Palm oil imports to Switzerland
In 2024, Switzerland imported aroung 14’400 tons of crude palm (kernel) oil and their fractions for the food industry.
After a steady decline in imported quantities in recent years, there was a slight increase again for the first time in 2024.
In 2024, the distribution of origins was as follows
- Solomon Islands 30.9 %
- Ivory Coast 30.7 %
- Malaysia 18.9 %
- Sierra Leone 5.6 %
- Madagascar 5.1 %
- Others 8.8 %
Suppliers & projects
Below we present some of our suppliers from the three most important countries of origin:
Sustainability certification
In 2024, 100% of imports were again certified as physically segregated flows of goods in accordance with the globally recognised RSPO standard.
In addition to RSPO, around 11.9% were certified according to the Bio Suisse standard for sustainably produced palm oil in 2024.
This means that, as in previous years, we were able to fulfil our own declaration of intent!
Helping farmers become more resilient
Rurality – Eathworm’s farmer resilience programme – was launched in Ivory Coast with financial support from Nestlé and Pro Fair Trade. It is founded upon three pillars:
- Improvement of traceability, transparency in the supply chains and strengthening of relations betweenfarmers and other key players in the sector;
- Strengthening the resilience of farmers through improving productivity, food security, diversification ofincome sources and training and monitoring;
- Protection of the environment through the preservation of classified forests, soils and water sources, aswell as through the promotion of agroforestry.
Since the start of the Rurality programme in 2016 more than 4000 farms are geo-located (with GPS points) and 2 525 farmers applying best management practices on their oil palm and cocoa plantations. For more information see the annual report.
