Switzerland Imports of Goods & Services: 207,464.75 CHF mn (September 2019)
Switzerland Imports of Goods & Services came in at 207,464.75 on Dec 20, 2019, compared with 217,430.65 previously. See the full release history, chart, Swiss National Bank context, and API access for this series.
- Actual
- 207,464.75
- Previous
- 217,430.65
- Forecast
- --
- Next release
- Dec 22, 2026
September 2019
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What the release showed
Switzerland Imports of Goods & Services came in at 207,464.75 in the release of Dec 20, 2019, down 9,965.90 from 217,430.65.
Why Imports of Goods & Services matters for CHF
Import growth often indicates a buoyant domestic economy, but it also creates structural supply of the domestic chf as Switzerland firms sell chf to buy foreign goods. Very high import growth can widen the trade deficit.
How to read it
Rising imports driven by strong consumer and business demand is a mixed signal: positive for growth but negative for the trade balance. Falling imports alongside falling exports can signal a broad economic contraction.
What to watch next
The next Switzerland Imports of Goods & Services release is due on Dec 22, 2026.
- Capital-goods imports as a capex lead
- Consumer-goods vs intermediate-goods split
- Energy-import bill for net energy importers
- Volume vs price decomposition
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resp = requests.get(
"https://api.fxmacrodata.com/v1/announcements/chf/imports",
headers={"X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
timeout=30,
)
rows = resp.json()["data"]
print(rows[-1])Match this release by announcement_id chf_imports_2019-09-30. Forecasts for the same release: /v1/predictions/chf/imports.
Release data snapshot
Citation fields for this announcement.
| Public release ID | chf_imports_2019-12-20 |
|---|---|
| API announcement ID | chf_imports_2019-09-30 |
| Release time | Exact time unavailable |
| Reference period date | 2019-09-30 |
| Actual value | 207,464.75 |
| Previous value | 217,430.65 |
| Forecast | -- |
| Surprise | -- |
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Common questions about this release
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What did Switzerland Imports of Goods & Services come in at, and how did it compare with the forecast and the previous reading?
Switzerland Imports of Goods & Services was 207,464.75 CHF mn in September 2019. The previous reading was 217,430.65 CHF mn.
When was this Switzerland Imports of Goods & Services release published?
The actual publication time is unavailable.
When is the next Switzerland Imports of Goods & Services release?
The next Switzerland Imports of Goods & Services release is scheduled for Dec 22, 2026.
What is the official source for Switzerland Imports of Goods & Services?
FSO publishes the official Imports of Goods & Services series. FXMacroData stores every release with its announcement timestamp and serves it from the announcements endpoint for this series.
Raw announcement payload
Field names are preserved for traceability and downstream testing.
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