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Posted by Daniel Workman Nov 5, 2007 |
On the alibaba trade site, a search on the keyword 'honey' calls up about 3,500 selling leads across all categories and countries. Many of the suppliers are premium Gold Suppliers from China. Each supplier has a brief profile and email contact information. Some have a company video.
Our recent article Top Honey Exporting Countries reveals global concerns with contaminated Chinese honey.
Other sellers on alibaba.com include Vietgo Joint Stock Company which markets Vietnamese sunflower honey, apple honey and flower powder honey. Vietnamese honey is typically dark coloured, which indicates that it is produced from nectar that bees extract from dark-coloured flowers.
Alibaba presents a list of hyperlinked keywords that enable Web visitors to narrow their search for specific honey products. Those keywords include: natural honey, bee honey, pure honey, honey products, acacia honey, organic honey, amber honey, fresh honey, ela honey, chinese honey, australian honey, raw honey, natural bee honey, flower honey, la honey, honey food, white honey, natural raw honey, cole honey, comb honey, sunflower honey, vitex honey, milkvetch honey, argentinian honey, pure natural honey, bottled honey and rape honey.
Another tab on alibaba.com lists almost 3,000 honey suppliers from around the world, but mostly from China. This should come as no surprise given that China is the world's largest honey producer, and the fact that alibaba.com is based in China. Alibaba also has a sister site specifically for Chinese companies.
A third tab shows 150 companies looking to buy honey-related products from around the globe. Buying countries include China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, India, Pakistan, Czech Republic, the United Kingdom and the United States.
International trade entrepreneurs can use alibaba.com to develop price lists and organize shipments for honey products from around the world.