How much does the U.S. import from Switzerland?

Across the 15 manufacturing material and equipment families MFG Calcs tracks, U.S. imports from Switzerland totaled $2.0B in customs value in 2025. That is a floor on total bilateral trade. It counts only the tracked families where Switzerland ranks among the largest named sources.

What tariff rate do imports from Switzerland actually pay?

In 2025, imports from Switzerland paid an effective rate of 13.42% across tracked families. The rate is calculated duties divided by customs value, which captures Section 301/232 overlays, exclusions, and trade-program use that statutory rates cannot. A year earlier the rate was 1.31%.

Is the tariff burden on Switzerland rising or falling?

Rising: the effective rate on tracked imports from Switzerland moved +12.1 points year over year to 13.42% in 2025. Monthly family-level detail is on each linked family page.

Tariff Monitor

Tariffs on Imports From Switzerland

In 2025, U.S. importers brought in $2.0B of goods from Switzerland across the 15 manufacturing families MFG Calcs tracks, paying an effective tariff rate of 13.42%, up from 1.31% the year before. Switzerland's largest tracked categories: electric motors and generators, measuring and inspection instruments, robots and automated machinery. Tracked-family totals are a floor on total bilateral trade, from USITC DataWeb data.

The current reading

Tracked imports from Switzerland: $2.0B in 2025 across 15 manufacturing families, a floor on total bilateral trade.
Effective tariff rate paid: 13.42% (1.31% the year before), calculated duties ÷ customs value.
History depth: 12 years of annual named-source boards.

Largest tracked families from Switzerland

Electric motors and generators
Measuring and inspection instruments
Robots and automated machinery
Packaging and filling machinery
Metal-cutting machine tools

Frequently asked questions

How much does the U.S. import from Switzerland? Across the 15 manufacturing material and equipment families MFG Calcs tracks, U.S. imports from Switzerland totaled $2.0B in customs value in 2025. That is a floor on total bilateral trade. It counts only the tracked families where Switzerland ranks among the largest named sources.
What tariff rate do imports from Switzerland actually pay? In 2025, imports from Switzerland paid an effective rate of 13.42% across tracked families. The rate is calculated duties divided by customs value, which captures Section 301/232 overlays, exclusions, and trade-program use that statutory rates cannot. A year earlier the rate was 1.31%.
What does the U.S. import most from Switzerland? Among tracked manufacturing families, Switzerland's largest recent categories are electric motors and generators, measuring and inspection instruments, robots and automated machinery, packaging and filling machinery. Each has its own live rate page linked below.
Is the tariff burden on Switzerland rising or falling? Rising: the effective rate on tracked imports from Switzerland moved +12.1 points year over year to 13.42% in 2025. Monthly family-level detail is on each linked family page.

About this data

Reference statistics derived from USITC published data. Not a customs ruling; verify rates with a licensed customs broker before relying on them.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.