Mission to Switzerland

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Geneva-based personnel are Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) employees working towards improved U.S. agricultural exporter participation in the Swiss market.

We represent U.S. agricultural interests to the Swiss Government in Berne, as well as promote the sale of U.S. food, fiber, fisheries and forestry products to Swiss citizens.

U.S. exporters interested in the Swiss market may use this Web site as a guide to learn more about FAS Market Development Activities, including U.S. Exporter Assistance, learn about the Swiss Agricultural Market or doing business in Switzerland—Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce. 

Swiss importers interested in U.S. agricultural products may use this web site as a guide to U.S. Suppliers and Products, or register for USDA’s Supplier Database.  

Trade with Switzerland

Export/Import Statistics for Bulk, Intermediate, and Consumer Oriented (BICO) Foods and Beverage
BICO Website

Travel to or from Switzerland

Pets: For U.S. citizens traveling with pets to Switzerland:

Swiss Pets or Products: For U.S. or Swiss citizens wishing to take Swiss agricultural products or pets to the United States:

Sending Food Gifts:  Important information for those wishing to send food gifts to the United States.

Other Web Sites of Potential Interest

Mission to the World Trade Organization

As part of the U.S. Trade Representative’s WTO team in Geneva, FAS personnel monitor the implementation of the Agreement on Agriculture, the Sanitary-Phytosanitary Agreement, assist with acceding-member negotiations, complement U.S. Washington, D.C.-based staff in the development, presentation, and negotiation of U.S. Agriculture positions at the WTO, and provide a liaison between the WTO Members and visiting U.S. agricultural interests.

WTO Agricultural Negotiations
—the Doha Development Agenda (DDA)