Trade: Japan to Switzerland

Swiss imports from Japan (2016)

Total Swiss imports from Japan increased 13.5% in 2016 from the previous year to CHF 3,954 Mio.

Product groups / Year	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Total trade (Total 2)	3'105	3'503	4'170	3'597	3'681	4'144	4'731	3'753	3'660	3'483	3'954
01 - Forestry, fisheries and agricultural products	15	18	17	13	18	24	15	19	18	18	21
02 - Energy source	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
03 - Textiles, clothing, shoes	16	22	22	20	24	18	23	20	20	23	21
04 - Printing industry	6	7	8	5	5	3	7	5	6	6	7
05 - Leather, rubber, plastics	56	55	62	50	67	72	95	89	91	73	82
06 - Chemical and pharmaceutical products	577	619	649	626	692	708	963	846	773	739	726
07 - Stones and earth	9	9	11	12	16	15	18	17	17	15	14
08 - Metals	86	114	91	61	70	85	113	115	114	99	105
09 - Machines, appliances, electronics	566	467	452	389	398	430	773	715	697	615	615
10 - Vehicles	941	945	942	998	1'050	867	925	656	669	642	673
11 - Instruments, watches and jewellery	321	414	693	593	880	1'223	859	773	814	829	822
12 - Various goods	23	22	24	25	20	21	38	29	33	25	30
13 - Precious metals and gemstones	488	810	1'192	803	439	677	895	466	403	388	828
14 - Works of art and antiques	2	1	7	3	2	2	7	2	6	11	11

In CHF Mio.

Main groups of products imported in Switzerland from Japan are chemicals (18% of total imports), instruments, watches, jewelry (21%), machines, appliances, electronics (16%), vehicles (17%) and precious metals (21%).

Imports of vehicles increased 4.9%, whereas imports of instruments, watches, jewelry (-0.9%), of chemicals (-1.8%) declined. Machines, appliances, electronics remained stable (+0.1%). Precious metals (mostly gold) strongly increased (+113.1%), however gold trade is subject to substantial variations in time as we can see on the following chart.

1.5% of total Swiss imports originated from Japan in 2016. Swiss imports are still mostly coming from the EU ( 55.8%)
Japan is the third largest provider of Swiss imports from Asia (after China and Hong Kong).

Source: Swiss Federal Customs Administration