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Switzerland: Meat supply increased again in 2025

In 2025, the total meat supply in Switzerland amounted to 469,408 tons, representing an increase of 3.5% compared to the previous year (+2.5% per capita), according to Proviande. While domestic production declined slightly overall, imports increased significantly. As a result, the domestic share of the total supply fell to 77.3% (previous year: 79.6%).

Posted on Mar 23 ,00:25

The supply of beef saw a particularly strong increase (+6.2%). Poultry (+5.0%) was also once again strongly represented in the supply, thus confirming its upward trend of recent years. Pork saw a moderate increase of 2.0% in supply.

Beef and poultry meat are gaining in price, pork remains stable.

The meat supply in Switzerland shows clear trends:

• Beef : Supply increased by 6.2% to 105,954 tons. Domestic production remained almost identical to the previous year, meaning the increased supply had to be met through additional imports (+22.6%).
• Veal : A significant decline in domestic production (-8.1%) with almost no imports resulted in a decrease in supply of 6.2% to a total of 17,751 tons.
• Pork : While domestic production remained at the previous year's level (+0.8%), imports increased by 15.8% to 16,237 tons, thereby increasing the total supply by 2.0% to a total of 177,768 tons.
• Poultry : With a 5.0% increase in supply to a total of 151,756 tons, the long-term growth trend for poultry meat continued. Both domestic production (+2.0%) and imports (+10.9%) increased.
• Sheep and lamb meat : Supply increased by 5.1% to a total of 9,368 tons, with a declining domestic share (-3.8%).
• Horse meat : Both domestic production (-3.9%) and imports (-6.6%) declined, resulting in an overall decrease in supply of 6.5%.
• Game : The total supply decreased by 0.6% to 3,860 tons.

Increasing per capita supply

The latest figures confirm once again that the per capita meat supply in Switzerland has remained stable over the past few years. In 2025, the Swiss population grew by just under 1%, while the total per capita supply increased by around 2.5%. Thus, the per capita supply increased in 2025, following the increase in 2024.

Stagnant domestic share due to regulatory hurdles

Last year's market situation, with only a minimal increase in domestic production (+0.5%) and significantly higher imports (+13.8%), means that an increasing share of the added value is being shifted abroad and is thus lost to the domestic meat industry. The goal of Swiss meat market players remains to ensure that meat production and processing are carried out in Switzerland in line with demand and wherever possible. The obstructionist policies against market-compliant domestic production, as exemplified by the construction of new poultry houses, lead to losses in income and added value for the Swiss agricultural and meat sectors. This must be countered as a matter of utmost importance in the further development of agricultural policy.

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