With the fine distribution of work division of flower
production, the international trade of flowers will become more and more
frequent, there will be more and more work division and cooperation in
international production and trade of flowers, and the competition will be
more and more fierce. Generally, there are several tendencies as the
following:
I. The focus of floriculture is
transiting from the advanced countries to the developing countries. As the
advanced countries have the common problems including the increase of land
and labor cost, increase of pressure on environmental protection, and the
limit on energy, agriculture and fertilizer, the floriculture is transiting
to overseas. For example, in the recent 10 years, the floriculture industry
of Netherlands has transited to the South Europe countries including Italy
and Spain, which have cheap labor cost, low energy engagement, easy
technical transition and are close to the consumer markets.
Japan has the situation similar to Netherlands, and has high product cost in
the cold seasons from late autumn to early spring. Therefore, the production
of medium and high-grade flowers in Asia will certainly transit to the
countries and regions south to Japan, in which the Australia and New Zealand
in the Southern Hemisphere have the seasons contrary to Japan, and have a
lot of original varieties, so that they have great advantages in production.
The sub-tropical regions in Southern China also have significant advantages
in developing floriculture.
II. The developing countries will
break away from the control of the developed countries gradually, and become
independent countries of floriculture. For example,
Columbia and Kenya have become the production and processing bases of the
flower markets in the U.S.A and
Europe.
They utilize the advantages on climate, labor and land resources, adopt the
flower varieties and planting technologies of
Europe,
and play the role of contracting production successfully. However, with the
equalization of countries and the enhancing of independence of the
developing countries, they are also breaking away from the control of
advanced countries gradually, and are working on the road of independent
development in flower production and trade.
III. Asia will become a new
distribution center of flowers. It is a tempting opportunity to develop the
production of fresh-cut flowers in
Asia, for which the construction of transportation system of fresh-cut
flower shall be intensified greatly, and such system shall consist of two
aviation center, one in Bangkok of Thailand or Bombay of India, and the
other in Kunming of China. The flower industry of
Asia
has two important parts to be developed, of which one is the tropical flower
and local flower, and the other is contraseasonal medium fresh-cut flower.
The production of fresh-cut flower in Yunnan of China has reached a
considerable scale and production output, and with the fierce competition in
flower industry, the quality of flowers will be improved gradually. Some
countries favor the flower products in Yunnan etc. For example, in 1999,
Japan dispatched two delegations to China for investigation and discussion
on import of flowers. Some flower imports have established business offices
in China. In future, the development of flower industry in Asia will have
three hot-spot areas of competition, that is, Japan and South Korea,
Australia and New Zealand as will as Taiwan, Southern China and
Thailand. The competitive components will carry out cooperation and
competition various markets and commodities, which will consequently promote
the flower industry of
Asia greatly, and make
Asia become a new international distribution center of flowers.