The Honey International Packers Association (HIPA) was created in 2004 to provide a service to Honey Packers and Importers. The organization had its inaugural meeting at the Apimondia Congress in Ljubljana in 2003, and now has 26 members in 17 countries in all five continents. In many of those countries members share more than 50% of the market.

We are a truly international organization determined to promote honey in all the markets of the world and ensure it is of the best possible quality that satisfies customer needs. We are therefore focused on ensuring members have the best possible access to the latest marketing information, legislative proposals and the technical developments to help the growth of the companies and the honey market in general.

HIPA counts with the support of a team of experts with prominent international reputation for their work on various organizations like the International Honey Commission, Apimondia, the Codex Alimentarius, the European Federation of Honey Packers and Distributors and for the many consultancies in honey producing countries including Mexico, Brazil, Uganda, Albania and Cuba.

HIPA has already developed a charity arm to obtain funding for beekeeper training in the countries of production, based on the importance of beekeeping for rural development, ameliorating loss of biodiversity and ensuring good crop pollination and has helped newly exporting countries to develop their export markets.

Actually, the HIPA is lobbing governments to encourage infrastructure support for beekeeping, ensure national legislation complies with the Codex Alimentarius worldwide standard and enable the export industry to comply with requirements in the countries of import. The association is seeking, where necessary, for legislative approval for the use of veterinary medicinal products where these are necessary for successful beekeeping. HIPA is also developing techniques and strategies to prevent the unfair and unethical marketing of adulterated or mislabeled product.