ZURICH, June 7 (Reuters) - Swiss companies invested $27

billion in the United States between January and April, as

Switzerland moves to fulfil a pledge to sharply increase

investment following a tariff agreement with Washington, NZZ am

Sonntag reported.

The figure was contained in an internal email from the

Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce to its members seen by the

newspaper, it said.

-- Switzerland and the U.S. said on November 14 that Swiss

companies would invest $200 billion in the U.S. over the next

five years. The pledge formed part of a preliminary agreement

under which U.S. President Donald Trump reduced punitive tariffs

on Swiss goods to 15% from 39%, after imposing the higher rate

at the beginning of August.

-- The investors include Novartis which has announced two

U.S. projects, including a biomedical research centre in San

Diego and a cancer-drug production facility in Texas, while

Roche is expanding output in North Carolina. Medical technology

company Ypsomed is building a new factory in the state.

-- Other investments include shipping group MSC's new North

American headquarters in Miami. The newspaper said this also

covers spending on cruise and logistics operations.

-- Industrial companies including machine tool maker Pfiffner

Group and electronics firm Elma are expanding U.S. production

capacity.

-- "We are model students and we fulfil our promises," Swiss

Amcham Chief Executive Rahul Sahgal was quoted as saying.

-- Washington this week announced new tariffs against

countries it says are not doing enough to combat forced labour.

-- The U.S. plans a 12.5% tariff on Swiss goods under that

measure, compared with 10% for EU goods, the newspaper said.