The world cut flower industry: Trends and prospects

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The world cut flower industry: Trends and prospects

Footnotes

1. Worldwide yields per hectare differ considerably. Even in Europe there can be huge differences; in the Netherlands, for example, yield per hectare is 70 per cent higher than in Italy (Protrade, 1996, p. 15).

2. In the most^{recent period, however, exports from India and China have grown rapidly. Between 1994} and 1997, India was the fastest growing exporter to the EU.

3. A principal source for this section is Dodge et al., 1998

4. In Europe, there is a distincition between the tariffs levied during the winter time andduring the summer time. This distinction is made to protect the local producers during the summer period, when the production of most floricultural products is at its peak. The trade is influenced by imposing different tariffs by season (Protrade, 1996, p. 25). .

5. The Dutch auctions are accommodating this trend by allowing their members to sell directly to large purchasers under certain conditions, notably that financial handling continues to be done through the auction.

6. For the two Latin American exporter the share was much lower, though one-third in the case of Ecuador, and only 10 percent for Colombia.

7. And are willing to pay more. In Holland 95 per cent of regular buyers of flowers were found to prefer flowers grown in an ecologically friendly manner. No less than 87 per cent would still do so when these were more expensive (VVDB, 1, 1998, p. 12).

Updated by BR. Approved by OdVR. Last update: 28 September 2000.