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Market developments international
24 March 2021
Royal FloraHolland
This report contains information as of Tuesday 23March 17:00. 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.
1
Flower 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 may continue physical sales outside their shops 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. Please see
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.
*)In Poland, florists in shopping centres are closed
Current information on transport in Europe:
https://www.tln.nl/coronavirus-en-
landeninformatie/
2The Netherlands
Lockdown
• Total. The lockdown will remain in effect through 12 April.
Floriculture Points of Sale
• Florists: Open, but with restrictions (see post below). In addition, physical sales may take place outside of shops until the end of the lockdown
(with the exception of shops 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 shops can let more customers in. Instead of two customers per floor in all shops, the
number of customers allowed in at the same time by appointment will be determined on the basis of shop surface area from 15 March onwards. Below 50 square
metres, two customers per floor remains the norm, above that the retail area is taken into account. One customer is allowed per 25 square metres with a
maximum of 50 customers per shop. (Source: NOS.nl, 08-03-2021)
• Tuinbranche Nederland is clear: with 'shopping by appointment' from 3 March, the government offers garden centres no extension on the current possibility of
click & collect. The branch organisation of garden centres is calling on the government to allow a wider opening. 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 a 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 23 March, 2021: Nationwide full lock-down until at least 18 April (initially until 28 March) but with relaxations, DIY shops, flower shops and garden centres are open.
Floriculture 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
• 23 March, 2021: https://www.rvo.nl/onderwerpen/internationaal-ondernemen/landenoverzicht/duitsland/veelgestelde-vragen-over-het-coronavirus-
duitsland#:~:text=Overview%20German%20parties%20and%20corona%20measures%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 23 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: 16%
• Plants: 10%
Lockdown
• England: From 8 March 4-step plan to ease measures. Starting March 29, the message "Stay at home" will be changed to "Stay local."
• Wales: All of Wales is on alert level 4. As of 13 March, there will be some relaxations: a.o. "Stay at home" will become "Stay local" (review on April 2)
• Scotland: The 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. Starting 2 April, the message "Stay at home" will be changed to "Stay local."
• Northern Ireland: New lockdown from 26 December until 1 April. As of 1 April, some relaxations. As of 12 April, the message "Stay at home" will be changed to
"Stay local" (next review 15 April)
Floriculture 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 (no restrictions)
• Scotland: Open
• Northern Ireland: Open
• Garden centres:
• England: Open
• Wales: Open
• Scotland: Closed for mainland Scotland
• Northern Ireland: Closed (no click & collect allowed until 1 April)
6United Kingdom (continued)
Important articles/information
• From 2 April, the "Stay at home" message in Scotland will be replaced by "Stay local". From 5 April garden centres will be allowed to open again and click &
collect will be possible again for all non-essential shops. Other (non-essential) shops will be allowed to reopen from 26 April. (Source: gov.scot, 19-03-2021)
• From 13 March, the "Stay at home" message in Wales will be replaced by "Stay local". From 22 March, shops such as supermarkets may also sell non-essential
products and garden centres may also open. All (other) shops can only open from 12 April. (Source: Walesonline.co.uk , 15-03-2021)
• From 1 April, Click & Collect will also be allowed in Northern Ireland for garden centres and nurseries. From 12 April, Click & Collect will be allowed for all other
non-essential retail. Starting 12 April, the message "Stay at home" will be changed to "Stay local." (Source: bbc.uk.com, 16-03-2021)
• 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)
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 social distancing 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 1-03-2021: Dunkirk and Hauts de Flandre, border region in Alsace (*/**)
• Additional measures apply to shops from. 5 March in specific regions (***)
Floriculture Points of Sale
• Florists: Open
• Supermarkets: Open
• Garden centres: Open
Important articles/information
• (*) Stricter coronas 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 to pick up orders (drive) and provide deliveries. These companies remain
obliged to respect the curfew hours. The attendance metres 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 the closure of 10,000 m2 of shopping centres in the 23 at-
risk wards from Friday 5 March. On 4 March 2021 Premier Jean Castex held a press
conference to take stock of the state of the fight against Covid-19.
Main points:
• Extension of weekend containment measures to the entire Pas-de-Calais department
(same as previous measures: closure of shopping centres 5,000 m2) - from next
Friday (Editor's note except more restrictive measures:
✓ Garden centres - see case by case depending on activities and surfaces /
✓ Pet shops: open
✓ Florists: shops closed but pick-up and delivery of orders allowed / See decree
page Covid19)
• In high-risk departments, large shopping centres of more than 10,000 m2 will be
closed from next Friday, instead of 20,000 m2.
• Acceleration of vaccination in the 23 wards under enhanced surveillance
(Source: JAF-info 01-03-2021)
9France
Important articles/information
• (****) Premier Jean CASTEX announces a stricter lockdown for 16 departments during a press
conference on 18 March, 2021.
"These measures that we are taking today in the most affected regions can be extended to
other parts of the territory if necessary."
• Key points are:
• Stronger and more demanding lock-down measures (all days of the week) for 16
departments (IDF - HDF - Alpes Maritimes - Seine Maritime and Eure)
• From next Friday for a duration of 4 weeks
• Schools remain open
• Only businesses selling basic necessities are allowed to open their doors, except for books
and music; ornamental plants do not appear to be considered essential products. Click &
Collect allowed
• The companies authorized to open will be the same as during the previous lockdowns,
according to Jean Castex.
• Outdoors - more flexible rules
• Inter-regional travel prohibited - inter-regional travel is prohibited except for urgent or
professional reasons."
• Curfew from 19.00 onwards instead of 18.00 throughout France
• Teleworking: at least 4 out of 5 days
(Source: JAF-info 18-03-2021)
• Plants and flowers, like pets, are considered essential necessities of life - This is laid down in
Decree No. 2021-296 of 19 March 2021 which replaces Decree No. 2020-1310 of 29 October
2020. This prescribes the general measures concerning the covid-19 epidemic in the context
of a health emergency. (Source: JAF-info 20-03-2021)
10Poland
Share of Dutch exports (Source: Floridata)
• Flowers and plants: 5%
Lockdown
• Partially
Floriculture Points of Sale
• Florists: Open Closed in shopping centres.
• Supermarkets: Open
• Garden centres: Open
Important articles/information
• The epidemiological situation in Poland is worsening. It has therefore been decided to tighten the safety rules in the whole of Poland from Saturday 20 March to 9
April. This means, among other things, that hotels, shopping centres (with the exception of pharmacies, drugstores, supermarkets, press lounges, bookstores, pet
shops and building supplies) and cultural institutions are closed.
• From Monday 15 to 28 March, reinforced safety rules also apply in the provinces of Mazovia and Lubusz, as well as in the regions of Ermland-Mazuria and
Pomerania (see posts below). (Source: www.gov.pl, 11-03-2021)
• 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 join in and the stricter safety rules will also apply to this region. (Source: www.gov.pl, 05-03-2021)
11Italy
Share of Dutch exports (Source: Floridata)
• Flowers and plants: 4%
Lockdown
• State of Emergency extended to 30 April 2021;
• Lockdown extended to 5 April
• Different measures apply to the Italian regions. See latest official rules in article *).
Floriculture 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 mask, 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 10:00 pm (and lasts
until 5:00 am).
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. As of 22 March , much of Italy is back in partial lockdown. For the regions of Lombardy,
Piedmont, Trentino-Alto Adige, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Veneto, Emilia-Romagna, Le Marche, Lazio, Molise, Campania, Basilicata and Puglia, the colour code is red.
In these regions there is a lockdown; 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 Valle d'Aosta, Liguria, Tuscany, Umbria, Abruzzo, Calabria, Sicily, Molise, Basilicata and Sardinia code orange applies. Bars and restaurants are
closed (delivery is allowed) and travel between municipalities is not permitted without a necessary reason (work, study, medical reasons).
12Italy
Important articles/information (continued)
• (*) For the time being there is no longer a region with code yellow. With this colour code, all general precautions (such as keeping your distance and wearing a
face mask) and curfew are in effect. Bars and restaurants are allowed to stay open until 6:00 pm 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.
• There is also no region with code white. 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 mandatory to wear a face mask inside and
outside and to keep a metre distance.
• 3-4-5 April (Easter): for the Easter weekend, code red has for the time being been announced for the whole of Italy. Any white areas could still be excluded from
this.
• An up-to-date detailed overview of all corona cases in Italy, both by region and by province, can be found at https://lab.gedidigital.it/gedi-visual/2020/coronavirus-
i-contagi-in-italia. (Source https://ciaotutti.nl, 22-03-2021)
13Belgium
Share of Dutch exports (Source: Floridata)
• Flowers and plants: 4%
Lockdown
• Discontinued, but continuation of preventive rules until 18 April (*/**/***)
Floriculture 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/)
• (**) Curfew remains in place and travel ban is extended to 18 April (NOS, 06-03-2021)
• (***) Travel ban expires on 19 April. After the Easter holidays, travel - within Europe - will be allowed again, although it is still strongly advised against. This is
confirmed by the new ministerial decree containing the corona measures published today. ‘Non-essential travel abroad is prohibited for persons whose main
residence is in Belgium.' This is how article 21 of the ministerial decree containing the corona measures begins today. Minister of the Interior Annelies Verlinden
(CD&V) published an update of the MB in the Belgian Official Journal. It will replace that article as of Monday, 19 April, the day after the end of the Easter
holidays. (Source: De Standaard, 22-03-2021)
14Switzerland
Share of Dutch exports (Source: Floridata)
• Flowers: 3%
• Plants: 4%
Lockdown
• As of 1 March, some national measures have been relaxed:
• All shops are allowed to open; however, the number of customers allowed is still limited.
• On 14 April it will be examined whether further flexibility is possible.
• Cantons take additional measures – where necessary.
Floriculture 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
15Russia
Share of Dutch exports (Source: Floridata)
• Flowers and plants: 3%
Lockdown
• None
Floriculture Points of Sale
• Florists: Open
• Supermarkets: Open
• Garden centres: Open
Important articles/information
• N/a
16Sweden
Share of Dutch exports (Source: Floridata)
• Flowers and plants: 3%
Lockdown
• Status 23 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 8:30 pm. 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.
Floriculture Points of Sale
• Florists: Open
• Supermarkets: Open
• Garden centres: Open
Important articles/information
• 23 March 2021 https://www.rvo.nl/onderwerpen/internationaal-ondernemen/landenoverzicht/zweden/veelgestelde-vragen-over-het-coronavirus-zweden:, with an overview of
measures in place
• 23 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
17Austria
Share of Dutch exports (Source: Floridata)
• Flowers: 2%
• Plants: 3%
Lockdown
• Lockdown: relaxation of COVID-19 measures from 8 February 2021.
• Current measures (have been extended and are provisionally in force until 11 April):
• All shops are open; maximum opening hours from 6:00 am to 7:00 pm.
• An area of 20 m2 must be available per customer (previously: 1 customer per 10 m2).
• 'Staying at home/inside' applies (this particular measure applies until 24 March) between 8:00 pm and 6:00 am (exceptions are allowed, including when caring for
people who need support, basic needs, individual sports, walking).
Floriculture 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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