Import and Export Services Between the UK and Switzerland
Secure transportation solutions for luxury goods, premium fashion, specialty metals, pharmaceuticals, and ADR cargo
Streamline your shipments between the UK and Switzerland!
Transport between the United Kingdom and Switzerland requires careful coordination of export documents, Swiss import formalities, transit procedures, tax matters, and final delivery. The requirements become stricter when shipments contain medicines, biological samples, chemicals, luxury goods, or high-value industrial equipment.
STAR Logistique coordinates temperature-controlled pharmaceutical transport,customs clearance, secure handling, and final delivery between the United Kingdom and Switzerland. Its teams manage transport planning for manufacturers, suppliers, distributors, importers, laboratories, retailers, and e-commerce businesses.
The company has operated since 1988 and handles:
- International transport and customs coordination
- Refrigerated and temperature-controlled logistics
- Secure transport for valuable and confidential goods
- Warehousing, cross-docking and order preparation
- ADR transport for chemicals and regulated materials
- Returns, repairs, and temporary imports
Secure transport
STAR Logistique organises discreet transport for high-value and confidential goods between the United Kingdom and Switzerland. Depending on the shipment, the plan may include direct transport, controlled access to cargo, confidential route planning, geolocation, and reduced handling.
Logistics and order fulfilment
Teams prepare e-commerce orders, label and pack goods, and ship them throughout Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Europe, and other destinations.
Warehousing
Our warehouses, located in Geneva, Switzerland, and in neighboring France, handle imports, exports, transshipments, order fulfillment, and distribution between the United Kingdom, Switzerland, and European markets.
Customs clearance
STAR Logistique coordinates customs procedures and related tax matters, including:
- Import and export declarations
- Commercial and pro forma invoices
- Customs duties and VAT
- Fiscal representation
- Transit procedures
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A coordinated route from collection to final delivery
A UK–Swiss shipment can include the following stages:
- Collection in the United Kingdom or Switzerland
- Shipment review, including the goods, value, classification, temperature range, route, and agreed Incoterm
- Export preparation, including commercial documents and UK export formalities
- Transport and transit, with secure handling or temperature monitoring where required
- Swiss import clearance, including declarations, duties, VAT, and fiscal representation when applicable
- Warehousing or cross-docking, if the shipment requires storage or order preparation
- Final delivery to a business, laboratory, warehouse, retail store, or other agreed consignee
This workflow helps manufacturers and importers coordinate transport documents, customs responsibilities, handling instructions, and delivery requirements through one logistics provider.
E-Commerce
We support e-commerce businesses operating between the United Kingdom and Switzerland, including those that require cold-chain management or express delivery. Speed, traceability, and reliability are at the heart of our commitment.
Luxury Goods
We provide secure international transportation of valuable items for the luxury sectors: fashion, leather goods, jewelry, watches, perfumes, and works of art. Confidentiality and security are guaranteed.
Sensitive Products
As specialists in temperature-controlled transportation, we connect the United Kingdom and Switzerland for the following sensitive sectors: pharmaceuticals, medical supplies, cosmetics, biotechnology, chemicals, and fine foods.
Dangerous Goods
Certified for the international transport of dangerous goods under the ADR, we serve high-risk sectors such as the pharmaceutical, chemical, automotive, and waste management industries.
Transportation planning by type of goods
📦Type of Goods
📋Typical Requirements
🛡️Protection and Transportation
🛃Customs Services
📦Industrial Parts and Precious Metals
📋Machinery, precision components, and high-value replacement parts requiring confidentiality and precise delivery times
🛡️Secure vehicles when necessary, controlled access, direct transport, and geolocation
🛃Goods descriptions, declarations of value, proofs of origin in accordance with applicable regulations, and import and export documents
📦Pharmaceutical products, vaccines, and samples
📋Specified temperature, documented transport conditions, and monitored delivery times
🛡️Temperature-controlled transport, monitoring, temperature logs, refrigerated storage, and transshipment
🛃Pharmaceutical documents as applicable, commercial invoices, product information, and customs clearance coordination
📦Medical and laboratory equipment
📋Sensitive equipment with agreed-upon installation, maintenance, or delivery dates
🛡️Direct transport, minimal handling, and careful handling of goods
🛃Shipping documents, classification of goods, and coordination with customs partners
📦Chemicals and ADR Goods
📋Product classification, appropriate packaging, and required accompanying documents
🛡️Organization in accordance with applicable requirements and verification of shipping information
🛃Information on dangerous goods, tariff classification, and required customs documents
📦Returns and Goods Intended for Repair
📋Temporary movements, warranty claims, maintenance, or repairs
🛡️Pickup from the customer or supplier and coordinated return arrangements
🛃Documents related to repair, processing, transformation, temporary importation, or re-export
Pharmaceutical, cold-chain, and laboratory logistics
STAR Logistique provides temperature-controlled pharmaceutical transport, and customs coordination between the United Kingdom and Switzerland. The service covers medicines, vaccines, biological samples, laboratory products, and other temperature-sensitive goods.
Temperature protocols apply throughout the supply chain. Depending on the product and customer requirements, the service may include:
- Temperature-controlled warehousing
- Refrigerated transport and cross-docking
- Continuous temperature monitoring
- Temperature records for the shipment
- WMS-supported inventory control
- Controlled transfers between consignor, carrier, and consignee
- Document verification and customs coordination
- Final delivery under the agreed handling conditions
Temperature-controlled transport can cover positive refrigerated ranges and products requiring conditions down to −20°C. The exact range is confirmed before collection according to the product specification.
Products handled may include:
- Medications, vaccines, and active pharmaceutical ingredients
- Biological and clinical samples
- Reagents and laboratory products
- Temperature-sensitive medical devices
- Cosmetics and biotechnologyproducts
- Research products and clinical-trial supplies
- Fresh, refrigerated, and frozen products
Further details are available on the refrigerated transport service and cold-chain logistics service.
Secure transport for luxury goods and industrial parts
High-value goods require protection during collection, temporary storage, customs clearance, and final delivery. STAR Logistique coordinates secure transport between the United Kingdom and Switzerland for:
- Jewellery, watches, and luxury accessories
- Works of art, precious metals, and other valuable goods
- Machined metal parts, machinery, and equipment
- Automotive and industrial components
- Critical spare parts
- Medical equipment and precision instruments
- Confidential components and prototypes
Depending on the shipment’s risk profile, the transport plan may include:
- Secure vehicles where required
- Confidential route planning
- Continuous geolocation
- Restricted-access cargo handling
- Personnel trained in risk management
- Direct transport with few or no transshipments
- Tailored insurance arrangements
E-commerce and retail distribution
E-commerce orders moving between the United Kingdom and Switzerland require order preparation, labelling, customs coordination, delivery tracking, and returns management. STAR Logistique can organise:
- Order picking and packing
- Labelling and shipment preparation
- Warehousing and cross-docking
- Customs documentation
- Delivery to businesses, retail stores, or agreed consignees
- Returns and repair flows
Luxury goods such as watches, jewellery, fashion items, perfumes, cosmetics, and works of art may require additional security controls throughout the fulfilment process.
A UK–Swiss route within a wider European network
STAR Logistique integrates UK–Swiss shipments into transport plans that include Switzerland, France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Spain, Luxembourg, and other European markets.
This allows companies to coordinate UK imports, Swiss distribution, European deliveries, and returns within one logistics plan.
FAQ about UK–Swiss transport
STAR Logistique coordinates secure transport, customs formalities, and final delivery for UK–Swiss shipments. Its services cover high-value goods, confidential industrial parts, luxury products, medical equipment, and other sensitive cargo.
The required information depends on the goods and the movement. Companies should provide the commercial or pro forma invoice, goods description, value, origin, tariff classification where available, transport details, consignee information, applicable licences or authorisations, and any temperature or dangerous-goods requirements.
Yes. The company coordinates one-off deliveries, regular transport routes, urgent shipments, critical spare parts, returns, repairs, warranty movements, and temporary imports. The customs procedure must match the purpose of the shipment.
The agreed Incoterm defines responsibilities for transport, customs, costs, and risk. The product’s value and classification affect declarations, duties, and required documents. Temperature requirements determine the handling, storage, monitoring, and transport conditions.
The company should confirm:
- Collection and delivery addresses
- Goods description and tariff classification
- Shipment value and country of origin
- Quantity, dimensions, and weight
- Required temperature range
- Dangerous-goods classification where applicable
- Delivery date and urgency
- Importer, exporter, and consignee details
- Agreed Incoterm
- Required customs, sanitary, or product documents
Plan a UK–Swiss shipment
STAR Logistique reviews the goods, route, delivery requirements, temperature conditions, security instructions, Incoterm, and customs formalities before arranging transport.