Swiss trade during the COVID-19 pandemic: an early appraisal

Abstract This study uses trade data from Switzerland’s Federal Customs Administration to examine the impact of Covid-19 on international goods trade between January and July 2020. We show that Swiss trade during that period fell by 11% compared to 2019 and that the contraction following the “Federal...

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Main Authors: Konstantin Büchel, Stefan Legge, Vincent Pochon, Philipp Wegmüller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-12-01
Series:Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s41937-020-00069-3