EXPORT&IMPORTOF FLORICULTURE IN INDIA

PRESENTED

BY

PRIYANKA SOLANKI

floriculture Floriculture is the aesthetic of horticulture,

where deals with cultivation of ornamental, annuals, biennials and perennials including potted ones.

Major flowers1. Roses 2. jasmine 3. Tuberose4. Carnation5. Gerbera6. Crossandra7. Anthurium8. Marigold9. Chrysanthemum10. Gladiolus11. Orchids12. Lilly

Export of floriculture in India cut flowers - fresh and dried dominate

floriculture export trade of India. The cut flowers are exported in two forms: Fresh form for bouquets and ornamental

purposes. Dried, dyed, bleached etc. for other

purposes

The information of export of fresh cut flowers in respect of quantities values and the countries to which exported is given in Total quantity exported was valued at Rs.25.12 crores.

The biggest export market was Japan importing 19.65% cut flower followed by USA 10.44%, Germany (7.96%), UK (7.40%), Australia (5.43%) and Netherlands (4.67%).

The fresh cut flowers are exported to 54 countries, but nearly 68% are exported to 10 countries . Unit value revealed that the highest price was paid by

Netherlands (Rs.376.62/kg), Japan (Rs.155.92/kg) Singapore (Rs.141.49/kg). The overall average price received was

Rs.92.26/kg. The price offered by USA was quite low (Rs. 51.33/kg).

Information of export of other cut flowers is given in Table 5. The quality of cut flowers exported was 8295 MT valued at Rs.51.04 crores.

They were exported to in all 55 countries but the major export markets were USA sharing 35.25% exports followed by

Japan (27.98%), Netherlands (9.50%), Germany (5.41%), U.K (4.91%) .

Roses export &import in india

India is the largest supplier of roses to Japan and Australia The export of roses for the coming Valentine's Day (February 14) is expected to be about Rs. 25 corer, estimated to be a 20% rise over last year.

Corporate houses in the floriculture business in Pune

and Bangalore, the country's major rose growing areas, are gearing up to export lakhs of roses to world markets.

Tanflora, which operates from Hosur, located near Bangalore, had exported 1 million cut roses in 2007 during the Valentine's Day and has sent 3 million flowers to markets across the globe last year.

Roses We currently grow and supply the following

varieties of cut flower roses:

Export market The main importing countries for cut flowers are

Germany, France, UK, USA, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Denmark, Sweden, Belgium/Luxembourg and Japan (in order of the volume of imports).

The main exporting countries are Holland (70%), Columbia (9.2%), Israel (5.8%), Italy (4.9%), Spain (2.3%), Kenya (1.4%) and the Canary Islands (1.1%).

The five flowers, namely, rose, chrysanthemum, carnation, tulip and lily account for 70-75 per cent of the world trade.

Although a green house will be of advantage, the cost will go up further by another Rs 12 lakh. "We grow them under a shade house only.

the airport for exporting cut flowers. The only problem "is that we have no flowers for export".

However, the main constraints encountered by the growers are high cost of imported planting material at Rs 100 per plant of 8 - 12 cm length, and secondly high cost of airfreight within the country and outside

The total business of floriculture products in India in 2005 was Rs.8174 Lakhs while it increased to Rs.10117 Lakhs by April, in 2006. There were more than 300 export-oriented units in India.

More than 50% of the floriculture units are based in South zone mainly in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu. Also West Bengal, Maharashtra, Rajasthan have large areas under floriculture.

During the visit, the delegation met officials in major cities and held discussions with flower growers and exporters.

Currently India produces 2,00,000 tonnes of loose flowers and 500 million tonnes of cut flowers according to India's Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA).

Returns from floricultural products were estimated at Rs.205 Crores, which included Rs.105 Crores from traditional and Rs. 100 Crores from modern flowers.

Exporters should plan and monitor effective quality control measures right from production to post harvesting, storage, and transportation.

An analysis of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities of the floricultural industry shows that India has immense potential for export of floricultural products.