EU–Switzerland › Organic chemicals
EU–Switzerland trade in organic chemicals
In May 2026, the EU exported €416M of organic chemicals to Switzerland and imported €1.9B — a €1.4B deficit in this category.
The EU's organic chemicals deficit with Switzerland has narrowed by about 10% over the past year, from €1.6B to €1.4B.
Switzerland supplied about 21% of the EU's extra-EU imports of organic chemicals in May 2026.
Updated monthly · latest data May 2026
— EU exports— EU imports137 months · latest 2026-05
EU exports
€416M
EU imports
€1.9B
Balance
−€1.4B
Top sub-categories traded with Switzerland
EU exports →
- 2933Heterocyclic compounds with nitrogen hetero-atom{s} only€102M
- 2934Nucleic acids and their salts, whether or not chemically defined; heterocyclic compounds (excl. with oxygen only or with nitrogen hetero-atom{s} only)€93M
- 2935Sulphonamides€24M
- 2937Hormones, prostaglandins, thromboxanes and leukotrienes, natural or reproduced by synthesis; derivatives and structural analogues thereof "incl. chain modified polypeptides", used primarily as hormones€18M
- 2914Ketones and quinones, whether or not with other oxygen function, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives€16M
← EU imports
- 2933Heterocyclic compounds with nitrogen hetero-atom{s} only€1.3B
- 2935Sulphonamides€193M
- 2937Hormones, prostaglandins, thromboxanes and leukotrienes, natural or reproduced by synthesis; derivatives and structural analogues thereof "incl. chain modified polypeptides", used primarily as hormones€128M
- 2941Antibiotics€83M
- 2934Nucleic acids and their salts, whether or not chemically defined; heterocyclic compounds (excl. with oxygen only or with nitrogen hetero-atom{s} only)€45M
Monthly figures
| Month | EU exports | EU imports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2026 | €416M | €1.9B | −€1.4B |
| April 2026 | €234M | €1.1B | −€830M |
| March 2026 | €327M | €1.5B | −€1.2B |
| February 2026 | €328M | €1.4B | −€1.0B |
| January 2026 | €276M | €1.5B | −€1.2B |
| December 2025 | €269M | €1.2B | −€966M |
| November 2025 | €298M | €1.7B | −€1.4B |
| October 2025 | €291M | €2.2B | −€1.9B |
| September 2025 | €289M | €1.5B | −€1.2B |
| August 2025 | €238M | €1.2B | −€963M |
| July 2025 | €354M | €1.3B | −€950M |
| June 2025 | €306M | €1.5B | −€1.2B |
| May 2025 | €335M | €1.9B | −€1.6B |
| April 2025 | €259M | €1.6B | −€1.4B |
| March 2025 | €865M | €1.4B | −€508M |
| February 2025 | €3.3B | €1.8B | €1.4B |
| January 2025 | €375M | €1.5B | −€1.1B |
| December 2024 | €266M | €1.7B | −€1.4B |
| November 2024 | €316M | €1.8B | −€1.5B |
| October 2024 | €300M | €4.0B | −€3.7B |
| September 2024 | €299M | €1.1B | −€828M |
| August 2024 | €283M | €1.4B | −€1.1B |
| July 2024 | €344M | €1.1B | −€713M |
| June 2024 | €334M | €926M | −€593M |
EU exports, imports and balance by month — extra-EU, EU27 reporter, latest 24 months.
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Source: Eurostat — Comext DS-059341 · EU27 reporter · extra-EU trade · value in EUR. Figures are indicative and may be revised; verify against Eurostat before relying on them.