Shrinking of green market volume in Spain

The Spanish market for garden care, horticulture and landscaping contracted by 8.8 per cent to a volume of € 935 mio in 2011. It had already experienced a decline of 8.5 per cent in 2010. According to information from the DKB, a Spanish market research company, government contracts accounted for a 67 per cent share; this area went down by 6.7 per cent. The private sector with its 33 per cent share recorded a decline of 12.9 per cent.