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No coffee beans grow in Switzerland. Yet the country is the world’s second-largest exporter of coffee. How is that possible?
Switzerland imports large quantities of green coffee beans and roasts them domestically. This process constitutes a “substantial transformation” of the product. Under international trade law, the coffee can therefore be classified as Swiss.
But the coffee business also has a darker side. Historically, it is closely tied to colonialism. While Switzerland never had colonies of its own, Swiss entrepreneurs were involved in plantations, trade networks and the transport of enslaved people.
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How did a small country with no domestic coffee cultivation become the world’s second‑largest coffee exporter?
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