Ukraine set new honey export record

Ukraine exported a record volume of honey within 11 months of 2020, the expert on value chain and marketing at FAO Anna Burka informed on Facebook.

"With less than a month left until 2021, there is already a record of honey export! The shipment of honey from Ukraine during 11 months has reached an absolute record of 69.8 thou. t with a total value of USD 117.5 mln. The previous record was set in 2017, it reached 67.8 thou. t (USD 133.9 mln)," commented Anna Burka.

She noted that the EU countries' increased demand for Ukrainian honey is driven by:

• the uncertainty caused by COVID-19 global spread, resulting in active stocks formation for the entire 2020/21;
• low honey production in the EU, the drop is estimated at 40%, as a result of adverse weather conditions.

Earlier it was reported that as part of the experiment in 2019 in one of the production branches of MHP, pollination of sunflower by honey bees increased yield by 0.3-0.5 t/ha from the average.