From the article: From virtually no imports of New Zealand honey just seven years ago, China has drawn level with Hong Kong as the second largest market in the

From the article: From virtually no imports of New Zealand honey just seven years ago, China has drawn level with Hong Kong as the second largest market in the world, according to government statistics, importing nearly 1,500 tonnes in 2014 — the large majority of which is manuka honey. Taken together, the China and Hong Kong markets far outpace the UK, which has been the world’s largest market for a decade but has seen imports steadily decline since 2009. And from Wikipedia: In the wake of the high premium paid for mānuka honey, the majority of product now labelled as such worldwide is counterfeit or adulterated. According to research by UMFHA, the main trade association of New Zealand mānuka honey producers, whereas 1,700 tons of mānuka honey are made there annually representing almost all the world's production, some 10,000 tons of produce is being sold internationally as mānuka honey, including 1,800 tons in the UK.[1] Those number definitely don't add up. Presumably the vast majority of Manuka being consumed in China is counterfeit. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%81nuka_honey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%81nuka_honey