China lives up to its name as Swiss export engine – and the trend is intensifying
While Swiss exports to the EU decreased, exports to China (incl. Hong Kong) increased by 2.1% year-on-year in the first 4 months of 2012. In the same period of time, Swiss watch exports to China and Hong Kong reached 1.9 billion CHF. This is almost 3 times the exports to the second largest market USA,…
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The Swiss Center Shanghai (SCS), by far the largest cluster of Swiss enterprises in Asia, looks back at a decade of record growth since its founding in 2000, on the anniversary day of the 50 years diplomatic relations between Switzerland and China. Media release
> Read moreChina fuels the Swiss export engine
With additional exports in the value of 1.7 billion Swiss francs to China (incl. Hong Kong) in the first six months of 2011 year-on-year, China remains the single largest contributor to Swiss export growth. Media release
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The Swiss Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts joins the Swiss Center Shanghai and enters the Chinese market. Shanghai hotel with more than 300 rooms to be opened in 2014. Media release
> Read moreChina’s rise boosts the Swiss economy
China (incl. Hong Kong) is the largest contributor to Swiss export growth – 2010 exports to China grew 10 times faster than exports to the EU – Watches, precision instruments and machinery companies benefit most from the boom – CHF 5.5 bio. positive trade balance creates high added value jobs in Switzerland – Chinese companies…
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