After a period of strong growth until May of this year, the development of the Swiss foreign trade has been halting since then: while exports are seasonally adjusted in August Stagnating at a high level, imports fell by 1.1 percent. Of the Surplus in the trade balance amounted to 1.4 billion francs. Exports stagnated in August 2018 compared with the previous month (real: + 0.6 percent). While exports tended to rise from January to May, followed by a halt in development on a high level. Seasonally adjusted imports dropped by 1.1 percent (real: - 2.8 percent) back and show a similar course to exports over the last six months.