Freight forwarder Switzerland: transport from Germany to Switzerland & back

Logisticoo runs daily services into Switzerland — with a fixed-price quote within 30 minutes, in-house customs handling and transit times of 24 to 48 hours. Germany is by far Switzerland's largest trading partner; pharmaceuticals from Basel, machinery, precision engineering and consumer goods shuttle across the Rhine in both directions. What makes Switzerland special: it is a third country in the middle of Europe. Every shipment needs an export declaration, import clearance — the Swiss customs administration is migrating from e-dec to the new Passar system — and properly prepared preference documentation, because under the 1972 free trade agreement goods of EU origin are duty-free with an EUR.1 or origin declaration. Our dispatch team pre-notifies customs clearance before arrival so the truck doesn't sit at Weil am Rhein or Thayngen. You also need to budget for the LSVA as a noticeable cost factor and for Switzerland's night and Sunday driving bans, which dictate route planning. From Stuttgart it is only 220 kilometres to Zurich — properly scheduled, Switzerland is therefore a 24-hour market despite the customs border. Well-drilled clearance partners at the major crossings and standing powers of attorney speed up processing; for regular flows we set up a customs process for you that becomes routine from the second shipment onward.

Routes & corridors

The main crossings are Weil am Rhein/Basel on the A5, Thayngen/Schaffhausen from Stuttgart (A81) and Konstanz/Kreuzlingen for eastern Switzerland. Stuttgart–Zurich is around 220 km, Frankfurt–Basel 320 km — daily services with pre-notified customs clearance to avoid waiting times at the Rhine crossing.

Customs clearance

Switzerland is a third country: you need an ATLAS export declaration plus Swiss import clearance, which is progressively migrating from the e-dec system to Passar; transit runs as T1/T2 in NCTS. Under the 1972 free trade agreement, goods of EU origin are duty-free with an EUR.1 or origin declaration; the LSVA (distance-based heavy vehicle charge) must be factored in.