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...
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 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?
News Sep 27, 2021 EFTA-Indonesia Economic Partnership Agreement to enter into force on 1 November 2021 The Economic Partnership Agreement between the states of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and Indonesia will enter into force on 1 Nove...
News Mar 11, 2021 News for EFTA food exporters The free trade agreement between the EFTA and GCC states provided for the duty-free import of certain goods from July 1, 2019. After delays, Saud...
Expertise Sep 16, 2020 The path to the new normal for internationally active SMEs What do internationally oriented SMEs have to keep in mind in order to keep up their current position and come back even stronger from the crisis...
Expertise Sep 10, 2020 Logistics - the latest challenges facing internationally active SMEs A superordinate strategy is needed in order to determine which markets a company would like to develop, which conditions exist in the market rega...
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 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 Feb 21, 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 ...
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 Dec 12, 2018 “No country can operate globally better than Switzerland” “The Swiss are genetically too conscientious.” Switzerland needs open markets to maintain its prosperity. In recent years, however, a global trend towards increased protectionism can be observ...
News Dec 04, 2018 Managing market entry: Three tips from PB Swiss Tools Eva Jaisli is co-owner and CEO of the Emmental-based tool manufacturer, which has been exporting since the 1960s. She offers three tips on h...
News Nov 07, 2018 Typical trade barriers – and how SMEs can deal with them While many countries have slashed their tariffs in recent decades, the number of so-called non-tariff barriers has sharply increased in the same ...
News Oct 24, 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 ...
Focus on exporters 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 Sep 25, 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...