News Jul 18, 2019 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 Jul 10, 2019 "Our company has learned to capitalize on the demands of the US market" Olivier Haegeli, co-director of Jura-based SME Willemin-Macodel, on the challenges and opportunities presented by the US market.
News Jun 26, 2019 EFTA food exporters will have to be patient The free trade agreement between the EFTA and GCC states provides for duty-free import of specific goods from July 1, 2019. Now, the GCC has info...
News Jun 18, 2019 Free trade agreement between the EFTA and the Philippines: Reimbursement of overpaid customs duties now possible Swiss exporters of products covered by the free trade agreement can now request a refund of the customs duties they had to pay in the Philippines...
News Jun 18, 2019 Federal Councilor Parmelin: “We’re holding intense exploratory talks with the USA” Preliminary talks between Switzerland and the USA on starting negotiations for a free trade agreement are well underway, says Guy Parmelin, Minis...
News Jun 13, 2019 Results of the elections in India: What does it mean for Swiss companies? In May 2019, history repeated itself as results of India’s national elections were declared. The ruling NDA alliance, led by the Bharatiya Janata...
News May 15, 2019 Fact sheet on proofs of origin In order to benefit from conventions such as free trade agreements, Swiss exporters must prove the origin of their goods. The Swiss Federal Custo...
News Apr 04, 2019 What Brexit means for Swiss exporters What underlying conditions will apply to trade between Great Britain and Switzerland once Great Britain has left the EU?
News Feb 13, 2019 Export: Adjustments to supplier declarations In Switzerland, a new validity period applies to supplier declarations under a free trade agreement: Instead of one year as before, they can now ...
Export Knowhow Dec 17, 2018 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...
News Dec 17, 2018 Free trade agreement with Indonesia signed On 16 December Federal Councillor Johann N. Schneider-Ammann, the economics minister of Liechtenstein and representatives of Iceland and Norway s...
News Dec 13, 2018 Swiss exporters can now benefit from free trade agreement with the Philippines On 10 December 2018, the Philippines confirmed that its internal procedures had been completed and that the Philippines-European Free Trade Agree...
News Nov 01, 2018 Free trade agreement between EFTA and Indonesia concluded in substance On 1 November, negotiations on a free trade agreement between EFTA and Indonesia were concluded in substance, with Switzerland acting as lead neg...
News Oct 02, 2018 Query worldwide tariffs online New export markets offer new chances of success for Swiss companies. However, new markets also mean dealing with new tariff and non-tariff trade ...
News Sep 27, 2018 Companies benefit from free trade agreement between Switzerland and China Since 1 July 2014, Switzerland has been the only continental European country to have signed a comprehensive free trade agreement (FTA) with Chin...
News Aug 23, 2018 Free trade agreement Switzerland-China: new visa office An amendment was made regarding the proof of origin under the free trade agreement between Switzerland and China on August 20, 2018. The new “Cus...
News Jun 20, 2018 GLOBAL TRADE BRIEFING: Database for trade barriers Which of your target export markets have introduced new regulations that could create commercial opportunities or make it harder to supply foreig...
News May 17, 2018 Switzerland and Brazil sign double taxation agreement On 3 May 2018 in Brasilia, Switzerland and Brazil signed a double taxation agreement (DTA) in the area of taxes on income. It will create legal c...