After Finishing The Mask, Germany Cut The Gloves Ordered By Switzerland From China.

According to the Swiss media, glove containers were not even accepted in Germany, but they were still confiscated by Germany.

Following last week's media exposure, German Customs blocked a number of masks from Switzerland. This week, Germany seized another batch of gloves that should be shipped to Switzerland.

According to the daily guide of Switzerland in March 11th, the German Hamburg Customs seized at least one cargo container ordered by Swiss importers from China, which contained surgical gloves produced in Asia.

It is reported that the destination of the transportation is Switzerland, which is in transit in Germany. A source said the container was withheld from the duty free warehouse in Hamburg, which means that the container had not even entered Germany, but it was still confiscated by the German authorities.

It is for this reason that the incident is much more serious than Germany's last week's interception of a Swiss truck with medical masks, the Swiss Daily commentary commented.

At present, the German Federal Ministry of economic affairs has not yet commented on the Hamburg customs seizure of containers. According to Swiss media reports, the Swiss Minister of economics personally spoke with the German Federal Minister of economy to discuss the seizure of containers.

On the evening of October, a German customs official said that the container had been released and that the seizure was just an oversight.

This afternoon, German Chancellor Merkel held a press conference to respond to the German seizure of Swiss medical supplies. Merkel said Germany had restricted the export of related materials, but that does not mean that everything is no longer exported. "We need to be clear that things are handled by the right people and take place at the right place."

According to the new Zurich daily, the German Customs had blocked a number of protective masks imported from Switzerland on 8 June. German Customs has banned a truck equipped with about 240 thousand sanitary masks and other materials from Germany to Switzerland last week. To this end, the Swiss side urgently summoned the German ambassador to protest, demanding the German side to release immediately.

Prior to that, the German Federal Ministry of economic affairs banned the export of all kinds of medical protective materials, including goggles, protective masks, protective clothing and gloves, to foreign countries in March 4th. This decision is particularly severe for Switzerland because almost all medical protective materials in Switzerland depend on imports.

Moreover, France has also stopped exports of certain commodities. French President Mucklow announced in March 3rd that France was requisitioned all inventories and newly produced protective masks, so that hospitals in Switzerland were also directly affected by the French embargo.