KYIV, April 25 – Ukraine reduced honey exports by 27%, to 49,500 metric tons and lost positions in the global rating list of honey exporters, national consultant to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Ann Burka said.

"The last 2018 year can be called a watershed year for the Ukrainian honey market. In fact, until last year, the industry, which showed annual growth in honey exports, faced a series of challenges in 2018. The search for solutions to some of them continues to this day. On one side, vast amounts of killed bees, affecting all regions, and on the other side, price battles that unfolded in the second half of the year, which "contributed" to a 27% reduction in honey exports from Ukraine and led to a loss of market share in several European countries and the United States," she wrote on her page in the Facebook social network.