30. November 2023 | Network & Service
Abolition of customs duties in Switzerland on industrial products
Under the free trade agreements (FTAs), customs duties on imports of all industrial products into Switzerland will be abolished from January 1st 2024, regardless of the origin of the goods.
List of customs codes (HS codes) affected by the abolition of customs duties in Switzerland on January 1st 2024
| HS Code | Product description |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earth and stones; plastering materials, lime, and cement |
| 26 | Ores, slag, and ash |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils, and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, rare-earth metals, radioactive elements, or isotopes |
| 29 | Organic chemicals |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products |
| 31 | Fertilizers |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments, and other coloring matter; paints and varnishes; mastics; inks |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic, or toilet preparations |
| 34 | Soaps, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles, and similar articles, modeling pastes, "dental wax" and dental preparations based on plaster. |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic products |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather |
| 42 | Leather articles; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags, and similar containers; articles of gut (other than silkworm gut) |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; charcoal |
| 45 | Cork and articles of cork |
| 46 | Basketwork, wickerwork, and other articles made directly from plaiting materials; articles of straw, of esparto, or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork |
| 47 | Wood pulp or other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, paper, or paperboard |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts, and plans |
| 50 | Silk |
| 51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric |
| 52 | Cotton |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn |
| 54 | Sewing thread of synthetic or artificial filaments, whether or not put up for retail sale |
| 55 | Synthetic staple fibers |
| 56 | Wadding, felt, and nonwovens; special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes, and cables; articles thereof |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace; tapestries; trimmings; embroidery |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered, or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted |
| 63 | Other made-up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters, and the like; parts of such articles |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seat sticks, whips, riding crops, and parts thereof |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair |
| 68 | Stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica, or similar materials articles |
| 69 | Ceramic products |
| 70 | Glass and glassware |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, plated or clad with precious metals, and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coins |
| 72 | Iron and steel |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof |
| 79 | Zinc and articles thereof |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof |
| 81 | Other common metals; cermets; articles thereof |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons, and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery, and mechanical appliances; parts thereof |
| 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 |
| 86 | Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling stock, and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electromechanical) traffic signaling equipment of all kinds |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof |
| 88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof |
| 89 | Ships, boats, and floating structures |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles |
| 93 | Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof |
| 94 | Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions, and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated nameplates, and the like; prefabricated buildings |
| 95 | Toys, games, and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors' pieces, and antiques |
The abolition of customs duties on these products on 1 January 2024 will not result in any changes to the customs clearance process, regardless of the type of goods:
- the invoice accompanying the parcel will still be required: 2 copies + 1 original
- customs clearance fees will still have to be paid, only import duties will be abolished for these industrial products.
