Switzerland to become a net importer of cheese this year for the first time

BERLIN –

Switzerland will import extra cheese than it exports this yr for the primary time, in keeping with the pinnacle of the nation’s dairy affiliation.

The opening up of the Swiss milk market has put a squeeze on home producers in recent times, prompting some to surrender, Boris Beuret informed Geneva-based newspaper Le Temps in an interview printed Saturday.

Beuret stated measures have to be taken to make sure Switzerland — well-known worldwide for high-quality cheese varieties equivalent to Gruyere and Emmentaler — can proceed to provide for its personal inhabitants.

“If not, then we will end up importing (cheese), which would be absurd economically, socially and ecologically,” he was quoted as saying.