Shipped Where
Imported from Switzerland, 2025
$106 billion
Share of all US imports
3.1%
Rank among sources
#10 of 218
Arrived by air
90%

Switzerland is the tenth largest source of US imports: $106 billion in 2025.

That is 3.1% of everything the US imported. The top product line is precious metal articles, followed by medicines and gold. Up from 15th in 2015.

What the US buys from Switzerland

Top products by value, 2025. Gray line is 2015 for comparison.

  1. Precious metal articles$49.5B · 46.6%
  2. Medicines$14.6B · 13.8%
  3. Gold$8.2B · 7.8%
  4. Blood products, antibodies and vaccines$4.3B · 4.1%
  5. Watches, wrist, pocket and other, including stop watches$3.7B · 3.5%
  6. Orthopedic and implantable devices$2.1B · 2.0%
  7. Watches, wrist, pocket and other, including stop watches$1.6B · 1.5%
  8. Coffee$1.3B · 1.2%
All 23 products from Switzerland
  1. Nitrogen-based pharmaceutical chemicals$1.1B · 1.0%
  2. Medical instruments$961M · 0.9%
  3. Airplanes$631M · 0.6%
  4. Platinum$631M · 0.6%
  5. Jewelry$458M · 0.4%
  6. Electric motors and generators$420M · 0.4%
  7. Nucleic acids and heterocyclic compounds$394M · 0.4%
  8. Specialized machinery, not elsewhere specified$386M · 0.4%
  9. Lab analysis instruments$341M · 0.3%
  10. Carboxyamide-function compounds$309M · 0.3%
  11. Machines, for dishwashing, for cleaning, drying, filling$266M · 0.3%
  12. Valves and taps$263M · 0.2%
  13. Measuring and checking instruments$243M · 0.2%
  14. Air pumps and compressors$229M · 0.2%
  15. Industrial heating and cooling machinery$215M · 0.2%

Excludes US goods returned after export and other special trade codes.

Switzerland's rank among US import sources

Where Switzerland placed each year, by value of goods the US imported

  1. 2010: 21st
  2. 2013: rises to 15th
  3. 2020: rises to eighth
  4. 2021: falls to 11th
  5. 2025: rises to tenth

Where it lands

US ports of entry for goods from Switzerland, 2025. Letters match the list.

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90% of goods from Switzerland arrived by air. JFK Airport, NY handled 62% on its own, more than the next five ports combined.

  1. AJFK Airport, NY $65.8B · 61.9%
  2. BChicago, IL $10.2B · 9.6%
  3. CNewark, NJ $4.7B · 4.4%
  4. DDallas-Fort Worth, TX $4.1B · 3.8%
  5. ENew Orleans, LA $2.0B · 1.9%
  6. FIndianapolis, IN $1.5B · 1.4%

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