Begin your internationalization

Getting your international business started

Do you want to expand outside of Switzerland? In our dossier you will find all the information you need to successfully start your internationalization process: tips on customs and formalities, practical advice and the most important contacts you need to start exporting and trading internationally.

Export Basics

Build export knowledge

Is your company ready to start its internationalization? Gain initial important insights on getting started in exporting here.

In our Export Sparring Program, startups receive personally tailored export support in a two-hour consultation. The workshops on the following topics build on each other logically and can be booked either individually or as a series:

International business model
Choice of export market
Planning the market entry
First steps in the market

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Are you dreaming of establishing your startup on an international scale? Our export checklist ensures a solid base for your entry into new market...

Despite increasing complexity, doing business internationally can be profitable. That’s why we want to encourage more small and medium ...

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In order for a company to sustainably open up new markets abroad, a certain degree of continuous financial investment is required in addition to ...

Market Evaluation

Find the right export market

Once you have learned the export basics, the next step is to find the right target market for your company. There is a wide variety of potential export markets. Is it better to enter a mature market, where competition is fierce, or an emerging market? So how do you decide which market to enter and which market mechanisms you need to be aware of?

For Swiss and Liechtenstein SMEs: our newly developed analysis platform.

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It's a truism that there is no such thing as a “simple market”, neither at home nor abroad. Competition is very intense in most sectors, also in ...

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Different countries, different customs: The market mechanisms and customer behavior that seem familiar from the domestic market are often complet...

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Business Model

Examine different forms of market entry

Every market is different: Which business and sales model is suitable for your company in the selected target market? Here you can find out which models exist, which regulations have to be observed and how the cost structure can be optimally structured.

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For SMEs interested in exports, the question arises as to what conditions must be created in foreign markets so that these advantages can be expl...

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In many cases, the SME interested in exporting will reach the conclusion that local representation in the market will sooner or later become impo...

The careful coordination of your products and business projects with country-specific regulatory and legal regulations, norms and standards is on...

International sales markets have advantages and disadvantages: the greater sales potential is generally offset by higher costs for sales, marketi...

It all sounds so simple: open a web shop, translate content into English and the world is your oyster! If only there were no administrative, lega...

Market Test

First steps in the market

Would you like to know how you can explore your target market step by step? Travel to your chosen target country. Attend trade fairs – as an exhibitor or participant. Establish contacts with potential business partners, customers and experts. And network with like-minded people in Switzerland. Find out how Switzerland Global Enterprise can help you with these projects and find useful articles and online tools for this internationalization step below.

Our country consultants will help you test the market with the following services:

Innosuisse trade fair program for start-ups

Thanks to the Innosuisse trade fair program, start-ups with global ambitions have the opportunity to participate in international trade fairs as ...

Are you looking for suitable office premises abroad and connection to an international network? Thanks to a collaboration with Impact Hub Switzer...

Online Tools

Get information online and free of charge

Would you like to push you international business? The following online tools will help you to do so. Online and free of charge, try it out:

For Swiss and Liechtenstein SMEs: our newly developed analysis platform.

Customs Database (worldwide customs tariffs)

Our Customs Database is a foreign trade portal for country-specific information on tariff and non-tariff trade measures.

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