Few tulips from the Netherlands will be in florist varieties in the spring of 2023. Most of the assortment will be represented by Russian products, and imported products will cost much more; opens The words of Alexei Antipov, president of the National Florists’ Association, are quoted by Rossiyskaya Gazeta.
At the same time, a similar situation has been observed in the Russian flower market in the last 5-7 years. For this reason, he emphasized that the decrease in imported tulip varieties has nothing to do with the international sanctions of Western countries against the Russian Federation.
“This year, almost all tulips will be Russian-made. There will be few imported tulips and they will cost much more. Import substitution did indeed take place in this part of the flower industry. You can count several hundred tulip producers in Russia – this is quite a profitable small business, ”said Antipov.
February 22, President of the National Florists Association Alexei Antipov declarationRussian flower growers demanded that an anti-dumping investigation be carried out due to the importation of cheap flowers into the domestic market of the Russian Federation. Recently, imports of these products at low prices from African and Latin American countries, including Kenya and Ecuador, have become more frequent.