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
Structure of the presentation 1. Production 2. Land area 3. Trade 3
1. PRODUCTION 4
Millions euros Value of the production of plants and flowers 7 000 Production of flowers and plants in the EU (based on production values at producer prices, constant prices) 6 000 Netherlands Estimated at 21 billion EUR in 2013-0.4% vs 2012 at constant prices 5 000 4 000 Italy France Main producers (and trend vs 2012 at constant prices) Germany NL 30% (+0.2%) 3 000 Spain IT 13.7% (-2.%) DE 12.7% (+3%) 2 000 1 000 United Kingdom Belgium FR 12% (=) ES 11% (=) UK 5.3% (-3%) BE 2% (-4%) - 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 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
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
2. LAND AREA 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
1000 hectares Land area Land area of flowers, ornamental plants and nursery plants in the EU 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 Netherlands Germany Spain Italy France Poland United Kingdom Others 10 5 0 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Source: EUROSTAT, AGRI C2 Estimates NB: contains estimated 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
3. TRADE 11
Tonnes Imports of live plants and products of floriculture (quantities) 500 000 450 000 Graph. 4.2 Imports of live plants and products of floriculture (in tonnes, % = share in 2013) TOTAL 400 000 350 000 300 000 250 000 Cut flowers and cut foliage (76.2%) Potted plants (17.9%) 200 000 150 000 Bulbs and corms (4.2%) 100 000 50 000-2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Volume: 386,000 tonnes in 2013-4.8% versus 2012 (decreasing since 2008 - all categories) Conifers and hardy perennial plants (1.7%) Source: Eurostat Comext 12
Thousand euros Imports of live plants and products of floriculture (value) 1 600 000 Graph. 4.15 Imports of live plants and products of floriculture (thousand euros) 1 400 000 1 200 000 TOTAL 1 000 000 800 000 600 000 400 000 200 000 cut flowers and cut foliage (76.8%) potted plants (16.7%) conifers and hardy perennial plants (0.9%) bulbs and corms (5.6%) - 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Value: 1 525 Mio in 2013 of which 1 170 Mio cut flowers - 3.7% versus 2013 (mainly due to cut flowers imports) Source: Eurostat Comext 13
Thousand euros Imports by country of origin 450 000 400 000 Graph 4.16 Total import by country of origin (in thousand euros) Kenya (27%) Ethiopia (10%) 350 000 300 000 250 000 Colombia (8%) Ecuador (10%) Israel (6,5%) USA (5%) 200 000 150 000 100 000 50 000 Costa Rica (4%) China (3%) Others (23%) Uganda (3%) Others (23%) - 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 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
Tonnes Exports of live plants and products of floriculture (quantities) 700 000 Graph. 4.4 Exports of live plants and products of floriculture (in tonnes) 600 000 TOTAL 500 000 Bulbs and corms (25.2%) 400 000 300 000 200 000 Conifers and hardy perennial plants (31.6%) Potted plants (27.4%) 100 000 Cut flowers and cut foliage (15.8%) - 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 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
Thousand euros Exports of live plants and products of floriculture (value) 2 000 000 Graph. 4.17 Exports of live plants and products of floriculture (thousand euros) 1 800 000 1 600 000 1 400 000 1 200 000 1 000 000 800 000 600 000 400 000 cut flowers and cut foliage (35%) Potted plants (27.4%) Bulbs and corms (25.2%) Conifers and hardy perennial plants (31.6%) TOTAL 200 000-2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Value: 1 950 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
Thousand euros Exports by country of destination 500 000 450 000 400 000 350 000 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%) 300 000 China (4%) 250 000 Ukraine (4%) 200 000 Japan (3.4%) 150 000 100 000 50 000 Turkey (2.8%) Canada (1.9%) Mexico (1.4%) - 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 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
thousand euros TRADE BALANCE Graph 4.14 Trade balance of live plants and products of floriculture (in thousand euros) 600 000 500 000 400 000 Cut flowers and cut foliage 300 000 200 000 Potted plants 100 000 - -100 000-200 000 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Conifers and hardy perennial plants Bulbs and corms -300 000-400 000 TOTAL -500 000-600 000-700 000 Positive trade balance since 2002. 426 mio EUR in 2013 (+ 36%) Trade balance is constantly negative on cut flowers and cut foliage (but reducing) Source: Eurostat Comext 18
Trade between the MS in 2013 (Intra EU28) (% of value) 9 000 000 Export IntraEU28 value (x 1000 ) 8 000 000 7 000 000 6 000 000 5 000 000 4 000 000 3 000 000 2 000 000 1 000 000 0 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 5 - Total 1 - Cut flowers and foliage 2 - Potted plants 3 - Conifers and hardy perennial pl. 4 - Bulbs and corms Total value in 2013: 7 800 Mio ; cut flowers 3 328 Mio ; potted plants 2 990 Mio Decreasing trend for 2013 ( - 5.5%) mainly for cut flowers ( -9%) Source: Eurostat Comext 19
Thank you for your attention e-mail: daniel.vanderelst@ec.europa.eu 20