Year-by-year, the value of global flower bouquet exports depreciated by 12.8% from 2014 to 2015, according to a report in World’s Top Exports.

It said that European countries accounted for the highest dollar value worth of flower bouquet exports during 2015, with shipments amounting to $3.6 billion, or 46.4% of global flower exports. Latin America (excluding Mexico) and Caribbean countries accounted for 27.8%, followed by African exporters at 17.9%, Asian suppliers at 6.3% and North American sources at 1.4%.

The fifteen countries that exported the highest dollar value of flower bouquet during 2015 were:

• Netherlands: USD $3.2 billion (40.3% of total flower bouquets exports);
• Colombia: $1.3 billion (16.5%);
• Ecuador: $819.9 million (10.4%);
• Ethiopia: $662.4 million (8.4%);
• Kenya: $661.9 million (8.4%);
• Malaysia: $98.1 million (1.2%);
• China: $87.2 million (1.1%);
• Belgium: $85 million (1.1%);
• Italy: $84.2 million (1.1%);
• Germany: $82.9 million (1.1%);
• Lithuania: $80.2 million (1%);
• Israel: $68.8 million (0.9%);
• Thailand: $67.2 million (0.9%);
• Canada: $44.3 million (0.6%);
• Spain: $38.2 million (0.5%).

Among the above, the fastest-growing flower bouquets exporters since 2011 were:

• Lithuania (up 552.1%);
• Ethiopia (up 292.1%),
• Kenya (up 45.7%);
• China (up 21.9%).

Those countries that posted declines in their exported flower bouquets sales were led by:

• Belgium (down -67.1%);
• Israel (down -26.3%)
• Netherlands (down -26.1%);
• Thailand (down -17.2%).

The above fifteen countries accounted for 93.4% of all flower bouquet exports in 2015 (by value).

Source: World's Top Exports, via FloralDaily