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Bern, 11.03.2025-Swiss companies exported to 664.7 million war material in 60 countries in 2024. Compared to the previous year, this corresponds to almost 5 percent and a share of 0.17 percent of the total export of the Swiss economy. The entire export from Switzerland turned out to be around 4 percent higher in 2024 compared to the previous year. However, the war material exports recorded a decrease compared to the previous year, namely CHF 32.1 million to CHF 664.7 million. This corresponds to a change compared to 2023 by almost 5 percent. At that time, war material was exported for CHF 696.8 million. The exports of various types of ammunition and ammunition components to Germany (CHF 88.7 million), of armored vehicles and their components to Germany (CHF 69.3 million) and Romania (CHF 37.3 million), from components for fighter aircraft to the USA (CHF 36.8 million) and from components for guns to Italy (CHF 35.8 million).
Around 85 percent (2023: 79 %) of the war material carried out were intended for countries in Annex 2 of the War Material Ordinance (KMV), which belong to all four international export control regimes for the control of strategically sensitive goods (group of nuclear delivery countries, Australia group, rocket technology control regime, Wassenaar Agreement) [3]. Divided according to continents, exports according to Europe made 81,14 percent (2023: 76.10%) of all exports, 12.33 percent (9.60%) according to America, 6,38 percent (12.90%), according to Africa 0.13 percent (0.18%) and according to Australia 0.01 percent (1.22%). If one looks at the categories of war material (Appendix 1 of the KMV), in 2024 34.72 percent of ammunition as well as ammunition components (items km 3) and 23.81 percent on armored vehicles and associated components (km 6). 9.82 percent of all calibers and the associated components (km 2), 9.42 percent on components to combat aircraft (km 10), 6.51 percent on military explosive, burning and fuels (km 8), 6.09 percent on fire control facilities as well as associated components (km 5) and 4.84 percent on small weapons and weapons components (km 1). The remaining 4.79 percent were spread over 6 more categories. The increase in the granted approvals in the special military goods SECO also publishes statistics on the individual approvals of special military goods of Appendix 3 of the goods control regulation (including ABC protection and detection equipment, simulation equipment, reference chemicals for analysis by the OPCW, night vision and heating device for signature suppression, electronic interference equipment, ballistic protective equipment, protective equipment for civil aircraft).
The total value of the individual permits newly granted according to the criteria of the goods control legislation was 73.6 million francs (CHF 2023: 60.5 million). War material exports against the background of the conflict in Ukraine, Switzerland has been the right to neutralism since the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014. This remains applicable to Ukraine during the current military aggression in Russia. Due to the neutrality law equal treatment requirement, Switzerland cannot agree to the transfer of war material with Swiss origin to Ukraine as long as it is involved in an international armed conflict. In addition, the approval criteria of the Swiss War Material Act also exclude the delivery of war material to countries that are involved in an international armed conflict. War material in the form of assemblies and individual parts, which are delivered from Switzerland according to Appendix 2 for the war material regulation for installation in an armaments, are not covered by the armaments goods embargo of the Ukraine Ordinance, provided that the manufacturing costs of the goods installed from Switzerland are less than 50% of the total manufacturing costs of the finished armaments. Due to the consideration of repair traffic and temporary exports, this value cannot be compared to the values published before 2018. Total outside trade, economic perspective without gold in bars and other precious metals, coins, noble and jewelry stones as well as art objects and antiques Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Finland, France, Greece, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Canada, LuxemBurg, New Zealand, Netherlands, Norway, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Spain, Czech Republic, Hungary, USA.
