China is huge potential Market for honey and bee products
Chinese Honey domestic consumption has been ranked first in the world
China is the world's largest country of beekeeping, honey production and export country, but also the power consumption of honey, honey. China's vast territory, rich nectar source, large population, with the improvement of people's living standard, domestic honey consumption market potential is huge.
According to the National Bureau of statistics data show that China's honey production increased by 10 over the years, to expand the domestic market has laid a foundation. In recent years, the domestic market share is growing. (see table below)
2001-2016 China's honey exports and the proportion of domestic sales (units: 10,000 tons)
Year | Total Yields | Export | Proportion of Export | Domestic Consumption | Proportion of Domestic Consumption |
2001 | 25.2 | 10.7 | 42.4 | 14.5 | 57.5 |
2002 | 26.5 | 7.6 | 28.67 | 18.9 | 71.33 |
2003 | 29.9 | 8.4 | 28.1 | 21.5 | 71.9 |
2004 | 29.3 | 8.2 | 28.0 | 21.1 | 72.0 |
2005 | 29.32 | 8.8 | 30.0 | 20.5 | 70.0 |
2006 | 33.3 | 8.1 | 24.3 | 25.2 | 75.7 |
2007 | 35.4 | 6.4 | 18.1 | 29.0 | 81.9 |
2008 | 40.0 | 8.5 | 21.25 | 31.5 | 78.75 |
2009 | 40.2 | 7.2 | 17.91 | 33.0 | 82.09 |
2010 | 40.1 | 10.1 | 25.1 | 30.0 | 74.9 |
2011 | 43.1 | 9.98 | 23.15 | 33.12 | 76.85 |
2012 | 44.8 | 11.0 | 24.55 | 33.8 | 75.45 |
2013 | 45 | 12.5 | 27.7 | 33.8 | 75.1 |
2014 | 46.82 | 13 | 28 | 33.84 | 72.2 |
2015 | 50.5 | 14.48 | 28.6 | 35 | 69.3 |
2016 | 70 | 12.83 | 18.3 | 40 | 57.1 |
From this table, in 2001, honey production was 252000 tons, and export was 107000 tons and about 145000 tons are for the domestic market of consumption. By 2016, the yield of honey production was 700,000 tons, and 128300 tons is for export, the volume of the domestic consumption is about 400000 tons, which is 2.75 times of the domestic sales in 2001. If each person buys 0.5 kg honey, over 1,300,000,000 Chinese people need over 650,000 tons, so it is an Amazing Amount!
Imported Honey in China
Because of some fake honey products in China, some Chinese people love to buy imported honey, and those imported honey are more and more popular and are easy to be sale in China. The following data is about between 2013 and 2016 imported honey from Chinese Customs, and you will some benefit from the following data for you.
Year | Import (KG) | Amount (USD) |
2017 | 5,660,034 | 91,297,418 |
2016 | 6,031,955 | 72,771,567 |
2015 | 6,517,661 | 74819215 |
2014 | 5,791,684 | 58,629,975 |
2013 | 4,856,713 | 42,932,079 |
These imported honey are respectively from New Zealand (Manuka), Australia, Germany, Thailand, France, Russia, Malaysia, Chile, Italy, Portugal, Swiss, UK, Spain, Canada, Greece, Taiwan Region, Kyrgyzstan, Brazil, Denmark, Mexico, Hungary, Poland | ||
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Chinese honey per capita consumption level will be further improved continually
With the continuous improvement of people's living standard, health care consciousness unceasing enhancement, honey as nutritional products that is given by the nature, with its pure natural, nutrient rich characteristics to meet the needs of different consumer groups, has been more and more accepted. With the continuous increase of production and sales of high-end products, natural ripe honey, indicating that the people's consumption idea and living habits has begun to change, honey compared to other health care products, with strong market vitality and huge market potential. According to the previous ten years the average annual growth rate of bee products estimated that the next ten years, China's annual per capita consumption of honey may again be realized double.
Although, in recent years with the improvement of people's living standards and health care consciousness enhancement, natural honey is more and more consumer recognition and acceptance, per capita consumption of our country honey ten years over a lot of, reached more than 250 grams, but compared with the developed countries, China's per capita consumption and great room for growth. For example, the United States of America's per capita consumption of honey is 2 times that of China, Germany's per capita consumption is 4 times of our country. At present, our country to eat honey is still the old man and the child's patent. Let us feel happy is, now many young people have realized the benefits of eating honey and began to eat.
