Professional Documents
Culture Documents
sector in the EU
Vincent LARIVIERE
European Commission
DG Agriculture and Rural Development (DG AGRI)
Unit G2 - Wine, spirits, and horticultural products
Committee Brussels – 12 December 2017
Structure of the presentation
1. Production
2. Land area
3. Trade
This statistical document has been prepared by Unit G2 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.
Brazil
5%
China
USA 19%
Japan 12%
8%
Source: AIPH (International Association of Horticultural Producers)/Union Fleurs (International Floricultural Trade Association )
Plants and flowers = ornamental plants and flowers + nursery plants + Christmas trees and plantations.
Graph 2.1 Land area of flowers, ornamental plants and nursery plants in the EU UE-28
UE-15 (OMS)
UE-13 (NMS)
260
240
220
190,2 188,2
200 182,0 186,0
182,9 183,6
180 170,5 164,6 171,0
154,9
1000 hectares
100
80
60
40,4 33,4 35,3 34,4
40 34,4 34,2 30,2
25,6 28,1 29,8
19,8
20
0
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Source: EUROSTAT
Graph 2.2 Land area of flowers, ornamental plants and nursery plants in the EU
60
50,4
50 Netherlands
45,8
43,7 43,8
Germany
40 Spain
Italy
1000 hectares
France
30 30,2
28,1 27,5
27,4 Poland
24,9
United
20 20,5 19,8 Kingdom
Hungary
13,8 Belgium
12,0
10 6,9
7,6 Others
6,6
0
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
NB: contains estimated data
Source: EUROSTAT, AGRI G2 Estimates
30
France
25 Germany
Thousand hectares
20 Spain
Italy
15
Poland
10
United Kingdom
5
Bulgaria
0
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Italy
25
Germany
20
Spain
Thousand hectares
Netherlands
15
France
10 Poland
Hungary
5
United Kingdom
0
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Source: EUROSTAT (apro_acs_a); contains estimated data
1.400.000 1.325.222
Cut flowers
and cut foliage
1.200.000
(78,4%)
Thousand euros
Bulbs and
600.000
corms (5%)
400.000
254.169 Conifers and
200.000 hardy
84.515 perennial
plants (1,5%)
- 25.599
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Import Value: 1 689 Mio € in 2016 of which 1 325 Mio € cut flowers/foliage
+0,3% in 2016 versus 2015 compared to 5,3% in 2015 versus 2014 (mainly due to cut Source: Eurostat Comext
flowers/foliage imports: +5.3% )
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Imports by country of origin (value)
250.000
(4,9%)
USA (4,9%)
200.000
Costa Rica
(3,4%)
150.000
China
(2,6%)
100.000
Uganda
(2.8%)
50.000
Others
(22%)
-
2006 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Long term growth of imports from Kenya, Equador and Ethiopia (mainly cut flowers)
Source: Eurostat Comext
Declining : China, Costa Rica
Live plants and products of floriculture 14
EU Exports of live plants and products of
floriculture (value)
1.800.000
Cut flowers and
1.600.000
cut foliage
(33,4%)
1.400.000
Thousand euros
Export value in 2016: 2 025 Mio€ (+2,1% but less than in 2015 +5,1% ).
Global increasing trend in 2016 but less than in 2015 Source: Eurostat Comext
Increasing trend in 2016 for all except cut flowers at the same level that in 2015
Live plants and products of floriculture 15
EU Exports by country of destination (value)
Switzerland
Graph 4.22b Total export by country of destination (21,7%)
(in thousand euros, % = share in 2016)
500.000
Russian
Federation
(18,5%)
450.000 United States
(12,3%)
400.000
Norway (7,7%)
350.000
China (5,7%)
300.000
Thousand euros
200.000
Japan (3.1%)
150.000
Canada (2,1%)
100.000
-
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Mexico (1,6%)
Value of exports of cut flowers increased by 25% to USA, but deacresed by -38% to Ukraine , -13% to
Russia and -31% to China
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EU TRADE BALANCE (value)
600.000
500.000
Cut flowers and
400.000 cut foliage
300.000
200.000 Potted plants
thousand euros
100.000
-
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Conifers and
-100.000
hardy perennial
-200.000 plants
-300.000 Bulbs and corms
-400.000
-500.000
-600.000 TOTAL
-700.000
Positive trade balance since 2002. In 2016: +335 Mio€ after +300 Mio€ in 2015 Source: Eurostat Comext
Trade balance is constantly negative on cut flowers/foliage but is stabilized in 2016
Live plants and products of floriculture 17
Trade between the MS (Intra EU28)
Evolution 2005 – 2016
5.000.000 2) Potted
plants
4.000.000 3.672.830
1.000.000 791.753
4) Bulbs and
624.887 corms
-
2005 2006 2007 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Total value in 2016:8 333 Mio€ in 2016 / 7 943 Mio € in 2015 (+5%) ; cut flowers 3
672 Mio € (+8%); potted plants 3 244 Mio € (+5%)
Source: Eurostat Comext
Stability for all with little increase
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Trade between the MS (Intra EU28)
Evolution 2005 – 2016 Main exporters
5.000.000
Netherlands
(67,1%)
4.000.000
Thousand euros
3.000.000
EU28 less
NL (32,9%)
2.000.000
1.000.000
-
2005 2006 2007 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Source: Eurostat Comext
800.000
Germany
700.000
(8,4%)
Italy (6,6%)
600.000
Belgium
500.000
(5,6%)
Thousand euros
Denmark
400.000 (4,5%)
Spain (2,7%)
300.000
Poland
200.000 (0,9%)
France
100.000 (0,9%)
-
2005 2006 2007 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Source: Eurostat Comext
Utd.
6.000.000 Kingdom
(12,7%)
France
5.000.000
(13%)
Thousand euros
4.000.000 Netherlands
(6,2%)
2.000.000
Austria (4%)
1.000.000
Total
-
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Source: Eurostat Comext
Graph 6.1. Import of cut flowers only from third countries (number of pieces)
6.000.000.000
5.593.591.629
5.000.000.000
06031100
FRESH CUT
ROSES
4.000.000.000
06031200
FRESH CUT
CARNATIONS
3.000.000.000
Fresh cut
Orchids,
Chrysanth.,
Lilies (from
2.000.000.000 2011), Gladioli
1.000.000.000
902.620.188
156.996.408
-
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Source: Eurostat Comext
400.000.000
06031100 FRESH
350.000.000 CUT ROSES
100.000.000
06031300 FRESH
43.215.754 CUT ORCHIDS
50.000.000
16.687.979
- 5.271.501
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Source: Eurostat Comext
4.500.000.000
06031100
FRESH CUT
4.000.000.000 ROSES
3.500.000.000 06031200
3.232.896.356
FRESH CUT
CARNATIONS
3.000.000.000
06031400
2.500.000.000 FRESH CUT
CHRYSANTH
EMUMS
2.000.000.000
06031500
FRESH CUT
1.500.000.000 LILIES
e-mail: vincent.lariviere@ec.europa.eu