The strawberry harvest in Switzerland has reached a peak for the fourth year in a row, reports the Swiss website lid.ch. The Swiss production was able to maintain its position despite the large price differences between domestic and imported fruit.
In 2013 in Switzerland 14,173 tonnes of strawberries were sold in total (Swiss and imported strawberries). This makes the strawberries the best sold berry in the Swiss retail at a distance. Despite large price differences between Swiss strawberries and foreign strawberries the Swiss strawberry production was successful. Domestic strawberries cost 14.24 Swiss francs (11.73 Euro) per kg, imported strawberries cost 5.49 Swiss francs (4.52 Euro) per kg.