TRADE DEVELOPMENTS Switzerland-Taiwan

(in Swiss Francs. mio.)	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Exports from Switzerland	1’555	1’612	1'191	1'535	1'754
Imports from Taiwan	708	673	546	661	693

Exports/imports share of total in 2011:
Exports: 33.8 % chemicals/pharma, 28.2 % machinery/apparatus/electronics, 20.9 % watches, 3.5 % precision instruments, 13.6 % various

Imports: 46.5 % machinery/apparatus/electronics, 15.9 % bicycles, 11.7 % metals, 5.6 % chemicals/pharma, 20.3 % sundries

Market Importance
For Taiwan Switzerland was its 40^th largest export and its 21^st most important import market.

Investment 2011
Total Swiss Investment in Taiwan US$656.3 mio.*
Total Taiwanese Investments in Switzerland US$20.6 mio.*
(*Investment Commission, Taipei: 1952-2011)

Swiss Company Presence in Taiwan:
110 Swiss companies established (incl. 10 manufacturing)
Over 800 firms active through local importers/agents

Taiwanese companies in Switzerland
Approx. 18

TOURISM TO SWITZERLAND (2011): approx. 40'000 visitors

Taiwanese companies in Switzerland Approx. 18

Taiwanese companies in Switzerland
Approx. 18