Switzerland-Ireland freight: shipping and customs clearance

Switzerland–Ireland freight: services and trade framework

Ireland is a European hub for tech and pharmaceutical multinationals (Apple, Google, Pfizer). With a favourable tax regime and an English-speaking market, it is a strategic destination for Swiss high-tech and pharmaceutical exports.

Bilateral CH–Ireland trade is significant in the pharmaceutical, chemical and technology sectors. An EU member with a key role as a European base for multinationals.

Services offered by Franzosini SA for Ireland

• Road transport + ferry
• Air freight
• Customs clearance
• Distribution

Specific regulations and requirements

• FSAI: food products authorisation
• HPRA: pharmaceutical and medical device registration
• Labelling in English (Irish not mandatory for imported products)
• Brexit impact: customs border between Ireland and Northern Ireland managed under the Windsor Framework

Trade framework and agreements

• Switzerland–EU Bilateral Agreements (Bilaterals I and II)
• PEM Convention (Pan-Euro-Mediterranean) for origin cumulation
• EFTA–EU Free Trade Agreement (1972)
• TIR Convention for customs transit

EU duties and preferential origin

The EU Common Customs Tariff (TARIC) applies. Industrial products of Swiss preferential origin may benefit from zero ordinary customs duty under the applicable agreement and with valid proof of origin. Specific tariff concessions must be checked for agricultural and food products. Quotas, trade-defence measures and other charges must still be checked against the commodity code and origin: proof of preferential origin does not automatically remove these measures. Northern Ireland is distinct from the Republic of Ireland and follows specific Windsor Framework arrangements.