THE INTERNATIONAL HONEY TRADE OF ROMANIA

Abstract

Increasing consumer preferences for honey products stimulates the expansion of the range and variety of food honey. Moreover, honey contains antioxidants, minerals, vitamins and proteins, that features an attractive ingredient argue that compared to artificial sweeteners. Europe and Asia-Pacific (including Japan) dominates the global market of honey. This market is faced at present with great difficulties related to the mass loss of bee colonies (CCD-Collony Collapse Disorder), caused by various factors, such as stress, and disease. Thus, as of 2007, the global market for honey has been a shortage of supply, which is determined by achieving very low production in major producing regions, caused by long arid summer in Eastern Europe, a prolonged drought in Australia and the USA, CCD was initiated amid unprecedented growth in consumer demand in China and India.
Romania ranks in the top 10 leading exporters with a share of 2.7% in total world exports. Honey exports of Romania stood at about 30 million. Euros, representing a quantity of 11 thousand tons.