he 5 largest exporters (Netherlands, Colombia, Ecuador, Kenya, Ethiopia) generated 84% of total international sales of bouquet-related products.
Global sales generated by exports of plants or flowers for bouquets from all countries totalled US$8.4 billion in 2020.
Overall, the value of bouquet flower exports increased by an average of 2.6% for all exporting countries since 2016, when bouquet flower shipments were valued at US$8.2 billion. However, year on year, since 2019, the value of global plant or bouquet flower exports fell by -6.6%.
Among continents, European countries sold the highest dollar value of exported cut flowers during 2020 with shipments amounting to US$4.8 billion or 56.9% of the world total. Latin America, excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, accounted for a value of 25%, followed by African exporters with 10.9%.
The smallest percentages came from sources in Asia (5.9%), North America (1.2%) and Oceania (0.1%), led by New Zealand and Australia.
Exports of plants or flowers for bouquets by country
The 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value of plants or flowers for bouquets during 2020 are shown below.
- Netherlands: $4.2 billion (49.9% of exported plants or flowers)
- Colombia: $ 1.4 billion (16.7%)
- Ecuador: $643.6 million (7.6%)
- Kenya: $635.4 million (7.5%)
- Ethiopia: $190.2 million (2.3%)
- China: $125.8 million (1.5%)
- Belarus: $123.9 million (1.5%)
- Italy: $ 96.7 million (1.1%)
- Malaysia: $87.4 million (1%)
- Belgium: $81.4 million (1%)
- Spain: $66.5 million (0.8%)
- Canada: $58.5 million (0.7%)
- Israel: $58.3 million (0.7%)
- Germany: $52.2 million (0.6%)
- Thailand: $47.4 million (0.6%)
By value, the 15 countries listed shipped 93.5% of the world total of plants or bouquet flowers exported in 2020.
Among the top exporters, the fastest growing exporters of plant or flower-related products for flower bouquets from 2019 to 2020 were: Belarus (up 44.8%), Israel (up 41.1%), Spain (+14.5%) and Kenya (+8.8%).
Countries that recorded declines in their sales of plants or flowers for bouquets were led by: Belgium (down -46.1%), Thailand (down -37.8%), Ecuador (down -26.8%), Malaysia (down -22.7%) and Germany (down -21.7%).
Research sources:
Central Intelligence Agency, List of fields of the World Factbook : Exports – Commodities. Accessed on 13 June 2021 in the classifications
Forbes Global 2000, The World’s Biggest Public Companies. Accessed 13 June 2021
International Trade Center, Trade Map . Accessed 13 June 2021
Investopedia, Definition of net exports . Accessed 13 June 2021.
Wikipedia, cut flowers . Accessed 13 June 2021, the
company overview of Zepol is highlighted by HTS code. Accessed 13 June 2021.
Fuente: Plants or flowers exports by country – Plants or Flowers (plantasoflores.com)
