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In 2023, Germany emerged as a significant player in the European Union's honey market, importing notable quantities from Ukraine, Argentina, and Mexico, while honey imports from China ranked sixth. EU imports totaled 163,700 tons, with China contributing 37%, followed by Ukraine (28%) and Argentina (12%). Germany's imports from these countries accounted for a substantial portion of their overall honey production. Additionally, Ukraine's Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food, Olha Trofimtseva, emphasized the potential of beekeeping as an industry with gender equality and veteran participation, underscoring the quality of Ukrainian honey. Germany, responsible for 25% of the EU's honey imports, faces questions about honey origin and quality, especially from third countries like Ukraine, Argentina, and Mexico, as it covers half of its honey consumption through imports.
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According to Eurostat, last year the EU imported 163,700 tons of honey from third countries. This was reported in at. Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine in 2019 Olga Trofimtseva. It is noted that about 60,200 tons or 37% of EU imports came from China. Next comes Ukraine with 45.8 thousand tons of honey and 28% of EU imports. Third place is occupied by Argentina with 12% and 20,400 tons of imports. She specified that in 2023, Germany imported about 13,084 tons of honey from Ukraine, 9,091.2 tons from Argentina, and 7,784.3 tons from Mexico. China is only the sixth importing country. In particular, last year, 3133.8 tons of honey arrived from China to Germany. She believes that Ukraine is able to compete in the honey market and prove that we supply high-quality and genuine honey. After all, beekeeping is one of the industries with great prospects, including from the point of view of attracting women and veterans to this industry. Germany accounted for a quarter of all ...
Source: Agropolit
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