Live plants and products of floriculture sector in the EU plants and products of floriculture sector in the EU Daniel VANDERELST/ Lucie ZOLICHOVA European Commission DG Agriculture

Live plants and products of floriculture

sector in the EU

Daniel VANDERELST/ Lucie ZOLICHOVA European Commission

DG Agriculture and Rural Development (DG AGRI)

Unit C.2. Wine, spirits, horticultural products, specialised crops

Civil Dialogue Group – Brussels – 2 October 2015

Live plants and products of floriculture 2

Structure of the presentation

1. Production

2. Land area

3. Trade

This statistical document has been prepared by Unit C.2 of DG AGRI, in order to stimulate

discussion at the Civil Dialogue Group. It is a mere working document. The European

Commission does not accept any responsibility in respect of the exactness of given data.


1. PRODUCTION


Production in the World

EU34%

China16%USA

14%

Japan8%

Colombia3%

Canada2%

S. Korea2%

Ecuador2%

Brazil5%

Kenya2%

Others11%

1.4 Production: share of value by Country/Area in 2014*

Source: AIPH (International Association of Horticultural Producers)/Union Fleurs (International Floricultural Trade Association )

* or most recent available year


Value of production in the EU

(evolution)

Total EU production value (constant price)

estimated at 19 to 20 Billion Euro;

trend quite stable.

19 191 18 71019 417

19 911

18 743 18 951 18 928 18 82919 607

19 326

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Graph 1.1.b Production of flowers and plants in the EU(based on production values at producer prices, constant prices 2005=100)

UE-28

UE-15(OMS)

UE-13(NMS)

Source: EUROSTAT - all data "Eurostat estimates"


Value of the production of

plants and flowers

Plants and flowers = ornamental plants and flowers + nursery plants + Christmas trees and plantations.

Estimated at 20 billion

EUR in 2014

-1.4% vs 2013 at constant

prices

Main producers (and

trend vs 2013 at constant

prices)

• NL 29% (-0.4%)

• DE 13.5% (=)

• IT 13.6 % (-0.8.%)

• FR 12% (=)

• ES 10.7% (=)

• UK 5.3% (-1%)

• BE 4.2% (-4.4%)

Source: Eurostat, Economic Accounts for Agriculture

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Graph 1.2b Production of flowers and plants in the EU(based on production values at producer prices, constant prices)

Netherlands

Germany

Italy

France

Spain

UnitedKingdom

Belgium

Source: EUROSTAT2014: provisional / estimated data


2. LAND AREA


Land area in the EU

43.7

28.427.0

24.0

15.2

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Graph 2.2 Land area of flowers, ornamental plants and nursery plants in the EU

Netherlands

Germany

Spain

Italy

France

Poland

UnitedKingdom

Hungary

Belgium

Others

Source: EUROSTAT, AGRI C2 Estimates

NB: contains estimated data

Total EU land area estimated at 207 000 hectares (-1.7%) (complete data are not available)


Land area

Flowers and ornamental plants

NL about 34% of total (=)

FR about 12% of total (-1.3%)

DE about 10% of total (+1.3%)

ES (9%), UK (8%), BE (7%), IT (6%), PL (4%), BG (4%)

Source: EUROSTAT (apro_cpp, L2810 and L3001)

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France

Germany

Spain

Italy

Poland

UnitedKingdom

Bulgaria


Land area

Hard nursery stocks

New decrease in DE and ES

Stable in NL, FR and UK

Increase in ES and PL

Decreasing in HU

(N.B. No data available for Italy since 2006)

Source: EUROSTAT (apro_cpp, L2810 and L3001)


3. TRADE


3. TRADE


Imports into EU of live plants and

products of floriculture (quantities)

Source: Eurostat Comext

Total volume: 414, 580 tonnes in 2014

+ 7.4% versus 2013 (decreasing trend, excepted cut flowers in 2014)

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Graph. 4.2 Imports of live plants and products of floriculture(in tonnes, % = share in 2014)

TOTAL

Cut flowersand cut foliage(78.3%)

Potted plants(15.6%)

Bulbs andcorms (4%)

Conifers andhardyperennialplants (2%)


Imports into EU of live plants and

products of floriculture (value)


Import Value: 1 585 Mio € in 2014 of which 1 238 Mio € cut flowers/foliage

+ 4% versus 2013 (mainly due to cut flowers/foliage imports: +5.8% )

1 585 006

1 237 897

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Graph. 4.15 Imports of live plants and products of floriculture(thousand euros)

TOTAL

cut flowers andcut foliage(78.1%)

potted plants(15.5%)

bulbs and corms(5.4%)

conifers andhardy perennialplants (1.1%)


Imports by country of origin


Long term growth of imports from Kenya, Equador and Ethiopia (mainly cut flowers)

Declining : Israel, USA, Costa Rica, …

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Graph 4.16 Total import by country of origin (in thousand euros)

Kenya(27.6%)

Ethiopia(11.5%)

Ecuador(10.8%)

Colombia(8.5%)

Israel (5.6%)

USA (4.1%)

Costa Rica(4%)

China (2.9%)

Others (22%)

Uganda(2.8%)

Others (22%)


EU Exports of live plants and products of

floriculture (quantities)


Volume: 682,000 tonnes (- 0.8%)

exports with increasing trend since 2009 for cut flowers/foliage (+ 6.5%)

Decreasing by 4% for conifers, by 1% for potted plants and by 2% for bulbs (versus 2013)

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Graph. 4.8 Exports of live plants and products of floriculture(in tonnes)

TOTAL

Conifers andhardy perennialplants (30.6%)


Bulbs andcorms (25%)

Cut flowers andcut foliage(17%)


EU Exports of live plants and products of

floriculture (value)


Export value: 1 911 Mio € (- 2.9%).

exports of all categories with decreasing trend in 2014 (stability for bulbs and corms)

decreasing by 2.6% for cut flowers; by 2.5% for conifers, by 6% for potted plants versus 2013

1 911 562

667 521

517 779

491 110

235 152

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Graph. 4.17 Exports of live plants and products of floriculture(thousand euros)

TOTAL

cut flowers andcut foliage(35%)


Bulbs andcorms (25%)

Conifers andhardy perennialplants (30.6%)


EU Exports by country of destination

Main partners: Russia : 21% (-13.6% //2013) and CH : 20% (-2.7%)

Total exports decreased in 2014 but not all the destinations : +8% China; +5% Mexico

Exports of cut flowers decreased by 10% to Russia, by 12% to Ukraine.


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Graph 4.22 Total export by country of destination (in thousand euros, % = share in 2014)

RussianFederation(21.3%)

Switzerland(20.7%)

United States(10.2%)

Norway (8.8%)

China (4.8%)

Ukraine (2.9%)

Japan (3.2%)

Turkey(2.7%)

Canada(1.9%)

Mexico (1.5%)


Positive trade balance since 2002. In 2014 +326 Mio €; in 2013 +426 mio € (- 23%)

Trade balance is constantly negative on cut flowers/foliage and increasing in 2014.


EU TRADE BALANCE

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Graph 4.14 Trade balance of live plants and products of floriculture (in thousand euros)

Cut flowers and cutfoliage

Potted plants

Conifers and hardyperennial plants

Bulbs and corms

TOTAL



Trade between the MS (Intra EU28)

Evolution 2004- 2014

Total value in 2014: 7 754 Mio € ; cut flowers 3 345 Mio €; potted plants 3 011 Mio €

Stability for all but decreasing trend for conifers perenial plants ( -8%)

7 754 302

3 345 286

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782 418

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GRAPH 5.1 Export IntraEU28 value (x 1000€)

Total

1) Cut flowersand cut foliage

2) Pottedplants

3) Conifers andhardyperennialplants

4) Bulbs andcorms




Evolution 2004- 2014 Main exporters

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GRAPH 5.1.1 Export IntraEU28 by NL and other MS together value in thousand euros

Netherlands(65.4%)

EU28 less NL(34.6%)





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GRAPH 5.1.b Export IntraEU28 by Member States (main)

value in thousand euros - excepted NL representing 65%

Germany(8.1%)

Belgium(7.7%)

Italy (6.3%)

Denmark(5.1%)

Spain (2.5%)

France (1%)

Poland (1%)





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GRAPH 5.2 Import IntraEU28 from Member States (main) value in thousand euros

Germany(30.7%)

France(12.7%)

Utd.Kingdom(12.9%)

Netherlands(6.1%)

Italy (5.4%)

Austria(4.8%)


TRADE of CUT FLOWERS (trends)



EU Import of some cut flowers

(CN-code 0603) Evolution 2004- 2014

5 441 292 718

944 766 492

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Graph 6.2. Import of cut flowers only from third countries (number of pieces)

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367 571 691

328 480 203

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Graph 6.2 Export of cut flowers to third countries (number of pieces)


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Export intra EU28 of some cut flowers


4 166 970 789

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Graph 6.3 Export of cut flowers inside EU28 (number of pieces)



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