As per the latest data from the ‘National Bee Board’, under the Department of Agriculture, the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, the country’s total honey production, reported in 2017-18, was 1.05 lakh metric tonnes, compared to 35,000 metric tonnes in 2005-06. The major part of it comes from Apis dorsata (a giant honeybee). With international demand for honey growing, India exports 50 per cent of the commodity and in the last 12 years, exports have increased by 207 per cent. India has exported 61,333.88 Metric Tonnes of natural honey to USA, Australia, UAE, Saudi Arabia. Morocco, Qatar, Germany, UK, Japan, France, Spain and Italy, being the main markets.