With the Covid-19 irruption , while the borderline were closing , Europe turned to nearby area for the supply of flowers and plants . The limited trade from country such as Colombia and Kenya , which are at the top in flower production in the world , has produce an chance for Turkey . Turkish Flower sector illustration in Turkey state that Europe is shut the supplying gap in heyday by sourcing from Turkey . The sector aims to export 125 million USD worth of flower this class .
Board of the Ornamental Plants and Products Exporters Association Chairman Ismail Yilmaz : " The flower production is currently go well and the growers can not gather the requirement for exports . 50 % of the cut flower production goes to export . This pace is much lower for industrial plant . The self-aggrandising detail in exports is carnation . slice flower prices have increased by 85 % compare to last year , and up to 15 % in plants .
107 million USD of exports were made to 83 countries last yr . This class we set a aim of 115 million USD in exports , but it seems that we will outmatch 125 million USD . Our significance are at around 42 million USD . The biggest reason why we increased exports in the epidemic is the supplying deficit in nation such as Colombia and Kenya , which are among the first in the world flush product . Europe has used Turkish flowers as an alternative source option .
In this unconscious process , some of the producer turned from vegetables to blossom production or there are some growers who made new investments to increase their production capacity . We wait the production surface area to grow by 30 % next yr . There is quite a lot of export to countries such as the Netherlands , the United Kingdom , and Uzbekistan . Turkish construction company are doing project in Uzbekistan . We are sending landscape painting product to be used in the projects there . "
decorative Plants Producers Sub - Union ( SUSBIR ) Chairman Ahmet Dundar : " Ornamental plant are also popular in the mankind . decorative plants have a lot of potentiality for exports and are a fall star in the agrarian sector . The exports of the floriculture sphere in total , which had a trade deficit until 2 years ago , have already overstep twice the imports .
As a sphere , we need long - terminus ground support and VAT charge per unit to remain constant at 8 % for production . Approximately 500,000 are employed in the sphere . "
Antalya Commodity Exchange Chairman Ali Candir stated that the city has become the most important blossom manufacturer and exporter of Turkey . Candir said : “ The agriculturist from Antalya have great ambition and great potential in the production of flower and ornamental plants . However , it has problems regarding the production field . For this , we expect the inventory of the Treasury lands to be opened for production , The most of import job of flush exporter is cargo prices . Freight cost increase 2 - 2.5 times equate to the pre - epidemic times . We require the transport prices to decline to a reasonable level for the development of exports . The decrease in flying due to the epidemic has increased the monetary value of tune lading . "
informant : Milliyet
