Switzerland has set new, mostly lower import duties on 130 tariff lines of feed cereals, pulses, feed flours and coarse grains for food from 1 October 2026.<\/p>\n
Switzerland’s Federal Office for Agriculture (BLW) has set new, mostly lower import duties on 130 tariff lines of feed grains, pulses, cereal products and coarse grains for food, in force from 1 October 20261<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n The change comes in an amendment to the Agricultural Import Ordinance, published in the official collection of federal law as AS 2026 4931<\/a><\/sup>. It replaces Annex 2 of the ordinance, the list of duties for seed grain, animal feed, oilseeds and coarse grains for food1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n In short, a shipment of feed barley, feed maize, feed oats or feed peas that clears Swiss customs from 1 October pays less duty per 100 kg than it did in September. Barley, oats and maize imported for food inside the tariff quota also pay less.<\/p>\n The amendment gives Annex 2 a new text1<\/a><\/sup>. The annex lists each tariff line with a duty in Swiss francs per 100 kg gross weight<\/strong>, which means the weight of the goods with their packing1<\/a><\/sup>. A star marks each rate that is newly set1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n By count of the stars in the annex, 130 tariff lines carry a new rate. The other lines keep the rate they had before. The BLW signed the amendment on Sept. 21, 2026, and it took effect on Oct. 1, 2026<\/strong>1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n The rates in Annex 2 can differ from the general Swiss customs tariff1<\/a><\/sup>. For the goods it lists, the annex sets the duty that customs charges.<\/p>\n The new rates cover four broad groups of farm goods:<\/p>\n The annex also sets new rates on some products from chapter 23 of the tariff, the chapter for residues and prepared animal feed1<\/a><\/sup>. These include bran-type residues (lines 2302.1010 to 2302.4091) and some prepared feeds (lines 2309.9011 to 2309.9089)1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n Most oilseed lines in chapter 12, such as soybeans, rapeseed and sunflower seed, carry no star1<\/a><\/sup>. Their duties stay where they were.<\/p>\n The BLW publishes a table of import charges for feed, oilseeds and grain each month. Its September table shows the rates in force on Sept. 1, 20262<\/a><\/sup>. Comparing it with the new annex shows the size of each cut. In this article, every September rate comes from that table, and every October rate from the annex.<\/p>\n For feed barley<\/strong> (line 1003.9059), the duty falls from 9 francs to 6 francs per 100 kg<\/strong>1<\/a><\/sup>. For feed oats (line 1004.9039) it falls from 4 francs to 1 franc2<\/a><\/sup>. The new annex sets 1.00 franc for that line1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n For feed maize (line 1005.9039), the duty falls from 4 francs to 2 francs per 100 kg1<\/a><\/sup>. For feed wheat (lines 1001.1939 and 1001.9939) and feed rye (line 1002.9039), it falls from 10 francs to 7 francs2<\/a><\/sup>. The annex confirms 7.00 francs for each of these lines1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n Feed rice drops to zero. The four rice lines for feed that contain no other grain (1006.1029, 1006.2029, 1006.3029 and 1006.4029) paid 1 franc in September2<\/a><\/sup>. They are now duty-free<\/strong>, at 0.00 francs1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n Grain mixes for feed that contain other cereals, marked "G" in the BLW table, paid 10 francs per 100 kg in September2<\/a><\/sup>. These lines now pay 9 francs1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n Switzerland lets a fixed amount of coarse grain for food in at a low duty. This is a tariff quota<\/strong>, a set volume that enters at a lower rate before a higher rate applies. For coarse grains for food it is quota No. 282<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\nWhat did the BLW change on 1 October?<\/h2>\n
Which goods get lower duties?<\/h2>\n
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How much lower are the feed grain duties?<\/h2>\n
Feed grain duty from 1 October, francs per 100 kg<\/h4>\n
What happens to the three coarse grains for food?<\/h2>\n
In-quota duty on grains for food, francs per 100 kg<\/h4>\n