The Polish horticultural sector seems to recover after the dramatic low sales in March. Polish producers of cut flowers were hit the most, as the majority of sales starts in March and it dropped with 95% this year.
Export from the Netherlands to Poland (6th export destination), dropped with 25% in the same month. Producers who are dealing only with this kind production (bulbs for cut flowers) noted significant losses of profit and might even change the profile of their activities to f.e. vegetable growing.
On the other hand all nurseries are having the best season since years as the majority of Poles decided to stay at home and are interested in ornamental plants for their gardens and balconies.
These developments will change the export market for the Dutch companies in the coming time. The vegetable growers started the production already after the lockdown and hardly felt the difference compared to previous years.
Source: www.agroberichtenbuitenland.nl