1984 - May 2nd at Mexico City, Mexico

1st IHEO Meeting

The following 3 Countries and people can be considered the founders of the IHEO

AUSTRALIA = Mr. John Wells - Australian Honey Board
CUBA = Mr. Alberto Sapiano - Cuba Export
MEXICO = Mr. Christopher Leslie Bowes – Implusora Mexico

The founders agreed to exchange the following information on a monthly basis:

1) Information from import markets
2) Market prices that are obtained by honey exporters
3) Actual offered prices by exporters
4) Recent sales, with indication of volume
5) Stocks and forecast on the crops

At that time sales price was US $850, - per MT C&F port Europe, for Yucatan light amber (L.A.)

For October that same year a second meeting was agreed to be held at La Havana / Cuba with the purpose of inviting the following countries:

ARGENTINA
GUATEMALA
CHINA
U.R.S.S.
BULGARIA
RUMANIA
CANADA
HUNGARY
EL SALVADOR

Until December 1984 no new meeting took place and Mr. John Wells, the IHEO secretary at that time, had only incorporated ARGENTINA as new active member. The echo of the eastern block countries was favorable, but they had big difficulties to attend meetings and to inform freely about prices, crops, stocks, market trends, etc...