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National reports: Switzerland

The Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) publishes an annual report on arms exports. The reports give information on actual exports of military goods, broken down by destination and category of equipment.

- Exports of war material in 2021 (Swi_2021_French)
- Exports of war material in 2020 (SWI_2020_French.pdf, SWI_2020_German.pdf, SWI_2020_Italian)
- Exports of war material in 2019 (switzerland_2019.pdf)
- Exports of war material in 2018 (SWI_Report_2018)
- Exports of war material in 2009 (SWI_09.pdf, SWI_09_DEST.pdf, SWI_09_CAT-DEST.pdf, SWI_09_Graphs.pdf)
- Exports of war material in 2008 (SWI_08.pdf, SWI_08_DEST.pdf, SWI_08_CAT-DEST.pdf, SWI_08_Graphs.pdf)
- Exports of war material in 2007 (SWI_07.pdf, SWI_07_DEST.pdf, SWI_07_CAT-DEST.pdf, SWI_07_Graphs.pdf)
- Exports of war material in 2006 (SWI_06.pdf, SWI_06_DEST.pdf, SWI_06_CAT-DEST.pdf, SWI_06_Graphs.pdf)
- Exports of war material in 2005 (SWI_05.pdf, SWI_05_DEST.pdf, SWI_05_Graphs.pdf)
- Exports of war material in 2001 - Exports by country of destination (SWI_2001_DEST.pdf, SWI_2001_CAT-DEST.pdf, SWI_2001_Graphs.pdf)
- Exports of war material in 2000 - Exports by country of destination (SWI_2000_DEST.pdf, SWI_2000_CAT-DEST.pdf, SWI_2000_Graphs.pdf)

The reports are also available here.

Earlier reports are available via the NISAT website.

Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) reports

Since 2006, SECO also publishes an annual export control report on Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) that provides information on licensed export of SALW broken down by destination, category of goods, financial value and numbers of items. The latest versions of the report also contain information on the type of end-user, the total value of actual exports and denied licenses.

Report on SALW exports 2017 (Switzerland_SALW_German_2017.pdf)
Report on SALW exports 2016 (Switzerland_SALW_German_2016.pdf)
Report on SALW exports 2015 (Switzerland_SALW_German_2015.pdf)
Report on SALW exports 2007 (Switzerland_SALW_2007_english.pdf)
Report on SALW exports 2006 (Switzerland_SALW_2006_english.pdf)

The reports on SALW are available here.

The Swiss Customs Agency also publishes quarterly updates on actual exports of 'war material', broken down by destination, quantity and financial value. These reports are available in French, German and Italian and can be accessed here.