Given its own, world-famous production of hundreds of types of cheeses including Gruyere and Emmentaler why does Switzerland import increasing amounts of this product? There are several reasons to explain this phenomenon. At the root of it lies simple economics: the number of Swiss dairy farms has shrunk significantly due to the rising price of milk, which no longer covers production costs.
This has become clear in 2021, when a dairy in eastern Switzerland wanted to import milk from Germany for their cheese. This had caused outrage among Swiss diary farmers and the move was ultimately nixed.
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