations
  3. Fragrance mixtures$500 thousand · 9.9%
    20 tonnes
  4. Parts for cranes and excavators$216 thousand · 4.3%
    6 tonnes
  5. Saws and saw blades$215 thousand · 4.3%
    6 tonnes
  6. Food processing machinery$141 thousand · 2.8%
    23 tonnes
  7. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$138 thousand · 2.8%
    1 tonne · Switzerland’s destinations
  8. Cigarettes and cigars$115 thousand · 2.3%
    6 tonnes
  9. Turbojets and gas turbines$112 thousand · 2.2%
    1 tonne
  10. Provisionally preserved fruit and nuts$82 thousand · 1.6%
    13 tonnes

How it travels

Suriname and Switzerland traded $1.3 billion in 2024 (both directions together). They trade mostly by air: 100% of the value travels by plane.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$2 million · 0.15%
  2. Air$1.3 billion · 99.8%

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

How much each matters to the other

Switzerland was Suriname’s largest trading partner (34% of its trade), and Suriname was Switzerland’s 57th (0.2%).

Switzerland in Suriname’s trade
34.4%
Switzerland’s rank among Suriname’s partners
1st
Suriname in Switzerland’s trade
0.2%
Suriname’s rank among Switzerland’s partners
57th

Compare with

Other partners of Switzerland

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

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.