Switzerland has concluded free trade agreements with various
states, simplifying access to international markets. Swiss
companies can export goods with customs tariff privileges
(so-called preferential tariffs) into the countries of destination
exempt from duty or at reduced tariff rates. The preferential
treatment does, however, only apply to goods satisfying the
applicable provisions with regard to origin and procedure
of the free trade agreement, i.e. for which you can particularly
prove corresponding origin of the goods as the free trade partners
only favour each other and no other states.
If Swiss companies want to benefit from preferential tariffs for
their goods in the country of destination, they must be able to
prove that the origin of the goods is actually in Switzerland.
Goods with origin in Switzerland are on the one hand those that
have been completely obtained or produced in Switzerland (so-called
original products) and on the other hand also goods
