The following tables show the volume and value of flowers imported into the UK each year since 1997 broken down by country of origin as recorded in the Official Trade Statistics. Data for 2006 are included up to November.
The Netherlands has consistently been the largest supplier of flowers imported into the UK over this period of time.
Tonnes Country 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Jan-Nov 2006 Netherlands 52,669 69,630 69,706 73,991 75,790 155,018 176,699 155,585 114,056 94,066 Kenya 5,223 4,871 6,735 8,129 10,183 11,221 11,792 16,989 18,650 16,509 Colombia 9,614 9,110 8,525 9,192 8,017 7,667 10,271 9,212 9,037 9,453 Spain 6,947 8,422 11,769 9,589 11,341 10,813 9,333 9,416 6,289 5,264 Turkey 3,542 3,899 3,899 2,772 3,146 3,145 3,097 3,430 2,441 2,081 USA 956 1,058 1,180 893 704 1,103 783 597 875 237 Israel 1,620 1,100 1,280 963 537 464 576 372 605 577 Belgium — — 1,767 643 1,289 876 814 1,043 701 278 Italy 1,541 1,313 794 724 638 568 478 479 417 251 Morocco 1,025 713 788 835 840 664 524 494 374 380 South Africa 159 103 113 85 145 138 201 805 1,318 508 Ecuador 60 83 170 280 222 271 434 500 528 449 Germany 292 242 162 86 242 427 307 542 247 244 France 1,209 553 518 22 39 42 40 38 36 85 Denmark 208 57 51 58 316 462 539 578 136 57 Belgium- Luxembourg 717 1,499 — — — — — — — — Zimbabwe 456 208 209 176 216 274 280 179 24 — Costa Rica 20 34 57 122 218 187 248 171 258 401 Austria 136 — — 2 — — 6 233 636 680 Irish Republic 112 140 37 11 18 432 347 217 334 29 India 232 106 57 70 77 111 209 147 255 207 Thailand 191 151 121 101 101 99 100 88 126 110 Zambia 39' 108 39 31 1 — 94 206 102 83 Uganda 8 24 21 13 101 71 112 142 134 27 China 4 8 14 39 31 69 61 126 149 28 Poland 74 60 25 72 18 — 41 16 16 1 Ethiopia 13 11 — 2 — — 1 17 49 130 Philippines — 8 14 11 2 — 27 4 105 34 Taiwan — 0 — 1 — 0 0 2 6 113 Sri Lanka — 0 — 3 4 8 7 32 39 23 Peru 1 1 4 3 6 1 3 17 21 25 Brazil — 7 — 4 16 5 9 22 14 4 All other countries 199 95 111 100 104 105 162 58 76 62 1Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared.
£000 Country 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Jan-Nov 2006 Netherlands 191,930 225,936 239,762 263,408 306,544 433,622 437,683 408,719 402,759 381,944 Kenya 13,825 14,069 19,773 22,889 31,859 35,171 35,078 46,112 51,842 49,038 Colombia 31,597 31,332 28,645 29,898 27,719 25,298 28,716 23,349 27,272 31,236 Spain 20,614 21,006 17,833 17,125 23,565 26,998 25,019 22,658 13,038 16,714 Turkey 6,595 6,761 6,019 3,376 3,797 4,374 4,121 5,076 4,180 3,775 Israel 7,240 3,991 3,913 3,713 2,180 1,885 2,309 1,465 2,571 2,519 Italy 7,289 4,357 2,714 2,606 2,591 2,692 2,327 2,377 2,111 1,642 Belgium — — 2,376 3,774 5,487 4,744 3,889 4,651 3,299 1,359 USA 3,614 3,938 4,165 3,206 2,965 3,870 2,644 1,762 2,640 687 Morocco 1,755 1,298 1,395 1,460 1,284 688 598 832 742 775 Ecuador 197 212 321 754 705 866 1,278 1,411 1,504 1,459 Denmark 99 75 202 180 115 3,139 2,145 1,841 520 259 South Africa 434 255 203 188 303 287 507 1,991 2,899 1,353 Germany 456 696 519 200 916 1,306 1,126 1,463 862 704 Belgium- Luxembourg 3,088 4,493 — — — — — — — — Zimbabwe 1,755 866 936 710 846 952 357 301 47 — Thailand 2,584 825 470 431 435 393 389 290 422 410 Irish Republic 408 355 159 65 132 900 1,193 845 1,283 96 Costa Rica 34 64 111 307 597 467 507 298 510 861 India 563 259 114 113 131 239 508 344 617 541 France 739 1,004 123 94 132 240 259 239 162 134 Austria 363 — — 7 — — 26 166 805 656 Uganda 45 94 61 53 333 241 365 367 374 78 Zambia 150 406 129 63 4 — 255 553 232 212 China 14 25 41 119 184 96 134 447 389 108 Taiwan — 2 — 7 — 1 8 13 38 383 Ethiopia 20 15 — 4 — — 6 82 187 444 Philippines — 43 31 28 5 — 48 10 260 103 Poland 128 36 24 76 27 — 152 34 13 2 Sri Lanka — 2 — 15 16 26 30 131 164 84 Brazil — 57 — 13 23 44 65 97 31 11 Peru 2 5 20 16 27 3 9 55 71 86 All other countries 519 289 334 313 374 341 433 213 278 258 © Crown Copyright 1Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared. Note: 2006 data are subject to amendments. Source: H M Revenue and Customs Data prepared by Trade Statistics, Agricultural Statistics and Analysis Division, DEFRA.