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Market developments international
10 March 2021
Royal FloraHolland
This report contains information as known on Tuesday 9 March 17:00 pm. Although
this report has been compiled with the utmost care, the actual situation in a particular
country or region may differ from the information presented here. No rights can be
derived from this report.
1Flower and plant sales for top 10 export countries Europe
F S G
Legend
C
F* S G F S G F: Florists
Scotland C* C S: Supermarkets
F S G GC: Garden
Northern Ireland C centres
F S G
: No sales
England C : Restricted sales
F* S G F* S G
F S G : Unrestricted sales
C* C
Wales C
F S G F* S G
C C
* * In the Netherlands, florists are allowed to continue physical sales outside their
stores until the end of the lockdown . Click & collect is also permitted at florists and
garden centres.
F S G
F S G F S G C *In Germany, the situation varies greatly from one state to another. (continued on
C C page 5)
* In Italy, there are restrictions on florists established in certain shopping centres
and market halls.
F* S G
C * In Scotland, florists on the mainland are closed, but remain open for outdoor
sales.
Current information on transport in Europe:
https://www.tln.nl/coronavirus-en-
landeninformatie/
2The Netherlands
Lockdown
• Total. The lockdown remains in effect until 30 March.
Floricultural Points of Sale
• Florists: Open, but with restrictions (see post below). In addition, physical sales may take place outside of stores until the end of the lockdown
(with the exception of stores in shopping centres). Pick up of products is also possible on order.
• Supermarkets: Open
• Garden centres: Open, but with restrictions (see post below). In addition, garden centres already had limited opening hours for the
collection of orders (click & collect) as of Wednesday 10 February. Garden centres that derive more than half of their turnover from pet supplies may
remain open (provided they have their own entrance).
Important articles/information
• During the press conference on 8 March, it was announced that large stores can allow more customers in. Instead of two customers per floor in all stores, the
number of customers allowed in at the same time by appointment will be determined on the basis of store surface area from 15 March onwards. Under 50 square
meters, two customers per floor remains the norm, while over 50 square meters, the retail area is taken into account. One customer is allowed per 25 square
metres with a maximum of 50 customers per store. (Source: NOS.nl, 08-03-2021)
• Tuinbranche Nederland is clear: with the 'shopping by appointment' from 3 March, the government does not offer garden centres any easing on the current
possibility of click & collect. The branch organisation of garden centres is calling on the government to allow for wider opening possibilities. As of 3 March, the
industry wishes to see 'normal sales' of plants and related products from outdoor areas or from cold greenhouses (Source: Hortipoint, 01-03-2021)
• In the press conference on Tuesday 23 February, it was announced that from 3 March shopkeepers will be allowed to receive customers who have registered at
least four hours in advance. This is a maximum of two customers per floor, with a minimum visit time of ten minutes. Shop owners are allowed to let in a
maximum of six customers per hour. The curfew will remain in place until the morning of 15 March, the first day of the Lower House elections. On Monday 8
March, it will be announced whether the measure will be extended. (Source: NOS.nl, 23-02-2021)
3Germany
Share of Dutch exports (Source: Floridata)
• Flowers: 27%
• Plants: 26%
Lockdown
• Status 9 March 2021: Nationwide full lockdown until at least 28 March (initially until 7 March) but with relaxations, hardware stores, flower stores and garden centers are open.
Floricultural Points of Sale
• Florists: see the next page for an overview
• Supermarkets: open (but it varies from state to state or even locally whether flowers and plants may be sold or not)
• Garden centres: see the next page for an overview
Important articles/information
• 9 March 2021: https://www.rvo.nl/onderwerpen/internationaal-ondernemen/landenoverzicht/duitsland/veelgestelde-vragen-over-het-coronavirus-
duitsland#:~:text=Overzicht%20Duitse%20deelstaten%20en%20coronamaatregelen%20%20%20,Coronavirus%20in%20Bremen%20%2012%20more%20rows%20. An
overview of the measures at federal and state level can be found here.
4Germany
Overview of opening of points of sale for flowers and plants
Status 9 March 2021
Home delivery of Growers with their Sales outlets at
State Wholesale Florists Order collection purchases Garden centres own private sales cemeteries DIY centres Supermarkets
Bayern
Berlin
Brandenburg
Hamburg
Hessen
NRW
Rhineland-Palatinate
Saxony
Schleswig-Holstein
Thuringia
Lower Saxony
Saarland
Mecklenburg-Western
Pomerania
Bremen
Baden - Württemberg
Saxony-Anhalt
Business access possible
Open, Open Closed sometimes with a special pass
If they only sell their 5
own production (exemption)United Kingdom
Share of Dutch exports (Source: Floridata)
• Flowers and plants: 15%
Lockdown
• England: National Lockdown for all of England from 6 January to at least mid-February. From 8 March, 4-step plan to ease measures.
• Wales: New lockdown as of 20 December All of Wales is on alert level 4(review on 12 March)
• Scotland: Country is divided into 5 security levels. From 5 January, mainland Scotland goes from level 4 to a temporary lockdown (extended to early April).
Certain islands remain at level 3.
• Northern Ireland: New lockdown from 26 December until 1 April (with a review on 18 March)
Floricultural Points of Sale
• Florists:
• England: Closed
• Wales: Closed
• Scotland: Closed for mainland Scotland
• Northern Ireland: Closed (no click & collect allowed)
• Supermarkets:
• England: Open
• Wales: Open, but stores are not allowed to sell products similar to the products in closed stores. Including plants and flowers.
• Scotland: Open
• Northern Ireland: Open
• Garden centres:
• England: Open
• Wales: Closed
• Scotland: Closed for mainland Scotland
• Northern Ireland: Closed (no click & collect allowed)
6United Kingdom (continued)
Important articles/information
• Northern Ireland has presented a five-step plan to ease the lockdown. The blueprint does not include a timeline and concrete dates. Progress will depend on
meeting certain public health criteria. The measures are reviewed regularly (next review 16 March). Click & Collect from non-essential retail will be in step 2 of
the blueprint. Opening non-essential retail will take place in step 3. (Source: bbc.uk.com, 03-03-2021)
• Boris Johnson has presented a new 4-step plan to ease measures in England. This states that non-essential retail (step 2) cannot reopen until 12 April at the
earliest. (Source: bbc.uk, 22-02-2021)
• The Welsh Government has confirmed that it will look at restrictions around non-essential retail as part of its next 21-day review, which will end on Friday 12
March. This includes non-essential stores that may not currently be open. They could open the doors in mid-March, potentially lifting the restriction on Wales'
population to remain at home too. (Source: Walesonline.co.uk, 26-02-2021)
• Last week, Minister Sturgeon presented the tentative framework for how restrictions might be eased in Scotland over the next two months. From 26 April, all
areas in Scotland would return to level three. This is also the possible date to reopen non-essential retail, restaurants and pubs. (Source bbc.uk, 26-02-2021)
7France
Share of Dutch exports (Source: Floridata)
• Flowers and plants: 13%
Lockdown
• Partial lockdown tightened from 31-01-2021 (*/**/***):
• Shops open until 6 pm, respecting distance rules (max. 1 person per 8 m2); service/delivery at home permitted
• Non-food shopping centres, with an area of more than 20,000 m2, i.e. those that cause the most mixing of the population, are closed.
• Additional measures for shops will apply in some regions from 1 March 2021: Dunkirk and Hauts de Flandre, border region in Alsace (*/**)
• Additional measures apply to shops from. 5 March in specific regions (***)
Floricultural Points of Sale
• Florists: Open
• Supermarkets: Open
• Garden centres: Open
Important articles/information
• (*) Stricter corona measures are being taken/considered in some regions because of the increased spread of the virus: the coastal region around Nice will go into
lockdown over the next two weekends. A similar measure will apply in the areas around Dunkirk and in the east of France (around Metz). (Source: LAN, 25-02-
2021; JAF-Info, 01-03-2021)
• (**) The measures for the regions of Dunkirk and Hauts de Flandre are reinforced. These rules will take effect from Monday 1 March 2021. Every day of the week
shops, commercial premises or commercial units (including those distributed via external aisles) of more than 5,000 m², excluding food shops and pharmacies,
are closed. However, these businesses (excluding food and pharmacies) can continue with the collection of orders and the delivery of orders. These companies
remain obliged to respect the curfew hours. The attendance meters in open companies are:
• 15 m² per customer in shops larger than 400 m²;
• 10 m² per customer in shops less than 400 m².
(Source: JAF-Info, 01-03-2021)
8France
Share of Dutch exports (Source: Floridata)
• Flowers and plants: 13%
Important articles/information
• (***) Jean CASTEX announces closure of 10,000 m2 of shopping centres in the 23 at-risk
departments from Friday 5 March. Premier Jean Castex held a press conference on 4
March 2021 to take stock of the current status on the fight against Covid-19.
Main points:
• Extension of weekend restriction measures to the entire Pas-de-Calais department
(same as previous measures closure of shopping centres of 5,000 m2) - from next
Friday (Editor's note except more restrictive measures:
✓ Garden centres: see case by case depending on activities and surface areas /
✓ Pet shops: open
✓ Florists: shops closed but pick-up and delivery of orders allowed / See decree
page Covid19)
• In high-risk departments, large shopping malls of more than 10,000 m2 will be closed
from next Friday, instead of 20,000 m2.
• Acceleration of vaccination in the 23 departments under enhanced surveillance
(Source: JAF-Info, 01-03-2021)
9Poland
Share of Dutch exports (Source: Floridata)
• Flowers and plants: 5%
Lockdown
• Partially
Floricultural Points of Sale
• Florists: Open
• Supermarkets: Open
• Garden centres: Open
Important articles/information
• The existing tightened safety rules in the Warmia-Masuria region (see post below) are in effect until 20 March. From 13 March onwards, the Pomeranian region
will be added and the stricter safety rules will also apply to this region. (Source: www.gov.pl, 05-03-2021)
• In the province of Warmia-Masuria in north-eastern Poland, the epidemic situation is worrying, which is why security rules have been tightened up in the region
since 27 February. Hotels, shopping centers (except pharmacies, drugstores, supermarkets, press lounges, bookstores, pet stores and building supplies) and
cultural institutions are closed. In the rest of the country, these will remain open under sanitary conditions, in accordance with current regulations. (Source:
www.gov.pl, 24-02-2021)
10Italy
Share of Dutch exports (Source: Floridata)
• Flowers and plants: 4%
Lockdown
• State of Emergency extended to 30 April 2021;
• As of 1 February, there is some relaxation of the measures for most Italian regions.
• See latest official rules in article *).
Floricultural Points of Sale
• Florists: Open with the exception of those located in shopping centres and market halls which are closed on Saturdays, Sundays and public
holidays.
• Supermarkets: Open
• Garden centres: Open
Important articles/information
*) Throughout Italy, the general rules consist of keeping one metre of distance and wearing a face masks, both in enclosed spaces - such as a supermarket, a
restaurant (until you are seated at a table) and on public transport - and outside when you are among people (you don't have to do this, however, when exercising
or when you are guaranteed to be alone, for example in a deserted forest or on an otherwise empty beach). There is a curfew that starts at 10pm (and lasts until
5am).
The regions in Italy are colour coded: red (high risk), orange (medium risk), yellow (low risk) and white (low risk), with different rules for each colour.
Via Covidzone.info you can see per day which region has which colour. For the province of Bolzano (Trentino-Alto Adige) code red will apply until at least 28
February. Also the province of Perugia and six municipalities in the province of Terni (Umbria) are code red (until at least 21 February)
For the week of 8 to 15 March, code red will apply for the regions of Campania, Basilicata and Molise. In the Umbria region, the province of Perugia and six
municipalities in the province of Terni are code red. There is a lockdown in these regions; you are only allowed to go out with a valid reason. All non-essential
shops are closed, as are restaurants and bars (delivery is allowed).
In the regions Trentino-Alto Adige, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Veneto, Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany, Le Marche, Umbria and Abruzzo code orange applies. Bars and
restaurants are closed (delivery is allowed) and it is not allowed to travel between municipalities without a necessary reason (work, study, medical reasons). In
the regions of Piemonte and Lombardia code dark orange applies, with some stricter measures.
11Italy
Important articles/information (continued)
• (*) The regions of Valle d'Aosta, Liguria, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lazio, Puglia, Calabria and Sicily are code yellow. In these regions, all general precautions
(such as keeping your distance and wearing a face mask) apply and a curfew. Bars and restaurants are allowed to stay open until 6pm in these yellow regions.
From that moment on, you are no longer allowed to eat or drink on the streets, but you can still have food delivered. Museums in yellow zones may open their
doors during the week
• For Sardinia code white will apply from 1 March. This colour was created for regions that have less than fifty infections per hundred thousand inhabitants for at
least three weeks. If a region is white, the curfew is lifted and all museums, theatres, cinemas and gyms may open. It remains compulsory to wear a face mask
indoors and outdoors and to keep a meter's distance.
You can find an up-to-date, detailed overview of all corona cases in Italy, both by region and by province, at https://lab.gedidigital.it/gedi-visual/2020/coronavirus-i-
contagi-in-italia. (Source https://ciaotutti.nl, 08-03-2021)
12Belgium
Share of Dutch exports (Source: Floridata)
• Flowers and plants: 4%
Lockdown
• Discontinued, but continuation of preventive rules until 18 April (*/**/***)
Floricultural Points of Sale
• Florists: Open
• Supermarkets: Open
• Garden centres: Open
Important articles/information
• (*) Businesses and associations offering goods or services to consumers and which may remain open to the public shall carry out their activities in conformity
with the applicable sector protocol. This consists of a number of rules such as:
• A distance of 1.5 m between each person must be guaranteed;
• Consumers are admitted for a maximum of 30 minutes, but the visit may last longer if the company or association works exclusively by appointment;
• One customer is admitted per 10m2 of floor space accessible to the public.
(Source and more info at: https://www.info-coronavirus.be/nl/faq/)
• (**) Essential journeys are only possible with a declaration of honour; since Wednesday 27 January, only essential journeys to and from Belgium are possible. To
comply, a statutory declaration must be completed in advance. Essential journeys are considered to be professional journeys, such as seasonal workers coming
to Belgium. (Source: AVBS, 29-01-2021)
• (***) Curfew remains in place and the travel ban is extended to 18 April (NOS, 06-03-2021)
• To support Flemish agriculture and horticulture, Flanders has freed up an additional €3 million to promote the sale of Flemish agricultural and horticultural
products both outside and inside the country. (Source: LAN update 04-03-2021)
13Switzerland
Share of Dutch exports (Source: Floridata)
• Flowers: 3%
• Plants: 4%
Lockdown
• From 1 March, all shops are allowed to open again; however, the number of customers allowed is still limited.
• On 22 March, it will be examined whether further relaxations are possible.
• Cantons take additional measures – where necessary.
Floricultural Points of Sale
• Florists: Open
• Supermarkets: Open
• Garden centres: Open
Important articles/information
• For current measures in Switzerland see: https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/de/home/krankheiten/ausbrueche-epidemien-pandemien/aktuelle-ausbrueche-
epidemien/novel-cov/massnahmen-des-bundes.html#-402269208
14Russia
Share of Dutch exports (Source: Floridata)
• Flowers and plants: 3%
Lockdown
• None
Floricultural Points of Sale
• Florists: Open
• Supermarkets: Open
• Garden centres: Open
Important articles/information
• n/a
15Sweden
Share of Dutch exports (Source: Floridata)
• Flowers and plants: 3%
Lockdown
• Status on 9 March 2021: Advice to regions to keep non-essential shops, secondary/higher education schools and other public facilities where people meet (including theatres)
closed. Restaurant opening hours are limited to 8.30pm. Face masks are recommended. Regions can take extra measures in case of a large increase in infections. Working
from home is the norm until 31 May 2021.
• Shops that are open in the regions are for necessary shopping, it is not recommended to visit them as a leisure activity. If the epidemiological situation worsens, the national
government is prepared to close shops nationwide.
• From 6 February, you will need a negative COVID-19 PCR test result (antigen, PCR or LAMP) when entering Sweden but exceptions apply for the transport sector.
• The transport of goods continues to be permitted and no additional form is required. The Decree Förordning (2020:1258) om tillfälligt inreseförbud vid resor från Danmark,
Norge eller Förenade kungariket till Sverige Svensk författningssamling 2020:2020:1258 t.o.m. SFS 2021:33 - Riksdagen published by the Swedish government states that the
transport sector is completely exempt from all measures during this pandemic.
Floricultural Points of Sale
• Florists: Open
• Supermarkets: Open
• Garden centres: Open
Important articles/information
• 9 March 2021 https://www.rvo.nl/onderwerpen/internationaal-ondernemen/landenoverzicht/zweden/veelgestelde-vragen-over-het-coronavirus-zweden:, with an overview of
measures that apply
• 9 March 2021: https://www.krisinformation.se/en/hazards-and-risks/disasters-and-incidents/2020/official-information-on-the-new-coronavirus, official website with corona
measures and news per region and country
16Austria
Share of Dutch exports (Source: Floridata)
• Flowers and plants: 2%
Lockdown
• Lockdown: relaxation of COVID-19 measures from 8 February 2021.
• Current measures (have been extended and are provisionally in force until 9 March):
• All stores are open; maximum opening hours from 6am to 7pm.
• An area of 20 m2 must be available per customer (previously: 1 customer per 10 m2).
• 'Staying at home/inside' applies between 8pm and 6am (exceptions are allowed, including when caring for people who need support, basic needs, individual
sports, walking).
Floricultural Points of Sale
• Florists: Open
• Supermarkets: Open
• Garden centres: Open
Important articles
• For current measures in Austria see: https://www.sozialministerium.at/Informationen-zum-Coronavirus/Coronavirus---Aktuelle-Ma%C3%9Fnahmen.html
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