Live plants and products of floriculture sector in the EU

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1 sector in the EU Daniel VANDERELST European Commission DG Agriculture and Rural Development (DG AGRI) Unit C.2. Wine, spirits, horticultural products, specialised crops Civil Dialogue Group Brussels 10 October 2014

2 Structure of the presentation 1. Production 2. Land area 3. Trade 3

3 1. PRODUCTION 4

4 Millions euros Value of the production of plants and flowers Production of flowers and plants in the EU (based on production values at producer prices, constant prices) Netherlands Estimated at 21 billion EUR in % vs 2012 at constant prices Italy France Main producers (and trend vs 2012 at constant prices) Germany NL 30% (+0.2%) Spain IT 13.7% (-2.%) DE 12.7% (+3%) United Kingdom Belgium FR 12% (=) ES 11% (=) UK 5.3% (-3%) BE 2% (-4%) Source: EUROSTAT Plants and flowers = ornamental plants and flowers + nursery plants + Christmas trees and plantations. 2013: provisional / estimated data Source: Eurostat, Economic Accounts for Agriculture 5

5 Value of the production 1.3 Production: share by Member State in 2013 (based on production values at producer prices, current prices) BE 3% UK 6% OTHERS 13% NL 31% ES 10% FR 12% IT 12% DE 13% Source: Eurostat, Economic Accounts for Agriculture Source: EUROSTAT - provisional / estimated data 6

6 2. LAND AREA 7

7 Land area 1.4 Production: share of value by Country/Area in 2013* Ecuador 2% S. Korea 2% Canada 2% Colombia 4% Brazil 2% Kenya 2% Others 5% Japan 9% EU 43% USA 11% China 18% * or most recent available year Source: AIPH (International Association of Horticultural Producers)/Union Fleurs (International Floricultural Trade Association ) 8

8 1000 hectares Land area Land area of flowers, ornamental plants and nursery plants in the EU Netherlands Germany Spain Italy France Poland United Kingdom Others Source: EUROSTAT, AGRI C2 Estimates NB: contains estimated 9

9 Land area Source: EUROSTAT (apro_cpp, L2810 and L3001) Total EU land area estimated at 210 thousand hectares (complete data not available) Flowers and ornamental plants NL about 35% of total, -3% in 2012 FR about 12% of total, +7% in 2012 DE about 10% of total, - 9% in 2012 ES (9%), UK (8%), BE (7%), PL (4%) Hard nursery stocks Constant growth in DE and ES Stable in NL, FR and UK Decreasing in HU (N.B. No data available for Italy) 10

10 3. TRADE 11

11 Tonnes Imports of live plants and products of floriculture (quantities) Graph. 4.2 Imports of live plants and products of floriculture (in tonnes, % = share in 2013) TOTAL Cut flowers and cut foliage (76.2%) Potted plants (17.9%) Bulbs and corms (4.2%) Volume: 386,000 tonnes in % versus 2012 (decreasing since all categories) Conifers and hardy perennial plants (1.7%) Source: Eurostat Comext 12

12 Thousand euros Imports of live plants and products of floriculture (value) Graph Imports of live plants and products of floriculture (thousand euros) TOTAL cut flowers and cut foliage (76.8%) potted plants (16.7%) conifers and hardy perennial plants (0.9%) bulbs and corms (5.6%) Value: Mio in 2013 of which Mio cut flowers - 3.7% versus 2013 (mainly due to cut flowers imports) Source: Eurostat Comext 13

13 Thousand euros Imports by country of origin Graph 4.16 Total import by country of origin (in thousand euros) Kenya (27%) Ethiopia (10%) Colombia (8%) Ecuador (10%) Israel (6,5%) USA (5%) Costa Rica (4%) China (3%) Others (23%) Uganda (3%) Others (23%) Long term growth of imports from Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia (mainly cut flowers) Declining "others" : Israel, Costa Rica, Thailand, South Africa, Source: Eurostat Comext 14

14 Tonnes Exports of live plants and products of floriculture (quantities) Graph. 4.4 Exports of live plants and products of floriculture (in tonnes) TOTAL Bulbs and corms (25.2%) Conifers and hardy perennial plants (31.6%) Potted plants (27.4%) Cut flowers and cut foliage (15.8%) Volume: 689,000 tonnes (+ 2.6%) exports of all categories with increasing trend since 2009 (excepted for bulbs and coms) Increasing by 9% for cut flowers; by 14% for conifers, by 3% for potted plants versus 2012 Source: Eurostat Comext 15

15 Thousand euros Exports of live plants and products of floriculture (value) Graph Exports of live plants and products of floriculture (thousand euros) cut flowers and cut foliage (35%) Potted plants (27.4%) Bulbs and corms (25.2%) Conifers and hardy perennial plants (31.6%) TOTAL Value: Mio (+ 2.9%) exports of all categories with increasing trend since 2009 (stability for bulbs and coms) Increasing by 6% for cut flowers; by 9.7% for conifers, by 1% for potted plants versus 2012 Source: Eurostat Comext 16

16 Thousand euros Exports by country of destination Graph 4.22 Total export by country of destination (in thousand euros, % = share in 2013) Russian Federation (24.2%) Switzerland (20.9%) United States (10.1%) Norway (8.8%) China (4%) Ukraine (4%) Japan (3.4%) Turkey (2.8%) Canada (1.9%) Mexico (1.4%) Others (18.5%) Main partners: Russia (24%) and CH (20%) Exports increased in 2013 towards all the main destinations Exports of cut flowers increased by 6%, mainly to Russia (+ 7%), China (+ 82%) Source: Eurostat Comext 17

17 thousand euros TRADE BALANCE Graph 4.14 Trade balance of live plants and products of floriculture (in thousand euros) Cut flowers and cut foliage Potted plants Conifers and hardy perennial plants Bulbs and corms TOTAL Positive trade balance since mio EUR in 2013 (+ 36%) Trade balance is constantly negative on cut flowers and cut foliage (but reducing) Source: Eurostat Comext 18

18 Trade between the MS in 2013 (Intra EU28) (% of value) Export IntraEU28 value (x 1000 ) Total 1 - Cut flowers and foliage 2 - Potted plants 3 - Conifers and hardy perennial pl. 4 - Bulbs and corms Total value in 2013: Mio ; cut flowers Mio ; potted plants Mio Decreasing trend for 2013 ( - 5.5%) mainly for cut flowers ( -9%) Source: Eurostat Comext 19

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Live plants and products of floriculture sector in the EU

Live plants and products of floriculture sector in the EU 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