Success stories Mar 15, 2024 “In a foreign country, you need a reliable network”: Success factors for GEOTEST in Chile The Swiss company GEOTEST offers its services in the field of geosciences across the globe; this also includes Chile, where it has been active fo...
Export Knowhow Feb 27, 2024 When selling to Europe, import VAT is due - but there are several ways to manage this When selling from Switzerland to either consumers or businesses in an EU country, you will have to consider import VAT. As the most general rule,...
Export Knowhow Jan 09, 2024 DDP versus DAP: A definition of terms If you sell your goods to foreign countries through e-commerce, you will definitely come up against the Incoterms DDP and DAP. What do they mean ...
Export Knowhow Jan 04, 2024 Regulatory and legal matters – things to consider The careful coordination of your products and business projects with country-specific regulatory and legal regulations, norms and standards is on...
Export Knowhow Nov 22, 2023 Union residence for declarants in the EU The Union Customs Code of the European Union (EU) requires mandatory Union residence for commercial customs declarations. It is therefore not pos...
Export Knowhow Sep 28, 2023 Tariff classification and rates Are you an exporting SME? After reading this article, you will know what an HS code is, where to find your customs tariff number and what customs...
News Aug 11, 2023 Australia: Seasonal measures affect Swiss exporters The brown marmorated bug (BSMB) is spreading rapidly in Europe and North America. To protect the local ecosystem from the stink bug, Australia's ...
News Feb 10, 2023 Double Taxation Agreement Brazil Considerations on the Double Tax Treaty executed between Brazil and Switzerland
News Dec 05, 2022 Egypt: ACI - pre-registration system Egyptian customs has introduced a electronic system for the pre-registration of shipment information: the "Advanced Cargo Information (ACI)". The...
News Nov 28, 2022 Brexit: CE marking to remain valid for longer in the United Kingdom The transitional period for the CE marking is to be extended again: companies will be able to use the CE marking in the UK market until December ...
Expertise Nov 08, 2022 E-commerce selling in the EU Selling via E-commerce may seem boundless at first glance. Sooner or later, however, many SMEs find out that even e-commerce has its challenges. ...
News Aug 19, 2022 Export potential opened up by Africa's Continental Free Trade Agreement The operational phase of the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement has been launched. The Agreement establishes a market of 1.27 billion ...
News Jun 28, 2022 Nigeria: SON-Conformity program To ensure that only products that comply with the standard and technical requirements of the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON ) are importe...
News Jun 22, 2022 The Packaging Act (VERPACKG) in Germany and what you need to know about it The new Packaging Act (VerpackG) has been in force in Germany since 1 January 2019. Germany wants to create more transparency and increase recycl...
Global Opportunities May 07, 2022 Italy: Hotspot for Swiss Design Through all sectors, world-famous Swiss Design increasingly becomes a sales criterion. Italy is the international reference platform in the indus...
Export Knowhow Apr 20, 2022 Israel: Import liberalization and exemption from customs duties In connection with budget legislation, the Israeli parliament decided to liberalize the import of goods to a large extent as of June 1, 2022, whi...
News Apr 01, 2022 What Brexit means for Swiss exporters What underlying conditions will apply to trade between the United Kingdom (UK) and Switzerland now that they have left the EU?
Focus on exporters Mar 24, 2022 "S-GE opens a great network and possible contacts to local market stakeholders", an exchange with the Swiss cleantech company depsys depsys is a Swiss-based company with an international reach, accelerating its international footprint. In an interview with Gordon Fairley, Sales...