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SwiSS economic key FigureS 3
global View 4
Worldwide export development by region 4
Worldwide largest exporters 4
Worldwide import development by region 5
Worldwide largest importers 5
SwiSS Foreign Trade 6
Swiss company landscape 6
Development of Swiss foreign trade 6
Exports by destination country 7
Imports by country of origin 8
Exports by sector 9
Imports by sector 9
direcT inVeSTmenTS 10
Foreign countries with the largest capital stocks 10
Direct investments Switzerland/abroad 10
Swiss capital stock by region 11
Swiss capital exports by region 12
Personnel at Swiss companies abroad by region 13
SerViceS oF SwiTzerland global enTerpriSe 14
Export Promotion 14
Import Promotion 14
Investment Promotion 15
Global Network 16
Switzerland in international comparison 18
SME Export Indicator 18
Table of contents
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Swiss economic key figures
key FigureS economy 2010 2011 2012
GDP (nominal)1 in billion CHF 574.31 586.78 592.81
GDP (nominal) per capita1 in CHF 72,905 74,160 *74,140
GDP growth (real)1 3.0% 1.9% 1.0%
Inflation rate1 0.7% 0.2% -0.7%
Unemployment rate1 3.5% 2.8% 2.9%
counTry 2009 2010 2011
greatest agglomerations2 per thousand inhabitants
Zurich 1,170.2 1,188.6 1,204.0
Geneva 521.4 526.4 530.7
Basel 498.0 497.7 500.6
Berne 350.8 353.3 355.6
Lausanne 330.9 336.4 342.2
largest cities2
per thousand inhabitants
Zurich 368.7 372.9 377.0
Geneva 186.0 187.5 188.2
Basel 166.2 163.2 164.5
Lausanne 125.9 127.8 129.4
Berne 123.5 124.4 125.7
populaTion3 2012
permanent resident population per thousand inhabitants 8,036.9
age groups in % (2011)
0 – 19 years 20.6%
20 – 39 years 26.7%
40 – 64 years 35.5%
65 years and older 17.2%
1 Source: Federal Statistical Office (FSO), State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) * Estimate
2 Source: Federal Statistical Office (FSO), ESPOP (until 2009), STATPOP (from 2010) 3 Source: Federal Statistical Office (FSO), STATPOP, BEVNAT, ESPOP, SCENARIO
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Global view
exporTS
worldwide exporT deVelopmenT by region
year 1953 1973 1993 2011
Europe 39.4% 50.9% 45.4% 37.1%
Asia 13.4% 14.9% 26.1% 31.1%
North America 24.8% 17.3% 18.0% 12.8%
Middle East 2.7% 4.1% 3.5% 6.9%
South and Central America 9.7% 4.3% 3.0% 4.2%
Africa 6.5% 4.8% 2.5% 3.4%
Miscellaneous 3.5% 3.7% 1.5% 4.5%
Total in billion uSd 84 579 3,676 17,779 Source: WTO 2012
worldwide largeST exporTerS 2011 in billion uSd
1. China 1,899
2. USA 1,481
3. Germany 1,474
4. Japan 823
5. The Netherlands 660
6. France 597
7. South Korea 555
23. Switzerland 235 Source: WTO 2012
1 Europe 37,1%
2 Asia 31,1%
3 North America 12,8%
4 Middle East 6,9%
5 South and Central America 4,2%
6 Africa 3,4%
7 Miscellaneous 4,5% Source: WTO 2012
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worldwide imporT deVelopmenT by region
year 1953 1973 1993 2011
Europe 43.7% 53.3% 44.6% 38.1%
Asia 15.1% 14.9% 23.7% 30.9%
North America 20.5% 17.2% 21.4% 17.2%
South and Central America 8.3% 4.4% 3.3% 4.0%
Middle East 2.0% 2.6% 3.3% 3.7%
Africa 7.0% 3.9% 2.6% 3.1%
Miscellaneous 3.4% 3.7% 1.1% 3.0%
Total in billion uSd 85 594 3,786 18,000 Source: WTO 2012
worldwide largeST imporTerS 2011 in billion uSd
1. USA 2,265
2. China 1,743
3. Germany 1,254
4. Japan 854
5. France 715
6. UK 636
7. The Netherlands 597
23. Switzerland 208 Source: WTO 2012
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1 Europe 38,1%
2 Asia 30,9%
3 North America 17,2%
4 South and Central America 4,0%
5 Middle East 3,7%
6 Africa 3,1%
7 Miscellaneous 3,0% Source: WTO 2012
Swiss foreign trade
SwiSS company landScape ToTal companieS in SwiTzerland 312,861 100%
large companies with > 250 employees 1,154 0.4%
SMEs with < 250 employees 311,707 99.6%
exporTing companieS 36,589 12.2%
with an export share < 1⁄3 of total turnover 21,344 7.1%with an export share between 1⁄3 and 2⁄3 of total turnover 6,568 2.2%
with an export share > 2⁄3 of total turnover 8,677 2.9%
Source: Federal Statistical Office, Business Census 2005
Source: Federal Statistical Office, Business Census 2008
deVelopmenT oF SwiSS Foreign Trade in million cHF
exports in billion cHF
105 109 114 127 132 136 135 146 157 177 198 206 181 193 198 201
imports
103 107 113 129 130 128 129 137 149 165 184 187 160 174 174 177
year
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Source: Directorate General for Customs
Exports Imports
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exporTS by deSTinaTion counTry in million cHF in %
europe 118,325 59.0%
EU 111,297 55.5%
Germany 39,892 19.9%
Italy 14,430 7.2%
France 14,291 7.1%
UK 8,732 4.4%
Austria 5,782 2.9%
Spain 5,447 2.7%
The Netherlands 5,141 2.6%
Belgium 4,685 2.3%
Russian Federation 2,924 1.5%
Poland 1,886 0.9%
Turkey 1,837 0.9%
africa 3,337 1.7%
asia 44,387 22.1%
China 7,422 3.7%
Japan 6,860 3.4%
america 31,844 15.9%
USA 22,300 11.1%
Canada 3,000 1.5%
Brasil 2,351 1.2%
Mexiko 1,367 0.7%
oceania 2,720 1.4%
Total 2012 200,612 100%
Source: Directorate General for Customs
1 Europe 59,1%
2 Asia 22,1%
3 America 15,9%
4 Africa 1,7%
5 Oceania 1,4%
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imporTS by counTry oF origin in million cHF in %
europe 136,573 77.3%
EU 134,257 75.9%
Germany 54,023 30.6%
Italy 18,253 10.3%
France 14,942 8.5%
Austria 7,677 4.3%
Ireland 6,754 3.8%
The Netherlands 6,304 3.6%
UK 6,246 3.5%
Spain 5,026 2.8%
Belgium 4,304 2.4%
Russian Federation 407 0.2%
africa 2,888 1.6%
asia 24,283 13.7%
China 10,265 5.8%
Japan 3,828 2.2%
america 12,608 7.1%
USA 9,272 5.2%
Brasil 1,089 0.6%
Canada 515 0.3%
oceania 429 0.2%
Total 2012 176,781 100% Source: Directorate General for Customs
1 Europa 77,3%
2 Africa 1,6%
3 Asia 13,7%
4 America 7,1%
5 Oceania 0,2%
Source: Directorate General for Customs
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exporTS by SecTor in million cHF
Chemicals and related products 79,012 5.85%
Precision instruments, watches and jewellery 44,040 6.75%
Machines, appliances, electronics 33,307 -9.71%
Metals 11,933 -8.45%
Farm and forestry produce, fisheries * 8,656 2.57%
Energy sources 6,846 5.94%
Vehicles 5,095 9.05%
Leather, rubber, plastics 4,138 -5.07%
Textiles, clothing, shoes 3,114 -4.16%
Paper, stationery and graphic products 2,223 -13.03%
Apartment furnishings, toys etc. 1,392 -6.01%
Building materials 857 -0.92%
Total 2012 200,612 1.37% * incl. food, drink and tobaccoSource: Directorate General for Customs
in % compared to
previous year
* incl. food, drink and tobaccoSource: Directorate General for Customs
imporTS by SecTor in million cHF
Chemicals and related products 39,369 5.17%
Machines, appliances, electronics 29,365 -4.29%
Precision instruments, watches and jewellery 19,022 5.16%
Energy sources 17,445 12.91%
Vehicles 17,074 1.40%
Metals 13,811 -6.14%
Farm and forestry produce, fisheries * 13,306 -0.10%
Textiles, clothing, shoes 8,718 -1.82%
Leather, rubber, plastics 6,194 -1.01%
Apartment furnishings, toys etc. 5,250 0.44%
Paper, stationery and graphic products 4,334 -5.43%
Building materials 2,893 -0.75%
Total 2012 176,781 1.37%
in % compared to
previous year
1. USA 4,156
2. UK 1,700
3. France 1,599
4. Germany 1,135
5. Switzerland 1,064
6. Belgium 1,005
7. Japan 963
8. The Netherlands 960
9. Canada 670
10. Spain 645 Source: OECD
Source: Swiss National Bank (SNB)
direcT inVeSTmenTS SwiTzerland/abroad in million cHF
year 2008 2009 2010 2011
Capital stock abroad 769,883 891,309 970,421 1,000,301
Capital stock in Switzerland 476,013 513,833 580,394 606,798
Capital exports abroad 49,100 28,703 82,692 42,019
Capital imports to Switzerland 16,476 31,437 33,947 10,494
in number of persons
Personnel abroad 2,657,405 2,747,971 2,820,592 2,963,526
Personnel in Switzerland 400,240 420,362 419,572 430,630
Direct investments
Foreign counTrieS wiTH THe largeST capiTal STockS 2011 in billion uSd
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SwiSS capiTal STock by region in million cHF
year 2010 2011
europe 463,787 458,040
eu, thereof 405,580 404,356
Luxemburg 77,500 78,674
UK 78,144 69,451
Germany 55,803 54,656
The Netherlands 54,600 52,843
France 34,323 37,898
Offshore financial centres 40,998 36,777
Italy 25,921 25,139
rest of europe, thereof 58,207 53,684
Russian Federation 6,945 7,244
north america, thereof 209,391 229,346
USA 177,520 197,582
middle and South america, thereof 178,438 182,672
Offshore financial centres 134,748 136,695
Brasil 23,422 22,684
asia, thereof 88,737 97,476
Singapore 17,020 19,311
Japan 14,340 14,970
China 8,466 13,134
Indonesia 7,280 6,997
africa, thereof 11,623 10,416
South Africa 3,934 2,240
oceania, thereof 18,446 22,352
Australia 17,878 21,651
Source: Swiss National Bank (SNB)
SwiSS capiTal exporTS by region in million cHF
year 2010 2011
europe 22,130 3,087
eu, thereof 20,123 5,427
Germany 3,066 3,900
France 4,338 740
The Netherlands 3,614 -1,093
UK 7,258 -2,328
rest of europe, thereof 2,007 -2,340
Russian Federation 1,134 544
Ukraine 305 146
north america, thereof 23,015 11,733
USA 24,013 11,526
middle and South america, thereof 27,967 4,878
Brasil 8,319 1,136
Offshore financial centres 15,754 908
asia, thereof 8’675 16’551
China 1’824 5’293
United Arab Emirates -1’757 3’700
Japan 317 2’935
Singapore 2’388 2’052
africa, thereof 1’618 1’144
South Africa 127 209
oceania, thereof -714 4’626
Australia -650 4’505
Source: Swiss National Bank (SNB)
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perSonnel aT SwiSS companieS abroad by region in million cHF
year 2010 2011
europe 1,423,339 1,427,227
eu, thereof 1,280,503 1,281,832
UK 375,771 371,001
Germany 271,955 282,099
France 142,850 133,595
Italy 80,251 78,222
Spain 63,179 62,694
rest of europe, thereof 142,836 145,395
Russian Federation 67,222 67,906
Ukraine 27,844 28,835
Turkey 20,009 21,514
north america, thereof 397,337 412,198
USA 342,814 355,247
middle and South america, thereof 252,338 277,101
Brasil 108,437 116,959
Mexiko 43,677 45,412
asia, thereof 583,816 678,373
China 135,062 190,726
India 83,677 93,895
Japan 71,205 71,592
Thailand 50,328 55,915
africa, thereof 116,963 116,967
South Africa 39,306 34,449
oceania, thereof 46,798 51,660
Australia 41,561 45,924 Source: Swiss National Bank (SNB)
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