Hungarian honey is flowing out of the country

Zsolt Feldman explained that two-thirds of the 15,000 to 30,000 tons of domestic honey production is exported to Western Europe, so a key issue for us is the existence of fair competition conditions on the EU market, the Ministry of Agriculture said in a statement. Hungarian beekeepers who export 10-20 thousand tons of honey annually compete with 160-190 thousand tons of imports from third countries outside of Europe. Extremely cheap counterfeit Asian products and Ukrainian honey are crowding out Hungarian honey from the export markets, thereby reducing domestic sales prices as well. The weakening of the European economy is felt in EU honey consumption, the demand for lower quality and cheaper honey mixtures has increased, which is not favorable for Hungarian honey. According to Zsolt Feldman, it is an important element that the National Hungarian Beekeeping Association (OMME) together with 14 organizations from 11 EU member states filed an anti-dumping complaint against honey ...