Bulgaria and Romania want to protect themselves from the import of honey from Ukraine

Published 2024년 11월 19일

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Bulgaria's Minister of Agriculture, Giorgii Takhov, has appealed to the European Commission for protective measures against the import of honey from Ukraine, citing a threat to the sales of local honey. He highlighted that Ukrainian honey enters the European market at low prices, negatively impacting the price of Bulgarian honey and putting local producers in a difficult position. The volume of honey imported from Ukraine to Bulgaria has increased by over 30% in the first ten months of 2024 compared to the previous year. The Minister of Agriculture of Hungary, Istvan Nagy, backed this appeal, emphasizing the need to address the issue of fake honey in the EU market and to provide compensation for competitive disadvantages.

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The Minister of Agriculture and Food of this country Giorgii 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. This was reported by the Ministry of Agriculture of Bulgaria, Interfax-Ukraine reports. 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 three 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 the period of last year," Takhov emphasized and added that the ...

Source: Epravda