Romanian beekeepers appeal to the EU for help, problems with selling honey

Published Sep 4, 2023

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The Romanian Beekeepers' Association is calling on the EU to save European honey producers, as native apiary owners are struggling to compete with cheap imported honey, mainly from China and Ukraine. Despite low quality and often adulterated composition, imported honey floods the European market, with up to half of it being counterfeit. The association is urging Brussels to enforce existing laws and implement solutions to protect European beekeepers and consumers.

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The Romanian Beekeepers' Association has called on Brussels to act and save European honey producers, reports the European portal Euraktiv. Romania is the EU's second largest honey producer after Spain, but native apiary owners are no longer able to compete with dumped imported honey. After joining the EU, the number of bee colonies in Romania increased from 1 million to over 2.3 million, which placed the country in second place in Europe after Spain, reminds Euraktiv. Honey production increased from 16,000. tons in 2007 to almost 30 thousand tons last year. Romanian beekeepers, however, have more and more problems with its sale. Honey at the price of sugar According to Agerpres Răzvan Coman, a representative of the Romanian Beekeepers' Association, most of the honey harvested in 2022 it's still in storage because there's no one to sell it to. The reason is the dumping prices of products imported to the EU - mainly from China and Ukraine. "Honey arriving at the port of Hamburg ...

Source: Farmer.pl