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Retail meat sales decreased in Switzerland

Sales of meat and meat products in Switzerland (from the local production and imported) were down by 0.7% to 4.64 billion francs (3.96 billion euros) in 2017 compared to the previous year, while in volume they also fell by 0.7% to 221,468 tons, according to the data released by the Federal Office for Agriculture.

Posted on Mar 16 ,15:57

Retail meat sales decreased in Switzerland

Except for chicken and sausages, all categories of meat and meat products have reported a decline in turnover. For fresh pork and fresh veal, the declines were significant compared to the other products, down by 1.8% and 2.6% respectively.

According to the Federal Office for Agriculture, the decrease in veal sales was mainly due to the decline in sales of prime cuts such as fillet. Thus, the decline in sales is attributed to the decline in th Swiss veal production, which reported a slaughter volume down by 5.2% compared with 2016.

The only increases in sales were observed for chicken meat (+0.9%) and sausages (+0.8%).

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