Switzerland Imports

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Swiss imports fell 11.6% month-on-month to a one-year low of CHF 17.4 billion, almost entirely due to a sharp drop in purchases of chemical and pharmaceutical products (-35.8%), led by medicinal products, antisera and vaccines. Imports from Europe recorded the steepest decline at 7.5%, led by a sharp 49.9% drop in imports from Slovenia. Elsewhere, purchases from Asia (-1.2%) and North America (-2.7%) also fell. source: Federal Customs Administration

Imports in Switzerland decreased to 17444 CHF million in August from 19744 CHF million in July of 2026. Imports in Switzerland averaged 7561.05 CHF million from 1950 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 22841.40 CHF million in March of 2025 and a record low of 273.20 CHF million in February of 1950. This page provides - Switzerland Imports - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Switzerland Imports - values, historical data and charts - was last updated on September of 2026.

Imports in Switzerland decreased to 17444 CHF million in August from 19744 CHF million in July of 2026. Imports in Switzerland is expected to be 18600.00 CHF million by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Switzerland Imports is projected to trend around 21000.00 CHF million in 2027 and 22500.00 CHF million in 2028, according to our econometric models.

Related	Last	Previous	Unit	Reference
Balance of Trade	5606.00	8094.00	CHF Million	Aug 2026
Exports	23050.00	27837.00	CHF million	Aug 2026
Imports	17444.00	19744.00	CHF million	Aug 2026
Terms of Trade	96.80	98.10	points	Aug 2026

Switzerland Imports

Switzerland's main imports are natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal, and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coin (31 percent of total imports); pharmaceutical products (11 percent); nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (7 percent); vehicles (6 percent); electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles (5 percent); organic chemicals (5 percent); mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (3 percent); and optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (3 percent). Germany was the biggest source of imports (21 percent of total imports), followed by Italy (8 percent), France and the US (7 percent each), the UK and China (6 percent each), the UAE (5 percent), Austria and Ireland (3 percent each), Spain, Thailand, the Netherlands, Belgium and Japan (2 percent each).