Brexit Could Wilt Huge Dutch Flower Trade
Rukhshan Mir (@rukhshanmir) Published December 14, 2018 | 12:06 PM
Every day from dawn, a fleet of forklift trucks carries crates of roses, tulips, chrysanthemums and 22,000 other flower varieties through the world's biggest flower market.
Aalsmeer, Netherlands, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 14th Dec, 2018 ) :Every day from dawn, a fleet of forklift trucks carries crates of roses, tulips, chrysanthemums and 22,000 other flower varieties through the world's biggest flower market.
Yme Pasma, chief operating officer for Royal FloraHolland, keeps a watchful eye as workers sort stems arriving from all over the world before sending them off to destinations across Europe.
But this well-oiled operation, where robotic efficiency meets a riot of colour and fragrance, is facing a challenge that could make the hardiest bloom wilt: Brexit.
"We are preparing for all kind of disturbances along the way," Pasma told AFP at the huge warehouse in Aalsmeer, near Amsterdam.
"The worst is a hard Brexit and we are preparing for that as well." The Netherlands has long been famous for tulips, and flowers remain a vital part of the Dutch economy, with seven billion Euros ($8 billion) a year in sales.
Britain is the third largest market for the Netherlands' flower export business, after Germany and France, accounting for 850 million euros.
As it is now, flowers are flown in from around the world before being sent seamlessly to Britain or other parts of the European Union's single market.
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