Switzerland cheese export quantities and HS Codes
The amount of cheese sold by Switzerland in 2020 was 72,321 metric tons. In 2019 Switzerland sold 71,291 tonnes of cheese. For 2019 alone, the demand for Switzerland cheese (processed category) has improved, flactuating by 4.33 pc compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, cheese's exports increased by 5.95% earning the nation US$644.36m for the year 2019. Switzerland's cheese exports are categorised as:
- Processed cheese, not grated or powdered (HS code 040630)
- Cheese (excluding fresh cheese, incl. whey cheese, curd, processed cheese, blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "Penicillium roqueforti", and grated or powdered cheese) (HS code 040690)
- Blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "Penicillium roqueforti" (HS code 040640)
- Grated or powdered cheese, of all kinds (HS code 040620)
- Fresh cheese "unripened or uncured cheese", incl. whey cheese, and curd (HS code 040610)
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Switzerland cheese export values
In 2019, Switzerland sold cheese worth 644.36m USD, an improvement of 1.33% from 2018's total cheese export of 635.891m USD. The yearly increase in value of Switzerland cheese between 2017 to 2018 was 4.175%.
The annual/yearly change in the quantity of Switzerland's cheese exports between 2017 and 2019 was 5.95 pc compared to a variation of 4.33% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Switzerland cheese ( in '000$ )
Switzerland's leading export markets for cheese are Italy, Saudi Arabia, Norway, the Netherlands and Israel.
Switzerland imported 64,128 tonnes of cheese in 2019.
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