August 29, 2022

According to data provided on the 19th of August by Eurostat, Portugal was the fifth member of the European Union (EU) to import the most honey from outside the EU in 2021, only behind Germany, Poland, Belgium, and Spain.

Data from the official European statistics office, released on the eve of World Bee Day, which falls on August 20, reveals that in the previous year, EU member states imported 173,400 tons of natural honey from non-EU countries, valued at a total of 405.9 million euros, and only exported 25,500 tons outside the EU, valued at a total of 146.6 million euros.

According to Eurostat, Poland came in second with 32,200 tons (19 percent of EU imports), Belgium came in third with 25,600 tons (15 percent), Spain came in eighth with 14,500 tons, and Portugal came in fourth with 7,100 tons (4 percent of EU honey imports last year), up from 6,300 tons in 2020 and 5,400 tons in 2019. Germany accounted for 30 percent of all non-EU honey imports in 2021, according to Eurostat.

According to statistical data, Ukraine accounted for 53,800 tons of honey imports from third countries last year, or 31% of the honey imported by EU member states. China came in second with 48,000 tons, or 28%, followed by Mexico with 15,500 tons, or 9%, Argentina with 14,400 tons, and Brazil with 7,900 tons (5 percent).

With 6,900 tons sold to non-EU nations in 2021, Spain was the member state with the largest exports, with Portugal exporting only roughly 180 tons.

Source: The Portugal News
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