# Afghanistan to Switzerland HS 902190 new corridor signal

This page reviews a reported new-corridor signal for appliances: worn, carried or implanted in the body, to compensate for a defect or disability. It separates reported trade observations from calculated indicators and access context.

## Signal summary

- Signal type: New corridor
- Signal strength: 62/100
- Reported period: 2024
- Buyer market imports: $472.9M
- Buyer market growth: +1.1%
- Current exporter share: 0.0%
- Share gap: 46.7%

## What the signal means

The signal points to a newly observed exporter-to-buyer relationship in the available reporting. It is a prompt for market research, not a forecast, order, or guarantee of commercial access. Compare demand, suppliers, access, and route history together before acting.

## Market opportunity

- Latest buyer imports: $472.9M
- Three-year buyer-import projection: $616.6M
- Supplier countries observed: 75
- Average buyer imports: $310.0M
- Historical buyer-import peak: $535.9M
- Full-history buyer-import CAGR: +9.2%
- Latest buyer-import annual change: +1.1%

## Competition landscape

- Top supplier: USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands
- Top supplier share: 46.7%
- Market concentration: 2,582
- Exporter share: 0.0%
- Share gap to peer benchmark: 46.7%

## Access profile

- Applied tariff: Not reported
- MFN tariff: Not reported
- Preferential tariff: Not reported
- Approximate distance: 5,247 km
- Trade agreement: Not reported
- Business entry time: 10 days
- Shared spoken language score: 0

## Buyer economy

- GDP per person: $93.5K
- GDP per-person growth: +4.6%
- Population: 8,698k
- GDP: $812.9B
- GDP five-year CAGR: Not reported
- Investment rate: 25.3%
- Savings rate: 34.5%

## Product-level history

| Year | Product exports | Year-on-year |
| ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2024 | $1.2K | +0.0% |

## Broader route context

Broader Afghanistan to Switzerland route exports provide route context only; they are not presented as HS 902190 product-level trade.

| Year | Route exports | Year-on-year |
| ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1995 | $1.6M | +0.0% |
| 1996 | $1.6M | -0.8% |
| 1997 | $1.0M | -32.5% |
| 1998 | $926.4K | -11.5% |
| 1999 | $413.5K | -55.4% |
| 2000 | $237.8K | -42.5% |
| 2001 | $494.2K | +107.9% |
| 2002 | $189.8K | -61.6% |
| 2003 | $697.7K | +267.6% |
| 2004 | $155.7K | -77.7% |
| 2005 | $12.8M | +8113.6% |
| 2006 | $347.7K | -97.3% |
| 2007 | $298.3K | -14.2% |
| 2008 | $149.9K | -49.7% |
| 2009 | $59.1K | -60.6% |
| 2010 | $580.5K | +882.0% |
| 2011 | $112.1K | -80.7% |
| 2012 | $1.1M | +880.9% |
| 2013 | $2.8M | +150.5% |
| 2014 | $111.5K | -95.9% |
| 2015 | $453.3K | +306.5% |
| 2016 | $15.9M | +3403.5% |
| 2017 | $1.6M | -90.0% |
| 2018 | $4.3M | +174.7% |
| 2019 | $1.6M | -63.0% |
| 2020 | $661.2K | -58.9% |
| 2021 | $3.2M | +385.3% |
| 2022 | $1.2M | -62.6% |
| 2023 | $1.1M | -5.7% |
| 2024 | $6.4M | +461.9% |

## Related new-corridor signals

| Exporter to buyer | Product | Signal type | Buyer imports | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | ---: | --- |
| Afghanistan to GBR | HS 271019 | New corridor | $20.4B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/afg-gbr-271019) |
| Afghanistan to China, Hong Kong SAR | HS 711319 | New corridor | $17.0B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/afg-hkg-711319) |
| Afghanistan to ARE | HS 841191 | New corridor | $12.3B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/afg-are-841191) |
| Afghanistan to France | HS 870322 | New corridor | $8.9B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/afg-fra-870322) |
| Afghanistan to France | HS 870380 | New corridor | $7.5B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/afg-fra-870380) |
| Afghanistan to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | HS 842139 | New corridor | $6.1B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/afg-usa-842139) |
| Afghanistan to GBR | HS 300215 | New corridor | $5.7B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/afg-gbr-300215) |
| Afghanistan to Poland | HS 271019 | New corridor | $5.6B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/afg-pol-271019) |

## Frequently asked questions

### What does a new corridor signal mean?

It identifies an exporter, buyer market, and HS6 combination included in the available new-corridor signal set for 2024. It is a research prompt, not a guarantee of demand or sales.

### Is the market opportunity reported trade?

Reported buyer imports and exporter share are observations. Any projection or share-gap measure is calculated from the available data and should not be treated as an order or forecast.

### What should exporters check next?

Validate product fit, buyers, tariffs, standards, logistics, pricing, competition, and the depth of product-level history before pursuing the route.

## Method

The signal is a calculated research indicator based on available reported trade observations. It is not a confirmed order, sales forecast, or guarantee of market entry. Validate buyers, tariffs, standards, logistics, pricing, and competition before acting.

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-09-02). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

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