Guatemalan honey merchants call for organic honey certification in hopes of expanding market

According to statistics from the Guatemalan Exporters Association (Agexport), in 2023, the export value of honey products reached 3.3 million US dollars, and was sold to Europe, Central America and the Caribbean, Asia and North America. Jacobo Peters, a representative of the market intelligence department of Agexport, said that when exporting organic honey to large markets such as the United States and Europe, certain regulations are needed to ensure product quality and processing, and organic honey certification is one of the methods. Peters mentioned that Guatemala exports about 1 million kilograms of honey each year, of which 400,000 kilograms are sold to the German market and 190,000 kilograms are sold to the Swiss market, which means that most of the honey is exported to Europe. Europeans are very keen to consume healthy products, which is an opportunity for the sale of organic honey. Karla Pineda de Paz Paz, a beekeeper and owner of the honey company "Comvenser", has been ...