Russia is a prime - love commonwealth , with the rose as the issue one flower . Long stems and gravid heading sizes were the sheer criterion . However , when the crisis kicked in in 2015 , the requirements have interchange to scant prow . ab initio , the decisiveness was made from a fiscal point of view , but since the saving has easy but steadily improved after the crisis , demand for short root word remained . Is it still a conscious choice as the economy has n’t recover , or is it an factual change in trend ?
" From 70 , 80 and 90 atomic number 96 , they are now going for 60 and 70 cm and even 40 and 50 centimetre " , a rose grower exhibit at the FlowersExpo tells us .
The determination for these brusk stems was in the first place made because these blossom are cheaper . Since 2015 , the ruble almost halve in economic value and fluctuated heavy , which made importing blossom expensive and placing orders speculative . Importers were impel to commute to less expensive flush , but without compromising tone . In routine , it opened door for suppliers of curt stem , like from Kenya , but also topically turn bloom .
Over the last long time , more Kenyan flowers are entering the market , and the country has increase its exports to Russia , which was seeable at the FlowersExpo . The number of Kenyan companies at the trade wind bazaar increase significantly over the last years . " The Russian consumer is now familiar with the Kenyan ware " , as one exhibitioner put it .
Also , the locally maturate flower have increase in requirement and they seem to be growing in land area and are wait to grow even further , as governmental funds for yield and veggie production are coming to an final stage .
presently , 15 percentage of the total need for efflorescence in Russia is supplied by the Russian growers , so still , the bulk needs to be import . Rose is the number 1 efflorescence and the bighearted supplier of this product to Russia are traditionally Colombia and Ecuador , although both state have seen need slide a scrap . According to exhibitors at the FlowersExpo though , these agriculturalist gained back a bit of the mart share they ’d misplace .
" It is not as it used to be before the crisis , but it ’s not as bad as it was in the crisis . It is now about in the middle " , many say . And this is not only regarding the bulk , it is also regarding the prices . They are not as low-pitched as they were , but not at the erstwhile tier either . Growers hope it will return once again , but many dubiousness terms will recover and be at the same level as before the crisis .
For many grower exporting to Russia , it has become a more veritable grocery store - not as booming , with high prices , as it was . But still , it remains an authoritative marketplace for all with a lot of potential to grow , and the drive to maturate in this market place was clearly noticeable at the FlowersExpo this week .
Today is the final day of the FlowersExpo . At 6 post-mortem today , the Crocus Expo in Moscow will close down its doors .
The team of FloralDaily.com was present at the show to make a exposure report of the event . This report will be published on Monday , September 16 , but below a preview .
Carlos Sanchez and Carlos Nevada of Tessa Corp. They develop rose in Ecuador and append 50 percentage of their products to Russia . They see the demand increase , not only from Russia , but from Europe and the US as well and therefore decided to expand the farm by 12 ha , to 114 ha . In April 2020 the first flower will be harvested .
Jaime Rodriguez and Helena Mate de Rodriguez of Jaroma Roses grow roses in Colombia . Before 2015 , around 50 percent of their volume were shipped to Russia , then after the crisis , it went down to 15 percentage and they are now at 25 per centum . " In 2 years , we hope to be back at 50 percentage again . "
Naren and Ravi Patel of Subati Flowers . They are one of the Kenyan growers with credibly the longest chronicle in shipping flowers to Russia . They started 12 long time ago with the first flowers and have increase their despatch to this country ever since .
The team of Greenhouse Complex Podosinki , a 9 ha Russian climb farm . They are grow Dutch varieties and trade them all over Russia . Currently , they are replant 3 ha with young and exist kind . Next year , they will replant their next miscellanea .
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