subject: Exports Of Less-than-expected Drop Of Honey "sweet" [print this page] "This year, the cold case of bee products market conditions, with regard to the company, for example, about half of all domestic and foreign sales by half." Has a well-known bee product export enterprises concerned when you said in an interview. The official asked a reporter not to be named, on the grounds that currently his company as a whole bee industry is at a sensitive period, the release of information to the outside world very carefully. The source explained that the contemporary domestic and foreign markets mainly because of weak demand, as well as within the industry in the development process of the contradictions and problems in the financial crisis Jian Xian. "The market situation is not optimistic about the situation, the industry is very concerned about any sign of trouble."
The reporter learned from CFNA Bee Branch was informed that the first 5 months of China's major exports of honey bee products, like most commodities appear with the downward trend. ~ 3 months in which a touch of honey exports in recent years, low, year on year decline in the number 1 / 3 the amount of reduction of more than 18%; 4,5-month drop in narrowed, 1 May total export volume of China's honey fell 19%, the amount of reduction of 8%. "June's data also did not receive hands, honey is still not clearly determine whether the export market began to pick up." The branch official said.
"To the end of the financial crisis is spreading to the beginning of the real economy, we remain optimistic about the export of bee products, due to bee products are hobby products, we did expect the exports will not be greatly affected." The business people talk about last year's the judge said. "However, the situation in the first half of this year, let us feel the pressure, did not expect the market to drop so much."
Fresh Soil Association bee branch official told reporters the financial crisis, importers cash flow to the strain on China's export enterprises have also made an adjustment payment method has increased the financial risks of domestic enterprises, making bee exporters feel the to an unprecedented risk of pressure. In addition, as China's domestic and export standards for honey standards are not aligned export enterprises in the domestic market's competitiveness is not obvious.
"In the case of weak global markets, the quality issues that have been unprecedented attention. Countries become more numerous inspection and testing items, testing standards become more stringent, each export shipment, optical inspection fee for a large part of eroded profits. "The business people added. He said that at present domestic enterprises were careful to maintain for the export market for fear of losing market problems, "we send the product prior to inspection and quarantine authorities should make sufficient in-house testing, and then through the national commodity inspection department post-test also foreign clients to go through the re-examination can be said that the current product to compliance over five hurdles need to be. "But the person admitted, strict inspection standards may also be behind the loopholes, so that makes the current quality problems to become troubled by the world's bee market problems.
Innovation and change in order to survive the crisis. The business people said that in recent years, the global market, bee consumption habits are changing, but the majority of our bee producers still continue 10 years or even decades ago, the traditional production and sales model, apparently can not keep up the development of pace. "Our country has always bee production and processing in the rough, low-value-added areas of wandering, and international consumers out of emphasis on food safety, has the habit of consumption of fresh honey honey consumption, gradually shifting the direction of deep-processed products, Chinese companies to actively to adapt to this trend. "As a result, increase the added value of products, applications have also broadened their market can be broadened.
