Bulgaria and Romania demand the introduction of protective measures against the import of honey from Ukraine

The Minister of Agriculture and Food of this country Giorgi Takhov appealed to the European Commission to take protective measures regarding the import of honey from Ukraine to Bulgaria at the meeting of the EU Council on Agriculture and Fisheries, his request was supported by the representative of Romania, the Ministry of Agriculture of Bulgaria reported. According to Takhov, the import of Ukrainian honey complicates the sale of local products. The fact is that significant volumes of Ukrainian honey, which enter the European market at very low prices, exert great pressure on the prices of Bulgarian honey. "In addition to the many problems facing the industry, over the past 3 years it has also faced competition from imports from Ukraine. The volume of honey imported from Ukraine to our country from January to October 2024 increased by more than 30% compared to the same period during the period of last year," Takhov emphasized and added that the high level of imports from Ukraine ...