This is a best prospect industry sector for this country. Includes a market overview and trade data.
Last Published: 2/14/2019

Overview

U.S. companies have opportunities to supply the Swiss chemical industry with technology, ingredients, and services.  As a hub for global chemical supply chains, Switzerland imports nearly $20 billion in chemicals annually, while exporting over $10 billion.  About 160 Swiss-based companies produce chemicals, many of which also produce products for the biotech and pharmaceutical industry.  These companies specialize in various chemical products such as intermediates and active pharmaceutical ingredients, ingredients for consumer products (e.g., dishwasher agents, cosmetics and perfume industry or agricultural industry) or the chemical industry (e.g., salts, vitamins, sweeteners, iron preparations, adhesives and sealants, plastics industry, polyesters, alkaline, analytical reagents and solvents, pigments, polymers, dispersion binders).
 
(In million USD)201420152016 (Estimated)2017 (Estimated)
Total Local Production17,8057,7577,9908,229
Total Exports215,61011,80212,94911,619
Total Imports219,84718,10419,26419,973
Imports from the US2
 		630500428479
Total Market Size12,04214,05914,30516,583
Exchange Rates0.9150.9630.9850.985
 (total market size = total local production + imports - exports) 
1 Swiss gross value-added in the chemical sector per: https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/volkswirtschaft/volkswirtschaftliche-gesamtrechnung/produktionskonto.assetdetail.3322003.html.  The estimated growth rate was 3% for 2016 and 2017.
2 Imports and exports of chemicals (HS Codes 28 and 29) as outlined by Global Trade Atlas referring to data from Census.gov and Swiss customs.

Leading Sub-Sectors

Heterocyclic compounds (HS Code 2932 & 2933), hormones (HS Code 2937), nucleic acids and salts (HS Code 2934), antibiotics (HS Code 2941), Ketones (HS Code 2914), oxygen-function amino-compounds (HS Code 2922), amine-function compounds (HS Code 2921), acyclic alcohols (HS Code 2905).

Opportunities

Opportunities for U.S. companies exist in the leading sub-sectors.

Web Resources

Swiss and international associations relating to the chemical industry : https://www.chemgineering.com/de/Links/Verb%C3%A4nde
 

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