Essential Information
Origins
The origins nationalist notion of cultural and political unity among Arab countries lie in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when increased literacy led to a cultural and literary renaissance among Arabs of the Middle East. This contributed to political agitation and led to the independence of most Arab states from the Ottoman Empire (1918) and from the European powers (by the mid-20th century). An important event was the founding in 1943 of the Baath Party, which formed branches in several countries and became the ruling party in Syria and Iraq. Another was the founding of the Arab League in 1945. Pan-Arabism's most charismatic and effective proponent was Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser.
Arab League
The Arab League or League of Arab States was a regional organisation formed on March 22, 1945 (Alexandria Protocol) and based in Cairo. It initially comprised Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Transjordan (now Jordan), Saudi Arabia, and Yemen; joining later were Libya, Sudan, Tunisia, Morocco, Kuwait, Algeria, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Mauritania, Somalia, Palestine, Djibouti, and Comoros. The league's original aims were to strengthen and coordinate political, cultural, economic, and social programs and to mediate disputes; a later aim was to coordinate military defence. The official language is Arabic. The total Population of the Arab League was estimated at 345.98 Million in 2007.
Emerging Arab world and business opportunities
The Arab world, a home to more than 360 million people, representing 5% of the world’s population, with an area of about 13.3 million km2 (about 10% of the world inhabited land), and around 2799 billion dollars Gross Domestic Product (3.7% of global GDP), is playing a greater role in the world economy. Moreover, the Arab world will be a centre to the Islamic economy, estimated at US$3 trillion, a new economic paradigm that is likely to have a significant global impact over the next decade.
The abundant revenues of oil and gas made of the Arab world the largest region in terms of sovereign wealth funds in the world, with total assets estimated at about $1970 billion (38% of the total world assets). If well invested, the available huge funds are the stone corner to diversify the local economies in the Arab countries. In terms of investments in the Arab world as a whole, they have increased from $6.1 billion in 2000 to $79.3 billion in 2009, this level is comparable to that of China ($95 billion 2009) (UNCTAD data). The ongoing pattern of global growth, with emerging economies grow faster than their advanced counterparts, and the shift in the global economic power, ensures that Middle East and Africa are expected to be the fastest growing regions in 2018, which means huge needs in terms of investments mainly infrastructure, renewable energy, health, education, etc… just to mention a few.
With more than 135 million internet users in the Arab world, a new generation of entrepreneurs, passionate about technology, is emerging. This region is expected to post robust growth over the next decade both in terms of population and GDP. By 2015 the Arab population is forecast to reach 371m, about 50% increase over the level in 2000. Whereas the real GDP (based on PPP) is expected to grow by about 190%.
Doing business in the Arab world becomes a corner stone for the local governments. The battle is now between the economic ministers in terms of the most business-friendly economy. Several Arab governments implemented regulatory reforms in the past years aimed at improving the business environment. Investing the Arab funds locally and attracting FDIs are very crucial in order to satisfy the increasing needs for infrastructure, transport, education, health care, housing, business services, logistics, agriculture, oil and petrochemicals, financial sector, defense, industrial output as well as Islamic products.
In spite of the numerous advantages of the Arab world, the ongoing political turmoil hit hard many economies of the region. The absence of a demonstrated international competitiveness in either manufacturing or services as well as corruption constitute one of the main obstacles for doing business. Institutional reform, capacity building, reforming the education and the regulations facing business remains essential.
Moreover, the Arab world needs to create a dynamic private-sector in order to create sufficient employment. This will be done through high competitiveness, an educational system which meets the labour markets’ needs, and through encouraging applied sciences to transform ideas into real business projects, as well as through more consolidated trade and economic relations with the external world.
If the Arab region’s employment challenge can be successfully addressed, the region’s young demographic could then turn from a potential liability to a bonus. I believe it is time more than ever to invest in this region, not only because of the high return on investment, but also because the birth of the new economic paradigm, the future “G7”, passes through this region.
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Arab world major Statistics for 2013
Arab world major Statistics for 2013 |
Value |
Area |
13,143,448 km2 |
Population |
364.3 Million. |
Population density |
115.6 people / km2 |
GDP (current prices) |
$2799 billion |
GDP (PPP) |
$3528 billion |
Per capita GDP (PPP) |
$9685 |
Arab World Population by country source: World factbook, CIA
Arab World GDP at PPP ($ Billion
Source: World factbook, CIA, data for Libya and Somalia are for 2011.
Arab World GDP per capita
* Data for Somalia are for 2011.
Source: World factbook, CIA and International Monetary Fund.
Arab World exchange rate
Arab world: Exchange rate ($) -2013 |
Exchange rate ($) |
Algerian dinar (DZB) |
74.1 |
Bahraini dinar (BHD) |
0.377 |
Comorian franc (KMF) |
381 |
Djiboutian franc (DJF) |
174.5 |
Egyptian pound (EGP) |
6 |
Iraqi dinar (IQD) |
1164 |
Jordanian dinar (JD) |
0.71 |
Kuwaiti dinar (KWD) |
0.28 |
Lebanese livre (LL) (LBP) |
1504 |
Libyan dinar (LYD) |
0.81 |
Mauritanian ouguiya (MRO) |
286 |
Moroccan dirham (MAD) |
8.41 |
Omani rial (OMR) |
0.385 |
Palestinian Terr. New Israeli shekels (ILS) |
3.746 |
Qatari riyal (QAR) |
3.641 |
Saudi riyal (SAR) |
3.75 |
Somali shilling (SOS) |
1625 |
Sudanese pound (SDD) |
2.682 |
Syrian pound (SYP) |
57.45 |
Tunisian dinar (TND) |
1.51 |
United Arab Emirates dirham (AED) |
3.673 |
Yemeni rial (YER) |
219.1 |
Arab world: Gross domestic product (international comparaison with other emerging economies) current prices ($bn), 1991-2015
Arab world: Real GDP growth (international comparaison with economic blocs) current prices ($bn), 2012-2018
Arab world: Real GDP growth: comparaison between Oil-exporting countries
source: IMF regional economic outlook 2012.
* Total for oil importing including Iran.
Arab world: Real GDP growth: comparaison between Oil-importing countries
Source: IMF regional economic outlook 2012.
1. In the IMF data under West Bank and Gaza.
2. Data for 2011exclude South Sudan after July 9. Data for 2012 and onward pertain to the current Sudan.
* Total for oil importing including Afghanistan and Pakista.
Arab world: Arab world Foreign direct investment flows (Million $) 2011
Arab world: Geographic distribution of FDI 2006
Arab world: Global Competitiveness Index: 2014-2015 rankings (vs. 2012-2013 rankings)
Arab World Largest Souveraign wealth funds
Largest Sovereign Wealth Funds in the Arab World |
US$ Billion |
Origin |
Established |
Algeria, Revenue Regulation Fund |
77.2 |
2000 |
Oil & Gas |
Bahrain, Mumtalakat Holding Company |
7.1 |
2006 |
Non-Commodity |
Kuwait Investment Authority |
342 |
1953 |
Oil |
Libyan Investment Authority |
65 |
2006 |
Oil |
Mauraitania, National Fund for Hydrocarbon Reserves |
0.3 |
2006 |
Oil & Gas |
Oman, State General Reserve Fund |
8.2 |
1980 |
Oil & Gas |
Oman Investment Fund |
|
2006 |
Oil |
Palestine Investment Fund |
0.8 |
2003 |
Non-Commodity |
Qatar Investment Authority |
115 |
2005 |
Oil |
Saudi Arabia, SAMA Foreign Holdings |
532.8 |
n/a |
Oil |
Saudi Arabia, Public Investment Fund |
5.3 |
2008 |
Oil |
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority |
627 |
1976 |
Oil |
Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Investment Company |
65.3 |
1984 |
Oil |
Abu Dhabi , Mubadala Development Company |
53.1 |
2002 |
Oil |
Abu Dhabi Investment Council |
|
2007 |
Oil |
Investment Corporation of Dubai |
70 |
2006 |
Oil |
Emirates Investment Authority |
|
2007 |
Oil |
UAE , RAK Investment Authority |
1.2 |
2005 |
Oil |
Total Arab Funds |
1970.3 |
|
|
Total world (Oil & Gas Related) |
$3,147.9 |
|
|
Total other |
$2,251.7 |
|
|
Total world |
$5224.1 |
|
|
Arab funds as percentage of world total |
38% |
|
|
Source: Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute |
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|
|
Ease of Doing Business Rank 2015 Source: World Bank
Arab world: Free trade agreements with Switzerland
Free Trade Agreements / EFTA unit, 11 April 2011 |
Entry into force |
Palestinian Authority |
01-juil-99 |
Morocco |
01-dec-99 |
Jordan |
01-sept-02 |
Tunisia |
01-juin-06 |
Lebanon |
01-janv-07 |
Egypt |
01-sept-08 |
Algeria |
In negotiations |
Source: State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). |
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Source: UNCTAD
Arab world: Swiss direct investment in the Arab world (international comparaison): Million SFr Source: UNCTAD
Arab world: Number of tourists arrivals from the Arab world in Geneva hotels for 2012 (hotel arrivals) (International comparaison) Source: UNCTAD
Energy Sector
Oil Reserves by country 2015 (Trillion Cubic Feet)
Source: EIA
Gas Reserves by country 2015 (Billion Barrels)
Source: EIA
Oil Price
Crude Oil Export Price (US$/bbl)
US$/bbl)
Source: IMF
Trade between Switzerland and the Arab world
Switzerland: Exports to the Arab countries 2007-2014: Swiss Francs
Switzerland exports to the Arab Countries (in million CHF) |
Exports 2007 |
Exports 2008 |
Exports 2009 |
Exports 2010 |
Exports 2011 |
Exports 2012 |
Exports 2013 |
Exports 2014 |
Algeria |
393.6 |
516.0 |
619.6 |
498.8 |
465.6 |
396.7 |
422,8 |
485,5 |
Bahrain |
244.8 |
215.4 |
314.7 |
272.6 |
233.7 |
244.7 |
310,5 |
274,4 |
Comoro Islands |
0.2 |
0.3 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
- |
0,03 |
Djibouti |
0.6 |
1.1 |
0.5 |
0.7 |
0.8 |
0.7 |
0,7 |
0,4 |
Egypt |
467.7 |
654.0 |
656.3 |
705.3 |
593.5 |
656.6 |
750,4 |
1029,8 |
Iraq |
84.1 |
84.5 |
110.9 |
162.9 |
203.7 |
311.2 |
- |
407,4 |
Jordan |
192.9 |
192.1 |
198.1 |
226.2 |
207.6 |
236.7 |
276,3 |
618,8 |
Kuwait |
381 |
498.1 |
328.6 |
453.5 |
317.8 |
364.9 |
436,5 |
401,6 |
Lebanon |
387.6 |
444.5 |
385.9 |
511.7 |
421.6 |
513.4 |
536,5 |
774,3 |
Libya |
278.5 |
282.4 |
156.3 |
109.6 |
97.9 |
215.6 |
346,8 |
231,7 |
Mauritania |
2.1 |
1.5 |
1.4 |
2.2 |
2.7 |
9.7 |
7,5 |
14,3 |
Morocco |
270.1 |
376.4 |
306.8 |
297.4 |
291.2 |
275.9 |
263,2 |
309,9 |
Oman |
186.4 |
153.1 |
151.8 |
208.7 |
168.5 |
226.9 |
237,3 |
201,1 |
Palestine |
17.7 |
24.8 |
27.9 |
27.8 |
28.3 |
27.3 |
27,5 |
24,3 |
Qatar |
386.9 |
506.3 |
593.2 |
391.8 |
384.5 |
587.9 |
560,2 |
721,2 |
Saudi Arabia |
1'551.1 |
1'661.2 |
1'634 |
1'628.7 |
1'636.6 |
1'995.7 |
2151,7 |
4586,5 |
Somalia |
0.7 |
- |
- |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
0,2 |
0,3 |
Sudan |
52.3 |
52.3 |
42.0 |
43.9 |
46.1 |
48.4 |
58,2 |
78,7 |
Syria |
182.3 |
202.3 |
207.7 |
271.4 |
248.4 |
135.2 |
31,6 |
27,3 |
Tunisia |
120.3 |
143.5 |
209.0 |
194.6 |
228.6 |
200.4 |
209,8 |
251,8 |
United Arab Emirates |
1'971 |
2'841.3 |
2'226.3 |
2'243.6 |
2'786.9 |
3'176.9 |
3252,8 |
5907,1 |
Yemen |
59 |
48.4 |
71.1 |
53.5 |
21.0 |
35.3 |
70,1 |
41,2 |
Total |
7'230.9 |
8'864.3 |
8'242.2 |
8'305.1 |
8'385.3 |
9'660.4 |
10381,8 |
16387,6 |
% of Total Swiss Export or Import |
3.5% |
4.1% |
4.41% |
4.1% |
4.0% |
4.6% |
5,20% |
|
Total Swiss Export or Import |
206'008.8 |
216'317.9 |
187'199.5 |
203 345 |
207'854.4 |
212'080.6 |
201296 |
|
*Trade volume is exports plus imports. |
|
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|
|
|
|
|
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Source of data: Swiss customs
Switzerland: Imports from the Arab countries 2007-2014: Swiss Francs
Switzerland imports from the Arab Countries (in million CHF) |
Imports 2007 |
Imports 2008 |
Imports 2009 |
Imports 2010 |
Imports 2011 |
Imports 2012 |
Imports 2013 |
Imports 2014 |
Algeria |
6.2 |
131.5 |
170.5 |
203.3 |
575.7 |
173.9 |
479 |
190,3 |
Bahrain |
72.7 |
30.4 |
114.6 |
123.2 |
112.8 |
47.6 |
30,2 |
30,6 |
Comoro Islands |
0.0 |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0.2 |
0,3 |
0,4 |
Djibouti |
0.2 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
- |
0 |
0.3 |
- |
0 |
Egypt |
27.8 |
28.2 |
109.3 |
63.5 |
58.6 |
53.3 |
74,5 |
102,1 |
Iraq |
0.0 |
- |
2.6 |
- |
4.5 |
0.0 |
430,5 |
200,1 |
Jordan |
6.2 |
9.1 |
5.8 |
4.6 |
7.6 |
6.8 |
2,3 |
6,9 |
Kuwait |
68.4 |
137.8 |
35.8 |
74.6 |
25.3 |
12.4 |
58,4 |
26,6 |
Lebanon |
363.4 |
297.0 |
217.8 |
183.0 |
199.3 |
289.3 |
286 |
273,6 |
Libya |
1658.9 |
3324.9 |
717.6 |
485.0 |
135.8 |
1'331.9 |
1331,6 |
1055,8 |
Mauritania |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
- |
0.3 |
0.4 |
0,2 |
309,3 |
Morocco |
86.8 |
73.0 |
67.0 |
69.4 |
62.3 |
153.3 |
161,1 |
227,7 |
Oman |
1.7 |
2.2 |
34.1 |
2.1 |
2.5 |
6.1 |
7,6 |
3,7 |
Palestine |
0.3 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
0,4 |
0,3 |
Qatar |
108.8 |
98.4 |
157.1 |
166.3 |
132 |
228.6 |
149,8 |
150,9 |
Saudi Arabia |
384.6 |
258.1 |
113.2 |
99.6 |
163.6 |
115.6 |
145,4 |
131,9 |
Somalia |
0.1 |
0.3 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0,1 |
0,1 |
Sudan |
0.9 |
0.6 |
0.9 |
0.5 |
0.7 |
0.8 |
0,2 |
3,1 |
Syria |
2.3 |
7.4 |
5.2 |
4.1 |
4.0 |
4.0 |
1,9 |
1 |
Tunisia |
34.7 |
37.7 |
37.4 |
41.6 |
56.1 |
138.0 |
148,7 |
152,7 |
United Arab Emirates |
324.4 |
443.7 |
534.2 |
755.7 |
496.3 |
548.5 |
567,9 |
3036,4 |
Yemen |
0.5 |
2.3 |
1.3 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0 |
Total |
3'148.9 |
4'883.4 |
2'325.0 |
2'278.0 |
2'037.8 |
3'111.0 |
3445,6 |
5903,5 |
% of Total Swiss Export or Import |
1.63% |
2.48% |
1.38% |
1.24% |
1.1% |
1.7% |
1,90% |
|
Total Swiss Export or Import |
193'016.8 |
197'471.2 |
168'786.8 |
183'360 |
183'691.9 |
185'028.8 |
177679,6 |
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*Trade volume is exports plus imports. |
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Source of data: Swiss customs
Switzerland Trade with the Arab World 2012: Swiss Francs
Source of data: Swiss customs
Swiss total Exports to the Arab World by Country 2014: million Swiss Francs
Source of data: Swiss customs
Swiss total Exports to the Arab World 2014: (Portion of total exports)
Source of data: Swiss customs
Swiss Total Imports from the Arab world by country 2014: Swiss francs
Source: Swiss customs
Swiss Total Imports from the Arab world 2014 (Portion of the total imports)
Source: Swiss customs
Swiss exports/imports with the Arab world (Million CHF)
Source: Swiss customs
Swiss main exports to the Arab world 2014 (CHF)
Swiss main exports to the Arab world 2014 (Million CHF) |
World |
Arab world |
Portion of world |
Total |
285223 |
16388 |
6% |
71 - Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal, and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coin |
84756 |
7302 |
9% |
30 - Pharmaceutical products |
57328 |
2757 |
5% |
91 - Clocks and watches and parts thereof |
22257 |
2085 |
9% |
84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof |
23523 |
921 |
4% |
85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles |
12160 |
691 |
6% |
88 - Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof |
2362 |
681 |
29% |
90 - Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof |
14953 |
339 |
2% |
24 - Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes |
620 |
258 |
42% |
33 - Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations |
2879 |
184 |
6% |
29 - Organic chemicals |
17988 |
122 |
1% |
27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes |
3149 |
111 |
4% |
19 - Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products |
745 |
101 |
14% |
39 - Plastics and articles thereof |
5147 |
73 |
1% |
87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof |
2427 |
52 |
2% |
18 - Cocoa and cocoa preparations |
849 |
50 |
6% |
32 - Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter; paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks |
1936 |
50 |
3% |
38 - Miscellaneous chemical products |
2035 |
50 |
2% |
73 - Articles of iron or steel |
2906 |
49 |
2% |
21 - Miscellaneous edible preparations |
1059 |
43 |
4% |
22 - Beverages, spirits and vinegar |
1886 |
40 |
2% |
04 - Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included |
739 |
40 |
5% |
09 - Coffee, tea, mat and spices |
2059 |
36 |
2% |
93 - Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof |
283 |
34 |
12% |
94 - Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated nameplates |
831 |
32 |
4% |
82 - Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal |
1761 |
23 |
1% |
42 - Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silk-worm gut) |
442 |
21 |
5% |
62 - Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted |
747 |
19 |
3% |
49 - Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans |
479 |
18 |
4% |
96 - Miscellaneous manufactured articles |
484 |
15 |
3% |
70 - Glass and glassware |
586 |
14 |
2% |
97 - Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques |
2257 |
14 |
1% |
52 - Cotton |
213 |
13 |
6% |
68 - Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials |
450 |
12 |
3% |
44 - Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal |
597 |
12 |
2% |
63 - Other made-up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags |
143 |
10 |
7% |
48 - Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard |
1357 |
10 |
1% |
75 - Nickel and articles thereof |
74 |
9 |
12% |
64 - Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles |
337 |
9 |
3% |
17 - Sugars and sugar confectionery |
156 |
9 |
6% |
86 - Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electromechanical) traffic signalling equipment |
1005 |
8 |
1% |
57 - Carpets and other textile floor coverings |
118 |
7 |
6% |
61 - Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted |
420 |
6 |
2% |
40 - Rubber and articles thereof |
414 |
6 |
1% |
35 - Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes |
418 |
5 |
1% |
76 - Aluminium and articles thereof |
2007 |
5 |
0% |
83 - Miscellaneous articles of base metal |
389 |
4 |
1% |
34 - Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, moddeling paste |
514 |
4 |
1% |
58 - Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace; tapestries; trimmings; embroidery |
90 |
3 |
4% |
20 - Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants |
97 |
3 |
3% |
13 - Lac, gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts |
111 |
3 |
2% |
74 - Copper and articles thereof |
665 |
2 |
0% |
59 - Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use |
317 |
2 |
1% |
69 - Ceramic products |
104 |
2 |
2% |
56 - Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof |
128 |
2 |
1% |
36 - Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations |
45 |
2 |
3% |
55 - Man-made staple fibres |
88 |
1 |
2% |
95 - Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof |
161 |
1 |
1% |
72 - Iron and steel |
1210 |
1 |
0% |
92 - Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles |
29 |
1 |
5% |
54 - Man-made filaments; strip and the like of man-made textile materials |
248 |
1 |
1% |
51 - Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric |
50 |
1 |
3% |
23 - Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder |
219 |
1 |
0% |
28 - Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth met-als, of radioactive elements or of isotopes |
548 |
1 |
0% |
41 - Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather |
125 |
0 |
0% |
05 - Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included |
39 |
0 |
1% |
65 - Headgear and parts thereof |
8 |
0 |
5% |
37 - Photographic or cinematographic goods |
28 |
0 |
1% |
50 - Silk |
8 |
0 |
4% |
60 - Knitted or crocheted fabrics |
51 |
0 |
1% |
81 - Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof |
115 |
0 |
0% |
01 - Live Animals |
22 |
0 |
1% |
08 - Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons |
15 |
0 |
1% |
66 - Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof |
27 |
0 |
1% |
16 - Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates |
7 |
0 |
2% |
03 - Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates |
6 |
0 |
2% |
15 - Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes |
75 |
0 |
0% |
53 - Other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn |
5 |
0 |
1% |
43 - Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof |
8 |
0 |
1% |
79 - Zinc and articles thereof |
20 |
0 |
0% |
12 - Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder |
17 |
0 |
0% |
25 - Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement |
62 |
0 |
0% |
89 - Ships, boats and floating structures |
16 |
0 |
0% |
11 - Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten |
9 |
0 |
0% |
78 - Lead and articles thereof |
7 |
0 |
0% |
31 - Fertilisers |
7 |
0 |
0% |
80 - Tin and articles thereof |
3 |
0 |
0% |
46 - Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork |
1 |
0 |
0% |
67 - Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair |
1 |
0 |
0% |
47 - Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard |
84 |
0 |
0% |
07 - Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers |
6 |
0 |
0% |
45 - Cork and articles of cork |
7 |
0 |
0% |
02 - Meat and edible meat offal |
66 |
0 |
0% |
06 - Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage |
6 |
0 |
0% |
10 - Cereals |
6 |
0 |
0% |
14 - Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included |
0 |
0 |
0% |
26 - Ores, slag and ash |
15 |
0 |
0% |
Swiss main Imports from the Arab world 2014
Swiss main imports from the Arab world 2014 (Million CHF) |
World |
Arab world |
Portion of the world |
Total |
251790 |
5940 |
2% |
71 - Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal, and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coin |
80498 |
3831 |
5% |
27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes |
12177 |
1470 |
12% |
62 - Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted |
2875 |
129 |
4% |
91 - Clocks and watches and parts thereof |
3752 |
116 |
3% |
61 - Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted |
2314 |
54 |
2% |
85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles |
13712 |
50 |
0% |
07 - Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers |
602 |
30 |
5% |
87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof |
13951 |
25 |
0% |
84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof |
18497 |
25 |
0% |
39 - Plastics and articles thereof |
6474 |
21 |
0% |
64 - Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles |
1451 |
18 |
1% |
29 - Organic chemicals |
13406 |
17 |
0% |
08 - Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons |
1143 |
16 |
1% |
52 - Cotton |
187 |
13 |
7% |
42 - Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silk-worm gut) |
1079 |
10 |
1% |
90 - Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof |
7171 |
9 |
0% |
30 - Pharmaceutical products |
21556 |
9 |
0% |
76 - Aluminium and articles thereof |
2723 |
8 |
0% |
24 - Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes |
299 |
8 |
3% |
12 - Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder |
244 |
8 |
3% |
28 - Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth met-als, of radioactive elements or of isotopes |
827 |
6 |
1% |
95 - Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof |
1004 |
6 |
1% |
33 - Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations |
1311 |
6 |
0% |
88 - Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof |
1452 |
5 |
0% |
57 - Carpets and other textile floor coverings |
202 |
5 |
3% |
97 - Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques |
1764 |
5 |
0% |
82 - Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal |
1039 |
4 |
0% |
63 - Other made-up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags |
662 |
4 |
1% |
20 - Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants |
507 |
3 |
1% |
69 - Ceramic products |
564 |
3 |
1% |
15 - Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes |
358 |
3 |
1% |
16 - Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates |
377 |
3 |
1% |
94 - Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated nameplates |
4320 |
3 |
0% |
73 - Articles of iron or steel |
3659 |
2 |
0% |
38 - Miscellaneous chemical products |
1509 |
1 |
0% |
03 - Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates |
554 |
1 |
0% |
09 - Coffee, tea, mat and spices |
749 |
1 |
0% |
70 - Glass and glassware |
1011 |
1 |
0% |
96 - Miscellaneous manufactured articles |
481 |
1 |
0% |
49 - Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans |
1671 |
1 |
0% |
19 - Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products |
777 |
1 |
0% |
21 - Miscellaneous edible preparations |
696 |
1 |
0% |
31 - Fertilisers |
110 |
1 |
1% |
22 - Beverages, spirits and vinegar |
1852 |
1 |
0% |
68 - Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials |
900 |
1 |
0% |
83 - Miscellaneous articles of base metal |
720 |
1 |
0% |
44 - Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal |
1904 |
0 |
0% |
32 - Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter; paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks |
1141 |
0 |
0% |
48 - Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard |
2242 |
0 |
0% |
74 - Copper and articles thereof |
1031 |
0 |
0% |
40 - Rubber and articles thereof |
1314 |
0 |
0% |
05 - Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included |
75 |
0 |
0% |
25 - Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement |
432 |
0 |
0% |
34 - Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, moddeling paste |
632 |
0 |
0% |
89 - Ships, boats and floating structures |
109 |
0 |
0% |
06 - Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage |
580 |
0 |
0% |
53 - Other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn |
13 |
0 |
1% |
72 - Iron and steel |
2577 |
0 |
0% |
17 - Sugars and sugar confectionery |
289 |
0 |
0% |
65 - Headgear and parts thereof |
123 |
0 |
0% |
04 - Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included |
596 |
0 |
0% |
54 - Man-made filaments; strip and the like of man-made textile materials |
213 |
0 |
0% |
55 - Man-made staple fibres |
97 |
0 |
0% |
18 - Cocoa and cocoa preparations |
592 |
0 |
0% |
13 - Lac, gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts |
74 |
0 |
0% |
46 - Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork |
21 |
0 |
0% |
93 - Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof |
126 |
0 |
0% |
43 - Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof |
51 |
0 |
0% |
56 - Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof |
269 |
0 |
0% |
60 - Knitted or crocheted fabrics |
76 |
0 |
0% |
01 - Live Animals |
91 |
0 |
0% |
67 - Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair |
30 |
0 |
0% |
10 - Cereals |
326 |
0 |
0% |
66 - Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof |
46 |
0 |
0% |
86 - Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electromechanical) traffic signalling equipment |
688 |
0 |
0% |
58 - Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace; tapestries; trimmings; embroidery |
62 |
0 |
0% |
41 - Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather |
81 |
0 |
0% |
47 - Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard |
167 |
0 |
0% |
92 - Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles |
96 |
0 |
0% |
51 - Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric |
99 |
0 |
0% |
59 - Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use |
183 |
0 |
0% |
80 - Tin and articles thereof |
22 |
0 |
0% |
11 - Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten |
88 |
0 |
0% |
14 - Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included |
6 |
0 |
0% |
50 - Silk |
14 |
0 |
0% |
79 - Zinc and articles thereof |
63 |
0 |
0% |
37 - Photographic or cinematographic goods |
72 |
0 |
0% |
45 - Cork and articles of cork |
29 |
0 |
0% |
35 - Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes |
254 |
0 |
0% |
81 - Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof |
191 |
0 |
0% |
23 - Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder |
505 |
0 |
0% |
02 - Meat and edible meat offal |
714 |
0 |
0% |
26 - Ores, slag and ash |
25 |
0 |
0% |
36 - Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations |
47 |
0 |
0% |
75 - Nickel and articles thereof |
108 |
0 |
0% |
78 - Lead and articles thereof |
16 |
0 |
0% |
Source: Swiss customs
Swiss Exports to the Arab world by commodity comparaisons between the Arab countries
Swiss Imports from the Arab world by commodity comparaisons between the Arab countries