Butter tariff quota up in Switzerland

The Federal Office for Agriculture (BLW) in Switzerland is increasing the butter tariff quota for the fourth time in 2022, as the milk industry organization BO Milch has submitted an application for this.  

With the additional import volume of 1,000 tons of butter, domestic demand should be covered until the end of the year. 

According to industry estimates, the domestic supply of butter will not be sufficient this year either. Since a large part of Swiss milk is processed into cheese, there is not enough left over for butter production. In addition, total milk production is lower than expected.  

The milk sector organisation wrote in its application that the situation in the milk market is difficult to assess for the coming months. 

So far, the BLW has released 5,100 tons of butter for import in the quota for 2022.  

On average, the demand in Switzerland is over 40,000 tonnes of butter per year. The import share is thus around 13% this year. 

 

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