date:Aug 18, 2014
ity is providing local producers with an edge in selling Gruyere and Emmental to 142.5 million Russians. Swiss producers shipped 431 metric tons of cheese to Russia last year, according to the Swiss Customs Administration, just a fraction of the almost 63,000 tons exported globally.
Russian Imports
If the embargo remains, its possible well export more cheese to Russia, Jacques Bourgeois, director of the Swiss Farmers Union, said by phone, adding that Gruyere is among the Swiss cheeses with mos