Due to Covid-19 , the Chinese flower industry has go through some changes , which may turn out to be positive in the farsighted run . Flowers , which were in the past mainly used for outcome are now also more used in the household , which in turn seems to increase the demand for higher quality products . In turn , this development is not only wait to have a positive effect on the overall requirement for flowers ; it may also open possibilities for the flower industriousness to develop further . This is explained by Xizhe Hu , agriculture advisor at the Consulate General of the Netherlands in Chongqing , a part of the Dutch Agriculture Ministry ’s internet in China .
Flower Market in Kunming ( at 10 pm Dec-5 - 2019 )
How it all started - wallop on efflorescence industryThe pandemic start in China , and by the conclusion of January , serious measures had been taken . From January 23 , many flower workshop closed down and as all kinds of events and gatherings - for which most of the prime are used - were cancelled , need for flowers plummeted . And even if flowers were in requirement , get them there was a major challenge , as conveyance within China was blocked . One could not go across provinces from Yunnan to Shanghai , Beijing and so on as several villages and town close down as well . January and February were challenging months for these flower store and from March 10 , they begin to spread up one by one under rigorous quantity .
At the flower vendue , the ' shut - down ' story is a piddling unlike . " The Kunming Flower Auction was only closed for four days , from February 6 - 9 , as they could control social distancing well . On February 10 , the auction opened its doors , but due to the fare job , only few sales could take post . Also the Price at the vendue decreased . On some years , the C and D - degree bloom received only a few RMB cents per stem , which is almost nothing . Most of these flower were grow by the modest local growers and most of them therefore decided to convert to another craw , like vegetable , or decide to look for a different business . "
Also internationally , logistics was a challenge . Not only flights were cancelled , there was also a lack of sea container . On top of that , toll skyrocketed . " For the ocean consignment , toll doubled and for air lading prices even treble , resulting in making margin difficult . as luck would have it the Dutch propagation companies in China did not find many cancellations . "
Situation started to improveBy mid - March , the situation started to improve . " By March 10 , blossom shop class were open up slow under exacting measure . The owners and worker had to report where they had been and when they returned to the urban center where their flower workshop is place , they had to go into quarantine for 2 calendar week . By the end of March , the shops at the flush market were almost all open again and life begin to get back to normal . "
Flower Market in Kunming ( at 9 pm Oct-25 - 2020 )
85 % increase in Chinese Valentine ’s Day salesAt Kunming Flower Auction , the sale increased sharply in August , excuse Hu . " The auction told us that , during the 7 days before Chinese Valentine ’s Day ( August 25th this yr ) the sales were around 56 million RMB , which was 85 % higher than the twelvemonth before . " So what could be the reasonableness ? " We opine of two reasons . First it might be a sort of compensation . During Valentine ’s Day on February 14 , China was in a lockdown , so no one was thinking about flowers . So , for Chinese Valentine ’s Day , they credibly wanted to catch up on what they ’d miss . Secondly , we noticed that the house expenditure increased . More hoi polloi had to remain at household and therefore wanted to beautify their homes with plant and flowers . "
Household consumption - increment in demand for qualityAlong with the trend of the increase in household uptake is the rise in demand for better character merchandise , explain Hu . " In the past times , flowers were mainly used for events , so the vase life of the flower was not a precedency - it only had to be pretty for one Clarence Day - monetary value had precedence . Now , however , since people are more and more using the efflorescence at their homes , they pop to observe the grandness of the quality of the flower as the better quality flush will appease in the vase longer . So they now position quality over damage . Currently , at the auction , cost are more or less back to the tier they were before , on ordinary about 1 RMB per stem . "
IPR awarenessAs the market place is asking for high caliber products , growers are becoming more aware of the importance of International Property Rights ( IPR ) . " The IPR way out is not only damaging the external breeders , it is damage the whole sector as there are n’t as many new variety entering the Chinese marketplace as tight as they do in other land . Due to the bad experience breeder have had with illegal extension , most of them now are enter raw miscellany with a strategy . However , if the securities industry is asking for better quality production , buy plants from professional propagators is look to become more in demand . Together with several party , we attempt to line up solutions and offer more readable practices / guidelines for all parties . "
Packing of prime at Kunming Flower Market .
Positive developmentsCovid-19 definitely made 2020 a thought-provoking year , however also a special year create right hope for the future . " house uptake increase which is result in a high need for lineament which in turn raises the consciousness and grandness of IPR . As part of the LNV agricultural net in China , I keep penny-pinching contact with Dutch companies who are active here . Due to the COVID-19 epidemic , the way of working has changed a heap . Right now , we are organizing more webinars . For representative , late October the Consulate - General in Chongqing , together with Dutch and Chinese counterparts , organized a Flower Cold Chain webinar to improve the provision chain of the blossom sector . During this webinar , Dutch expert share their experiences and noesis relating to their expertness in the distribution of overbold - cuts . "
For more selective information : Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in ChongqingXizhe HuEmail:[email protected]www.netherlandsandyou.nl
