{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DefinedTerm","name":"Salt monopoly (Salzregal)","description":"An importer wants to bring table salt into Switzerland and discovers that a permit is required – the reason is the salt monopoly. The salt monopoly (Salzregal) is Switzerland's historic cantonal monopoly right over the extraction, production, and trade of salt, dating back to the Middle Ages and today exercised through cantonal salt authorities such as Schweizer Salinen AG. In the Swiss customs tariff TARES, the salt monopoly is reflected as a licensing requirement: anyone importing salt commerc","inDefinedTermSet":{"@type":"DefinedTermSet","name":"Frachtportal Logistics Glossary","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary"},"url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary/salt-monopoly-salzregal","inLanguage":"en","dateModified":"2026-08-11T11:07:50.743347","citation":"Frachtportal News: \"Schweizer Zolltarif: TARES wird laufend angepasst – 2028 kommt der grosse Umbau\"","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/glossary/en/salt-monopoly-salzregal","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Salt monopoly (Salzregal) · An importer wants to bring table salt into Switzerland and discovers that a permit is required – the reason is the salt monopoly. · Quelle: Frachtportal News: \"Schweizer Zolltarif: TARES wird laufend angepasst – 2028 kommt der grosse Umbau\""}