Switzerland

Part A.1 Tariffs and imports: Summary and duty ranges

Summary Total Ag Non-Ag WTO member since 1995
Simple average final bound 8.0 47.6 1.9 Binding coverage: Total 99.7
Simple average MFN applied 2019 6.0 32.4 1.7 Non-Ag 99.7
Trade weighted average 2018 2.0 26.6 0.8 Ag: Tariff quotas (in %) 20.9
Imports in billion US$ 2018 279.3 12.6 266.7 Ag: Special safeguards (in % ) 36.4

Duty-free 0 <= 5 5 <= 10 10 <= 15 15 <= 25 25 <= 50 50 <= 100 > 100 NAV
Frequency distribution
Tariff lines and import values (in %) in %
Agricultural products
Final bound 22.0 22.0 10.6 4.4 5.3 9.6 12.0 14.0 78.0
MFN applied 2019 30.3 28.6 9.4 4.3 4.3 6.6 7.0 9.5 69.7
Imports 2018 18.5 27.9 16.0 12.4 6.9 5.7 7.1 5.0 81.5
Non-agricultural products
Final bound 20.8 68.6 7.4 1.6 1.0 0.2 0.0 0 78.9
MFN applied 2019 24.3 67.0 6.4 1.3 0.7 0.2 0.0 0 75.7
Imports 2018 54.4 40.4 4.6 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.0 0 45.6

Part A.2 Tariffs and imports by product groups

Final bound duties MFN applied duties Imports
Product groups AVG Duty-free Max Binding AVG Duty-free Max Share Duty-free
in % in % in % in % in %
Animal products 122.7 11.5 > 1000 100 103.5 14.9 > 1000 0.3 2.2
Dairy products 149.3 0 923 100 138.9 0 902 0.2 0
Fruit, vegetables, plants 26.8 22.3 > 1000 100 17.6 26.4 > 1000 1.1 18.4
Coffee, tea 7.4 26.4 182 100 3.7 36.1 54 0.5 55.8
Cereals & preparations 49.8 6.0 856 100 21.0 10.8 279 0.8 4.4
Oilseeds, fats & oils 63.6 11.1 325 100 21.4 38.7 173 0.2 33.1
Sugars and confectionery 26.2 3.1 107 100 6.4 32.3 105 0.1 24.7
Beverages & tobacco 29.8 8.7 424 100 24.7 14.5 348 0.9 6.6
Cotton 0.0 100.0 0 100 0.0 100.0 0 0.0 100.0
Other agricultural products 16.4 52.3 822 100 7.6 63.2 803 0.4 35.7
Fish & fish products 0.7 75.1 38 100 0.2 80.4 22 0.3 78.0
Minerals & metals 1.3 13.2 25 98.9 1.3 14.9 24 37.7 62.3
Petroleum 1.6 0 2 20.0 0.0 100.0 0 2.3 100.0
Chemicals 0.9 34.6 35 100 0.9 35.6 34 19.8 72.0
Wood, paper, etc. 3.9 18.5 35 100 3.5 18.3 34 3.4 37.1
Textiles 5.8 1.6 59 100 4.9 8.3 58 1.3 4.9
Clothing 3.8 0 29 100 3.6 0 28 2.5 0
Leather, footwear, etc. 1.5 3.8 20 100 1.4 3.9 20 1.7 0.0
Non-electrical machinery 0.5 25.4 6 100 0.5 23.5 6 7.2 36.3
Electrical machinery 0.6 33.5 8 100 0.5 33.9 8 5.2 55.5
Transport equipment 1.7 6.7 13 100 1.4 11.0 13 7.0 5.8
Manufactures, n.e.s. 1.0 30.4 19 100 1.0 30.3 19 7.1 62.9

Part B Exports to major trading partners and duties faced

Bilateral imports Diversification MFN AVG of Pref. Duty-free imports
Major markets in million 95% trade in no. of traded TL margin TL Value
US$ HS 2-digit HS 6-digit Simple Weighted Weighted in % in %
Agricultural products
1. European Union 2018 5,339 33 449 15.9 11.6 9.1 34.5 85.8
2. Iran 2017 1,394 5 9 16.2 18.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
3. United States of America 2018 1,298 9 12 4.8 2.2 0.0 28.2 25.2
4. Japan 2018 730 7 9 18.8 4.3 2.2 39.8 68.0
5. Russian Federation 2018 268 12 25 11.8 7.8 0.0 2.4 0.3
Non-agricultural products
1. European Union 2018 113,371 65 1,082 4.4 1.9 1.9 97.5 100.0
2. China 2018 38,302 30 215 8.3 1.9 0.9 55.9 80.2
3. United States of America 2018 34,050 53 812 3.8 1.4 0.0 38.0 73.6
4. India 2018 17,905 17 71 8.9 9.6 0.0 3.9 1.0
5. Hong Kong, China 2018 15,327 8 27 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 100.0