RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - From January through August 2021, the Northeast state Piauí accounted for 29.1% of Brazil's honey exports. Piauí's competitor states in the sector, Santa Catarina and Paraná, respectively accounted for 22.8% and 20.3% of exports in the same period, the Ministry of Economy reported.
This is the first time that Piauí leads the honey export ranking in 5 years. In the first half of 2017, Piauí reported US$15.4 million in honey exports, while Santa Catarina reported US$11.3 million.
In 2018 the two states recorded quite similar export volumes . . .
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