The growth trend in exports recorded since the beginning of 2017 also continued in the Q2 2018 continues unabated. Thus, exports rose to a renewed Quarterly high - the fifth in a row. Meanwhile, the imports stopped, after the steep Increase in the previous quarters, a breather at a high level. In the Trade balance resulted in a surplus of 4.6 billion francs. In the second quarter of 2018, exports rose seasonally adjusted by 1.4 percent (real: + 1.8 percent) continued to rise: they reached a level of 55.7 billion Franken the fifth quarterly high in succession.