Swiss government scrambles to deal with egg shortage
Select your language
Generated with artificial intelligence.
Listening:
Swiss government scrambles to deal with egg shortage
From September 1, more eggs intended for consumption may be imported into Switzerland. In allowing this, the government wants to secure the supply of eggs for consumers for the coming months.
+Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox
The economics ministry wrote in a press release on Wednesday that the import quota would be increased in order to ensure a market-oriented supply of eggs for consumption in Switzerland over the coming months. The government is thus responding to a request from the egg sector.
Specifically, the partial tariff quota for the import of table eggs is to be increased by 7,500 tonnes to 24,928 tonnes. According to the press release, this includes a reserve. The increase in the partial tariff quota is limited to the end of the year.
In the pandemic years 2020 and 2021, changes in consumption habits led to an exceptionally high demand for eggs.
+ Cooped-up Swiss consume record number of eggs
Demand remains high, the government said. Although domestic egg production has increased by around 35% over the past ten years, additional imports are needed to meet demand, especially in periods of high consumption before Easter and Christmas.
In 2022, the Swiss consumed 186 eggs per capita. Although this is nine eggs fewer than in the previous year, it is still two more than in 2019.
Translated from German by DeepL/ts
This news story has been written and carefully fact-checked by an external editorial team. At SWI swissinfo.ch we select the most relevant news for an international audience and use automatic translation tools such as DeepL to translate it into English. Providing you with automatically translated news gives us the time to write more in-depth articles.
If you want to know more about how we work, have a look here, if you want to learn more about how we use technology, click here, and if you have feedback on this news story please write to english@swissinfo.ch.
More
A Geneva-based global health foundation came close to ‘collapse’. Where were regulators?
More
Switzerland and France ‘have shaped each other profoundly’
More
Will Switzerland finally do away with imputed rental-value tax on homeowners?
More
The Brics and Switzerland: aspirations and reality
More
In Switzerland four out of ten people have a migrant background – who are they?
In compliance with the JTI standards
More: SWI swissinfo.ch certified by the Journalism Trust Initiative
You can find an overview of ongoing debates with our journalists here . Please join us!
If you want to start a conversation about a topic raised in this article or want to report factual errors, email us at english@swissinfo.ch.