The European Commission wants to increase honey imports from Ukraine duty-free

The European Commission, the government of the Union, has proposed to increase the amount of honey that the 27 member states import from Ukraine without tariffs. This purchase quota was activated to help Ukraine mitigate the effects of the war and is now set to be multiplied by 6: the EU would buy up to 35,000 tons of honey from Ukraine annually. This proposal has generated opposition within the beekeeping sector, which considers the measure unjustifiable given the current critical situation in beekeeping. Furthermore, it has been pointed out that honey from Ukraine often arrives with questionable quality and without effective border controls.