EU imports

Trend towards higher-value plants and flowers comes to an end

Cut flowers account for nearly 80 per cent of plant imports into the EU.
Cut flowers account for nearly 80 per cent of plant imports into the EU.
29.11.2016

504,952 t of plants and flowers to the tune of € 1.68 bn were imported into the European Union in 2015. Increasing by 8.2 per cent compared with the previous year, the volume grew much more strongly than the value, which increased by 5.3 per cent.
As in previous years, cut flowers were chiefly responsible for the increase in imports, accounting for 78 per cent of the overall imports into the EU. Their value growth likewise comes to 5.3 per cent.
The fact that the volume of imports is rising faster in percentage terms than their value shows that the trend in the last few years towards higher-value products has not been sustained, according to a market report by Co-Concept. The report was commissioned by Messe Essen for IPM 2017. Changes are continuing, however, with regard to the producing countries. Kenya remains the undisputed number one, accounting for roughly 27 per cent of imports into the EU, followed by Ethiopia, Ecuador and Colombia. The growth in imports is attributable to these countries, while the trend with regard to Israel, the USA and Costa Rica is downwards.
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