Cut flowers, flower buds | Imports and Exports | 2023

In 2023, the world exports of "Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared" exceeded $10.3 billion (according to external trade statistics of 102 countries). It was $10.1 billion in the previous year (according to merchandise trade statistics of 106 countries).

There are no trade data (2023) for such exporters as Vietnam (0.658% of the world exports in 2022), Latvia (0.277%), Rwanda (0.044%), Korea (0.035%), State of Palestine (0.003%)

Top exporters of Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared in 2023

The world's largest exporters of this commodity group in 2023:

• Netherlands - 47% of the world exports ($4.91 billion)
• Colombia - 20% ($2.08 billion)
• Ecuador - 9.52% ($987 million)
• Kenya - 6.39% ($663 million)
• Ethiopia - 2.23% ($231 million)

«Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared» accounted for a substantial share of total exports of

• Kenya - 9.26% of Kenya's total exports in 2023 ($663 million of $7.15 billion)
• Ethiopia - 8.08% ($231 million of $2.85 billion)
• Colombia - 4.17% ($2.08 billion of $49 billion)
• Ecuador - 3.17% ($987 million of $31 billion)
• Netherlands - 0.663% ($4.91 billion of $741 billion)
• Nigeria - 0.24% ($156 million of $65 billion)
• Guatemala - 0.234% ($33 million of $14.2 billion)
• Armenia - 0.233% ($19.5 million of $8.37 billion)
• Costa Rica - 0.21% ($38 million of $18.1 billion)

According to statistics provided by the major exporters, the largest flows of exports of «Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared» in 2023:

• Exports from Colombia to USA: (16% of the world exports, $1.65 billion according to external trade statistics of Colombia)
• Exports from Ecuador to USA: (3.3% of the world exports, $342 million according to external trade statistics of Ecuador)
• Exports from Ethiopia to Netherlands: (1.68% of the world exports, $175 million according to external trade statistics of Ethiopia)
• Exports from Kenya to Netherlands: (2.62% of the world exports, $271 million according to external trade statistics of Kenya)
• Exports from Netherlands to France: (4.77% of the world exports, $495 million according to external trade statistics of Netherlands)
• Exports from Netherlands to Germany: (13.4% of the world exports, $1.38 billion according to external trade statistics of Netherlands)
• Exports from Netherlands to Other Europe, nes: (2.5% of the world exports, $259 million according to external trade statistics of Netherlands)
• Exports from Netherlands to Poland: (1.68% of the world exports, $174 million according to external trade statistics of Netherlands)
• Exports from Netherlands to Russia: (2.33% of the world exports, $241 million according to external trade statistics of Netherlands)
• Exports from Netherlands to United Kingdom: (4.87% of the world exports, $505 million according to external trade statistics of Netherlands)

In 2023, the world imports of "Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared" exceeded $9.37 billion (according to external trade statistics of 134 countries). It was $9.23 billion in the previous year (according to merchandise trade statistics of 138 countries).

There are no trade data (2023) for such importers as Korea (0.742% of the world imports in 2022), Vietnam (0.385%), Latvia (0.351%), Mongolia (0.035%), Trinidad and Tobago (0.018%), Bermuda (0.011%), Albania (0.011%), State of Palestine (0.005%), Nepal (0.004%), Angola (0.003%), Lesotho (0.001%)

Top importers of Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared in 2023

The world's largest importers of this commodity group in 2023:

• USA - 27% of the world imports ($2.57 billion)
• Germany - 13.5% ($1.27 billion)
• Netherlands - 11.8% ($1.11 billion)
• United Kingdom - 8.16% ($765 million)
• France - 4.09% ($383 million)
• Japan - 3.41% ($320 million)

«Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared» accounted for a substantial share of total imports of

• Netherlands - 0.167% of Netherlands's total imports in 2023 ($1.11 billion of $664 billion)
• Lithuania - 0.134% ($65 million of $48 billion)
• Moldova - 0.116% ($10.1 million of $8.67 billion)
• Kazakhstan - 0.099% ($60 million of $61 billion)
• Qatar - 0.098% ($31 million of $31 billion)
• Denmark - 0.096% ($122 million of $126 billion)
• United Kingdom - 0.096% ($765 million of $791 billion)
• Germany - 0.086% ($1.27 billion of $1.46 trillion)

According to statistics provided by the major importers, the largest flows of imports of «Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared» in 2023:

• Imports to France from Netherlands (3.62% of the world imports, $339 million according to external trade statistics of France)
• Imports to Germany from Netherlands (12.4% of the world imports, $1.16 billion according to external trade statistics of Germany)
• Imports to Italy from Netherlands (2.56% of the world imports, $240 million according to external trade statistics of Italy)
• Imports to Netherlands from Ecuador (2.08% of the world imports, $195 million according to external trade statistics of Netherlands)
• Imports to Netherlands from Ethiopia (1.74% of the world imports, $163 million according to external trade statistics of Netherlands)
• Imports to Netherlands from Kenya (3.89% of the world imports, $365 million according to external trade statistics of Netherlands)
• Imports to United Kingdom from Kenya (1.82% of the world imports, $170 million according to external trade statistics of United Kingdom)
• Imports to United Kingdom from Netherlands (4.36% of the world imports, $409 million according to external trade statistics of United Kingdom)
• Imports to USA from Colombia (16.1% of the world imports, $1.51 billion according to external trade statistics of USA)
• Imports to USA from Ecuador (7.1% of the world imports, $665 million according to external trade statistics of USA)