The Swiss government has increased quotas for the purchase of potatoes

Published 2024년 8월 26일

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Due to poor potato harvest forecasts due to wet weather and late blight infection, the Swiss government has increased potato import quotas by 15,000 tons. The Federal Department of Agriculture has also permitted the import of an additional 15,000 tons of processed potatoes from September 1 within the tariff quota, a decision valid until the end of the year. However, Swisspatat director Christian Bucher suggests that this may not be enough to meet demand. The final results of the year's harvest are pending.

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Due to the poor forecast of the potato harvest, the Swiss government increased the quotas for potato imports by 15,000 tons. This is reported by SwissInfo.ch. "It was difficult to grow potatoes this spring because of the wet and wet weather," said Swisspatat director Christian Bucher. According to him, there was a "very serious infection" with late blight. At the request of Swisspatat, the Federal Department of Agriculture allowed the import of another 15,000 tons of processed potatoes within the tariff quota from September 1. This increase is valid until the end of the year. That ...

Source: Agrotimes