While exports were adjusted for working days in the third quarter of 2017 by 2.5% imports rose by as much as 7.4% with this plus the Foreign trade continues at a high level. The trade balance decreased from CHF 10.3 billion 8.5 billion francs In the third quarter of 2017, exports grew by 2.5% per working day (real: + 1.4%).

Compared to the record high quarter, they still rose by a seasonally adjusted 0.2% to. Imports showed an increase of 7.4% (real: + 1.6%) compared with the previous year. The seasonally adjusted increase to the strong second quarter of 2017 was still 0.6%.