Landed cost guide · 2026-10-18

Import duty from the United States to Switzerland

For a typical commercial shipment of cotton T-shirts from the United States to Switzerland worth 9,000.00 CHF, duties, taxes and fees come to about 789.35 CHF, or 8.77% of the goods value. Use the calculator below with your own figures.

Quick estimate: what are you shipping from United States?

What are you buying or shipping? Write it the way you would say it, or type an HS/GTİP code. We search both everyday words and the official tariff.

Where is it coming from? Where is it going?

Your currency Price of the item () Shipping cost ()

Who is it for?

Pick a product and enter the price to see the result here.

Duty is charged on: Value including transport to the destination; farm goods pay duties per gross kilogram
Duty-free threshold: No duty on industrial goods since 2024. VAT of CHF 5 or less is not collected (about CHF 62 of goods at 8.1%).
VAT / sales tax: 8.1% VAT (2.6% for food and books) on value + transport + duty.
Trade agreement: None. Standard (MFN) rates apply.
Extra tariffs on goods from United States: No country-specific additional duty beyond the normal tariff.
Other fees: Carrier clearance fee (Swiss Post from about CHF 10).

Detailed calculator: United States to Switzerland

1Route

Country of origin Destination

2Shipment type

3Values

Goods value (invoice) Freight Insurance Units

4Product and rates

Product group Duty rate %A typical rate is filled in; change it to match your HS code.

I have preferential origin proof

China Section 301 list Distinct item types in parcel Extra duty % (anti-dumping, Section 232, retaliation)Any product-specific extra duty.

Typical duty rates

Product	MFN
Apparel – cotton knit (HS 6109)	0%
Leather footwear (HS 6403)	0%
Towels / home textiles (HS 6302)	0%
Computers / phones (HS 8471, 8517)	0%

Typical rates for common tariff lines, for orientation only. The rate for your goods depends on the full HS code; look it up in the Tares (Swiss customs tariff).

Worked example: 9,000.00 CHF of cotton T-shirts by sea

Goods 9,000.00, freight 700.00, insurance 45.00 CHF; commercial import; duty rate 0%.

Line	CHF
Customs duty 0% – Swiss duties on industrial goods abolished on 1 Jan 2024	0.00
Import VAT 8.1% × 9,745.00	789.35
Total duties and fees	789.35
Landed cost (CIF + duties)	10,534.35

Small parcel: 60.00 CHF online order

A consumer ordering goods worth 60.00 CHF plus 11.00 shipping by post would pay about 5.75 CHF in import charges.

Line	CHF
Customs duty 0% – Swiss duties on industrial goods abolished on 1 Jan 2024	0.00
Import VAT 8.1% × 71.00	5.75
Total duties and fees	5.75
Landed cost (CIF + duties)	76.75

Frequently asked questions

How much is import duty from the United States to Switzerland?

It depends on the product's tariff code. As an example, cotton T-shirts worth 9,000.00 CHF shipped commercially by sea pay about 789.35 CHF in duties, taxes and fees (8.77% of the goods value). No country-specific additional duty beyond the normal tariff.

Is there a duty-free limit for parcels to Switzerland?

No duty on industrial goods since 2024. VAT of CHF 5 or less is not collected (about CHF 62 of goods at 8.1%).

Does United States have a trade agreement with Switzerland?

There is no preferential agreement that covers most goods, so standard MFN rates apply.

How is import VAT calculated in Switzerland?

8.1% VAT (2.6% for food and books) on value + transport + duty.