Swiss-Fiji Trade Statistics
Export/Import to/from Switzerland (in
F$)
The latest 2002 data has
been supplied on 3/6/2003 by the Fiji Bureau
of Statistics (thanks a lot for your help,
Ratu Timoci Bainimarama!)
| Jan -
Dec 2002: Summary Report |
| Section |
Title |
Imports |
Exports |
| 1 |
Live Animals &
animal products |
- |
$26,199 |
| 2 |
Vegetable products |
$251,183 |
- |
| 4 |
Prepared foodstuffs,
beverages, spirits, tobacco |
$24,569 |
$6,660 |
| 6 |
Chemicals and allied
products |
$1,186,335 |
- |
| 7 |
Plastic, rubbers &
articles thereof |
$21,837 |
- |
| 8 |
Raw hides & skins,
leather, furskins and articles thereof
& travel goods |
$75,859 |
- |
| 9 |
Wood, cork &
articles thereof & plaiting material |
$407 |
$15,200 |
| 10 |
Pulp of wood, paper
& paperboard, articles thereof |
$54,623 |
- |
| 11 |
Textiles and textile
articles |
$143,911 |
$16,628 |
| 12 |
Footwear, headgear,
umbrellas & parts thereof |
$89 |
- |
| 13 |
Articles of stone,
plaster, cement, glass & ceramic
products |
$143 |
- |
| 14 |
Pearls, precious,
semi-precious stones & metals |
$44,262 |
- |
| 15 |
Base metals &
articles thereof |
$184,487 |
|
| 16 |
Machinery &
mechanical & electrical appliances
& parts thereof |
$244,550 |
- |
| 17 |
Vehicles, aircraft,
associated transport equipment |
$457,549 |
- |
| 18 |
Photographic &
optical, medical & surgical goods
& clocks/watches, musical
instruments |
$140,685 |
- |
| 20 |
Miscellaneous
manufactures articles |
$5,996 |
- |
| 22 |
Others |
$18,080 |
- |
| |
Total |
$2,854,574 |
$64,686 |
The figures in the table
below was supplied by the Fiji Islands
Bureau of Statistics on 12/6/2003.
| Trade with
Switzerland (in F$) |
| |
Import |
Export |
Re-Export |
| 1992 |
2,447,747 |
- |
1,762 |
| 1993 |
2,437,416 |
27,120 |
16,066 |
| 1994 |
1,709,928 |
38,387 |
223,316 |
| 1995 |
3,037,361 |
20,990 |
102,745 |
| 1996 |
2,821,753 |
14,345 |
21,204 |
| 1997 |
3,080,614 |
66,073 |
836 |
| 1998 |
4,063,805 |
1,640,711 |
10,000 |
| 1999 |
2,350,564 |
32,835 |
270 |
| 2000 |
2,350,564 |
150,664 |
- |
| 2001 |
1,521,010 |
35,200 |
- |
| 2002 |
3,065,982 |
71,312 |
- |
|
Jan
– Dec 2000: Summary Report for
Switzerland
|
|
|
IMPORTS
|
EXPORTS
|
RE_EXPORTS
|
|
|
|
Total Value
|
Total Value
|
Total Value
|
|
|
Section
0
|
$60,544
|
$66,571
|
$0
|
|
|
Section
1
|
$0
|
$603
|
$0
|
|
|
Section
2
|
$9
|
$1,512
|
$0
|
|
|
Section
3
|
$6,628
|
$0
|
$0
|
|
|
Section
5
|
$787,793
|
$0
|
$0
|
|
|
Section
6
|
$826,734
|
$46,158
|
$0
|
|
|
Section
7
|
$532,384
|
$1,055
|
$0
|
|
|
Section
8
|
$370,732
|
$34,735
|
$0
|
|
|
Section
9
|
$57,817
|
$3,500
|
$0
|
|
|
Total
|
$2,642,641
|
$154,134
|
$0
|
|
|
1990 |
1991 |
1992 |
| Export |
- |
25'000 |
- |
| Re-export |
3'020 |
36'020 |
1'762 |
| Import |
2'571'736 |
2'400'460 |
2'442'416 |
It is important to know that
the Fiji Bureau of Statistics is supplied with
figures from Revenue & Customs. The latter
trace the country of origin of a product to
the last call of port. For there is no direct
flight nor a direct shipping link between the
two countries the actual statistics look
distorted.
The reality is that Fiji is
importing many Swiss goods and services
directly or indirectly (i.e. the holding
company is registered in Switzerland).
Among Swiss companies or
Swiss-owned holding companies which are
exporting products and to Fiji you will find:
| Company |
Products/services |
| Nestlé |
food
Nestlé is also the parent holding
company of several companies that are
selling products in Fiji
- Maggi
- Perrier (mineral water)
- Rowntree (e.g. Smarties) |
| SMH |
Swatch |
| Rolex,
Tissot, Omega, Rado, Raymond Weil etc. |
watches |
| Victorinox,
Wenger |
Swiss army
knives |
| Caran
d'Ache |
luxury
writing gear |
| Novartis |
Ovaltine,
Isostar
but also pharmaceutics, fertilizer |
| Tobler |
Toblerone
(chocolate) |
| Swiss
Cheese Union |
cheese |
| SGS |
quality
control consulting and products (ISO
90xx) |
| Roche |
pharmaceutics |
| Sandoz |
pharmaceutics |
| Ascom |
communication
equipment |
| Union
Bank of Switzerland |
investment
and banking services (through the
affiliate broker in USA) |
| Credit
Suisse-First Boston |
investment
and banking services |
| Schweizer
Rück |
re-insurance |
| Landis
& Gyr |
FEA meters |
| Sulzer |
turbines
(e.g. Monasavu) |
Hilti
(not a Swiss company but from
Liechtenstein) |
products
for the building industry |
|
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