Free Trade Agreements

In addition to the EFTA Convention and the Free Trade Agreement with the European Union (EU) of 1972, Switzerland currently has a network of 33 free trade agreements (FTAs) with 43 partners. Switzerland normally concludes its FTAs together with its partners Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein, in the framework of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). Nevertheless, Switzerland has the possibility to enter into FTAs outside the EFTA framework as well, as it has been the case of Japan and China.

Sustainability assessments

Free trade partners of Switzerland

Links

European Free Trade Association - EFTA

WTO / World Trade Organization

Federal Office for Customs and Border Security – FOCBS

SME Portal: information and links about foreign trade for SMEs

Switzerland Global Enterprise: Customs Database – a foreign trade portal for country-specific infor-mation on tariff and non-tariff trade measures

Switzerland Global Enterprise: Exporthelp - Free trade agreements

Further information

Wirtschaftliche Bedeutung der Freihandelsabkommen für die Schweiz (PDF, 1 MB, 21.12.2016)SECO report by DPWW, 2016 (German)

Last modification 13.07.2023