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Flowers; cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared

0603 (Harmonized System 1992 for 4-digit)

2022
World Trade $9.66BRnk 386 / 1218
2022
Top Exporter | Top Importer $4.04B | $2.48BNetherlands | United States
2022
Product Complexity -1.51Rnk 958 / 1033
2021 - 2022
Export Growth (CAGR) -7.46%Rnk 1070 / 1218
2022
Share of World Trade 0.041%Rnk 386 / 1218

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Overview This page contains the latest trade data of Cut Flowers. In 2022, Cut Flowers were the world's 386th most traded product, with a total trade of $9.66B. Between 2021 and 2022 the exports of Cut Flowers decreased by -7.46%, from $10.4B to $9.66B. Trade in Cut Flowers represent 0.041% of total world trade.

Cut Flowers are a part of Live trees, plants, bulbs, cut flowers, & ornamental foliage. They include Fresh cut flowers and flower buds for bouquets and Dried flowers.

Exports In 2022 the top exporters of Cut Flowers  were Netherlands ($4.04B), Colombia ($2.05B), Ecuador ($1.04B), Kenya ($665M), and Ethiopia ($255M).

Imports In 2022 the top importers of Cut Flowers were United States ($2.48B), Germany ($1.27B), Netherlands ($907M), United Kingdom ($797M), and France ($462M).

Ranking Cut Flowers ranks 958th in the Product Complexity Index (PCI).

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* Trade values are converted to USD using each month's exchange rate. For December 2023 data, the exchange rate from December 30, 2023 is used.

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Historical Data

Exporters and Importers

Top Origin (2022)Netherlands$4.04B
Top Destination (2022)United States$2.48B

In 2022 Cut Flowers were the world's 386th most traded product (out of 1,218).

In 2022, the top exporters of Cut Flowers were Netherlands ($4.04B), Colombia ($2.05B), Ecuador ($1.04B), Kenya ($665M), and Ethiopia ($255M).

In 2022, the top importers of Cut Flowers were United States ($2.48B), Germany ($1.27B), Netherlands ($907M), United Kingdom ($797M), and France ($462M).

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Exporters of Cut Flowers (2022)
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Market Dynamics

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Top Origin Growth (2021 -  2022)Colombia$324M
Top Destination Growth (2021 -  2022)United States$348M

Between 2021 and 2022, the exports of Cut Flowers grew the fastest in Colombia ($324M), Ecuador ($98.9M), Ethiopia ($22.2M), Uganda ($20.1M), and Latvia ($16.7M).

Between 2021 and 2022, the fastest growing importers of Cut Flowers were United States ($348M), Kazakhstan ($102M), Vietnam ($19.4M), Canada ($18M), and Chile ($16.5M).

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Exporters of Cut Flowers (2021 - 2022)

Importers of Cut Flowers (2021 - 2022)

Market Concentration

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This chart shows the evolution of the market concentration of exports of Cut Flowers.

In 2022, market concentration measured using Shannon Entropy, was 3.02. This means that most of the exports of Cut Flowers are explained by 8 countries.

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Value of Exports in Cut Flowers

Net Trade

TOP NET EXPORTER (2022)Netherlands$3.14B
TOP NET IMPORTER (2022)United States$2.46B

This map shows which countries export or import more of Cut Flowers. Each country is colored based on the difference in exports and imports of Cut Flowers during 2022.

In 2022, the countries that had a largest trade value in exports than in imports of Cut Flowers were Netherlands ($3.14B), Colombia ($2.04B), Ecuador ($1.04B), Kenya ($665M), and Ethiopia ($254M).

In 2022, the countries that had a largest trade value in imports than in exports of Cut Flowers were United States ($2.46B), Germany ($1.2B), United Kingdom ($769M), France ($436M), and Russia ($366M).

Net Trade (2022)

Disaggregation

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In 2022, the world most traded Cut Flowers, disaggragated by their HS6 level were Fresh cut flowers and flower buds... ($9.13B) and Dried flowers ($533M)

HS6 Disaggregation for Cut Flowers (2022)
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Country Comparison

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This visualization shows the countries that have an important ratio of their trade related to Cut Flowers.
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Top 10 Exporters Countries of Cut Flowers by percentage of total exports

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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TOP EXPORT POTENTIALUnited States+ $39.9M
TOP IMPORT POTENTIALColombia+ $8.23M

Cut Flowers’s highest export potential is United States. With an export gap of $39.9M.  Cut Flowers’s highest import potential is Colombia with an import gap of $8.23M.

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Product Complexity

Diversification Frontier

Specialization

The Complexity-Relatedness diagram compares the risk and the strategic value of a product's potential export opportunities. Relatedness is predictive of the probability that a country increases its exports in a product. Complexity, is associated with higher levels of income, economic growth potential, lower income inequality, and lower emissions.

Relatedness vs Country Complexity (2022)

Related Products

This visualization shows products that are likely to be exported by countries that export Cut Flowers.

Country by Relatedness

The following visualization shows the relatedness of Cut Flowers to countries. Higher relatedness values ​​indicate greater knowledge, which predicts a greater probability of exporting that product in the future.

Relative Relatedness by Country (2022)

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