Export sales of confectionery products such as caramels, sugar-coated almonds and fruit jelly candy fell by 11% year-on-year in the first nine months of 2020, while domestic sales were down just under 10%. Exports of long-life bakery products such as biscuits and semi-finished goods meanwhile fell by 8.5%, while manufacturers' domestic sales were slightly higher than in 2019. The Covid-19 pandemic was only partially to blame for this, Biscosuisse said on Thursday. 'The combination of tariffs for processed agricultural raw materials and 'Swissness' regulations is increasingly proving to be an obstacle for Switzerland as a place of production,' it complained. To qualify as 'Swiss Made' or to bear the Swiss cross, products must fulfil two criteria: they have to be manufactured in Switzerland, and 80% of their ingredients or materials must be made in the country (as an exception, chocolate only has to be manufactured in Switzerland; cacao trees don't have to be grown in Swiss greenhouses).