Cost of Mother’s Day Flowers Tip New United Kingdom Border Controls Root Materials from Europe
The EU bureaucracy puts a thorns on Mother’s Day bouquets – spring flowers rose at the price of florists.
Most of the cut flowers come from the Netherlands, where breeders are shot by challenging new border controls.
After Brexit, documents and inspections delay the flowers of the detrimental truck and increase the costs of breeders.
This is introduced by solid border controls last April, and farmers in the Netherlands give up supplying the UK.
With the growth of rain and freezing bulbs, two -year bad harvesting, tulips, lilies, crocus and hyacinths further increased the deficiencies.
The wholesale prices of tulips are about 50 percent higher than 2024 and florists had to transfer extra cost to customers.
Nikki Meader, President of the British Florist Association, said that a typical bouquet rose from £ 50 to £ 65.
He said that the florists ‘reduced the price as much as possible’, but added: ‘Wholesale prices have risen so much that we need to transfer them.’
EU bureaucracy puts a thorn in Mother’s Day bouquets – Spring Flowers rise at the price of florists (stock image)
Wholesale prices of tulips are about 50 percent higher than 2024 and florists have to transfer extra cost to customers (stock image)
Most of the cut flowers come from the Netherlands, where breeders are shot by challenging new border controls. In Picture: After arriving at Dover Port in 2019, the truck queue that will go through border and security checks
He said that trucks from the Netherlands surrendered to the West Malling Flowers store in the city at midnight after being held on the border of England for ten hours. Ms. Meader, the association’s government ‘crazy’ bureaukro to cut the lobby, he said.
Bouquet distribution service Flowerbx’s founder, florists in obtaining Dutch varieties ” said they faced significant difficulties.
Whitney Bromberg Hawkings, “ He is hurting everyone, ” he said. ‘Many florists will have to transfer higher prices to their customers or to compromise on quantity or quality.’
The UK is the second largest market for Dutch flowers and plants, approximately £ 800 million per year.
However, the Bahçelik Trade Association warns the government that the inadequate capacity in the ports for examinations is forcing some Dutch suppliers from the UK market.
President Will Armitage said: ‘The UK is a big customer for the Dutch, but it has become a difficult customer unintentionally.’
