Ukrainian honey exports drop by 40%

"For the first nine months of 2018, [honey] exports decreased by 40% compared with the corresponding period last year and totaled 27,800 tonnes or $57.4 million," national consultant at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), market analyst Ann Burka posted on Facebook.

The beginning of the “active honey season”, which traditionally coincides with August-September, sees a significant decrease in Ukrainian honey export supplies to the foreign markets. At the end of September, Ukrainian honey exports decreased by 39% compared to the same month last year and totaled 5,700 tonnes. A similar situation was observed in the previous month.

In January-September 2018, the main importers of Ukrainian honey were Germany - $ 16.8 million (29% of total exports), Poland - $ 9.9 million (17%) and the United States - $ 6.9 million (12%).

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