MPI: Honey exports surging

“The volume of honey exports surged from February 2020, with export volumes for the six-month period from January to June 2020 reaching 5,700 tonnes, up 49 percent on the same six-month period in 2019,” Damien O’Connor said.
He said monofloral mānuka was attracting the best prices.

Honey Exporters Busy Meeting Surging Demand | Scoop News

Overseas consumers eager for natural products in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic have helped boost honey export revenue by 20 percent to $425 million in the year to June 30, 2020, Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor says.

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I wonder why the article written this week is using figures from around the time the global lockdown started?

 

[southbee]

Way above my pay grade to answer that, but shouldn't we see the honey price go up with it?

 

[Sailabee]

Way above my pay grade to answer that, but shouldn't we see the honey price go up with it?

Possibly not because of the well documented stockpiles in every shed, and so many very pushed beeks out there because of the stockpile.

 

[Gordie]

Article in this weeks Farmers Weekly.....The True Honey Company of Dannevirke has 230g jars of manuka honey selling in Harrods London for just under $5000 when converted to NZ dollars.

 

[yesbut]

 

[Trevor Gillbanks]

Love the wooden lid.

 

[James]

Hilarious.

 

[yesbut]

What a screwed up world. As if we didn't know...