Facts & Figures
Facts & FiguresFlowers & Plants: an international market characterised by intensive cross-border activities along the value-chain:
- Very globalised, integrated and complex supply-chains worldwide: A single bouquet can be made of flowers sourced from several origins.
- 90% of the international floriculture trade is currently duty-free worldwide: Most commerce takes place under Free-trade agreements or preferential trading schemes with developing countries in Africa and South America.
- Key players are located both in developed and developing countries and are very interdependent.
- Flowers in particular are highly perishable products therefore smooth, efficient and fast logistics and processes are key.
- The Netherlands plays a key role in the distribution of flowers and plants: currently 45 % of the world trade transits or is facilitated via the Netherlands.
Union Fleurs Resources
- The International Flower Supply-chain: Characteristics & challenges (February 2018)
- BREXIT: Key priorities for the floricultural sector (November 2017)
- 5 Key Challenges for the International Floriculture Supply-Chain (November 2017)
- Opportunities for diversification: a Flower Market Access Agenda (June 2017)
- Phytosanitary Systems & Trade Facilitation: perspectives from the flower industry (September 2016)
Useful External Resources
Rabobank market papers:
- World Floriculture Map 2016
- Flourishing flowers, promising plants: Chain organisation in European floriculture
- Flourishing flowers, promising plants: Internationalisation strategy
- Flourishing Flowers, Promising Plants: Embracing Sustainability
- Flourishing flowers, promising plants: Changes in consumer behaviour
CBI trade statistics:
CBI Product factsheets:
Statistical Yearbook: International Statistics Flowers & Plants
The International Statistic Flowers & Plants yearbook is a joint project by AIPH and Union Fleurs to offer the latest available data on the global production and trade of flowers and plants. It is an invaluable reference for international market research, used by trade organisations, policy makers, marketeers, producers, traders, libraries and universities.
Key content offers valuable data on:
- Production data from 40 countries*
- Product comparisons
- Market data and prices
- Global import/export data
NEW for this year are:
• per capita consumption figures for Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, UK, Japan and USA.
• Data on area and production for Malaysia
• Additional summary information for Canada, the Netherlands and the USA
• A new country table and map for Australia
• New graphs and additional information for Colombia, Japan and the USA
• Extended trade tables for the Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Morocco and New Zealand.
• Two new world maps, showing the most important producing and exporting countries of cut flowers.
Preview pages of the 2019 edition:
Union Fleurs members can access and download the Yearbook via the dedicated Resource page
For more information and to purchase International Statistics – Flowers and Plants 2019 from AIPH visit http://aiph.org/international-statistics-flowers-and-plants-2019/