Spain imports more honey of doubtful quality than ever

Published 2024년 7월 16일

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In the first four months of 2024, Spain has seen a significant increase in the import of low-cost honey, with a total of 13,653 tons acquired, marking the highest first quarter of honey imports on record. The main suppliers were China, Portugal, Argentina, Ukraine, and Germany. There has been a noticeable trend of Chinese honey being triangulated to Spain via Portugal. Meanwhile, the honey harvest in Spain has been uneven due to drought and other weather conditions, with some regions experiencing as little as 25-30% of a normal harvest. The spring honey harvest has mostly recovered, but the impact of the drought remains severe in regions like the Region of Murcia and the Valencian Community, with the orange blossom harvest being particularly affected.

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During the first four months of 2024, Spain has imported more low-cost honey than ever. The latest report prepared by the technical services of the COAG beekeeping sector confirms this: between January and April 2024, Spanish operators acquired a total of 13,653 tons of honey (2,153 tons more than in the same quarter of 2023). We are facing the highest first quarter of imports of low-priced honey in recent years, as reflected in the historical data, and yet the packaging industries tell us that there are hardly any operations with Spanish milflores honey per year. lower demand. The data kills the story of the commercial operators, stated Pedro Loscertales, head of the beekeeping sector at COAG. The main conclusions of the analysis: China slightly overtakes Portugal as the main supplier country for Spanish industry. Our industry bought a total of 3,164 tons of honey from Chinese operators (232% of total imports), during the first four months of the year, at an average price of 113 ...

Source: InfoAgro