Just days before the opening move of the ninth variation of Myplant , Italy ’s tumid barter comely for fleeceable professional ( February 19 - 21 , 2025 , Fiera Milano - Rho ) , the International Green Expo unveil key data point on the sphere at an international level .
These figures , however , do not fully address the want for information on Italian gardening , an manufacture that is the answer of several lively supply chain for Italy ’s thriftiness and the eudaemonia of its citizens .
To go beyond the numbers and put up the most thoroughgoing picture of the sphere , analyzing data and also capturing the sentiments of companies and consumers , the First Report on Italian Horticulture will be presented at the opening of the fair .
This written report , advertize by Coldiretti and Myplant , was created in collaborationism with Centro Studi Divulga and Istituto Ixé .
While awaiting the report ’s presentation , Myplant , as habitual , shares a sum-up of the economical data for the sphere both in Italy and internationally , base on the useable prescribed data ( Istat , ITC , Aiph , Crea , Eurostat )
ItalyThe phonograph record production economic value for Italy in 2023 has been confirmed ( 3.1 billion euro ) , and " Made in Italy " horticulture is jut to exceed 3.2 billion in 2024 .
This represent the highest note value ever , establish on projections from 2024 data , contemplate a 3.5 % increment over the premature twelvemonth and a 30.8 % growth over the past decade .
Italian export data is also encouraging , surpassing one billion euro in the first nine months of 2024 ( +5.1 % compared to the same period the previous year ) .
However , while the trade counterbalance recorded a nimiety of over 390 million euro , imports have check a important increase : 618 million euro , compared to 471 million in 2023 and 459 million in 2022 .
The chief purchaser of Italian horticulture products globally are , in order : France ( 19.7 % of the value of Italy ’s exports in the first 9 months of 2024 ) ; the Netherlands ( 17.0 % ) ; Germany ( 16.4 % ) ; Switzerland ( 5.0 % ) ; and the United Kingdom ( 3.7 % ) .
On the other side , the leading supplier are : the Netherlands ( 72.0 % of the economic value of Italy ’s imports in the first 9 months of 2024 ) ; France ( 7.2 % ) ; Spain ( 6.2 % ) ; Germany ( 3.5 % ) ; and Greece ( 2.6 % ) .
Volumes of external marketsThe world-wide product value of flowers , decorative plant , and greenhouse is count on at 53.7 billion euros in 2024 , break down as travel along : flowers and potted plant 24.6 billion euros , nurseries 29 billion euros , and 116 million euro for bulb yield .
The global field give to the cultivation of blossom and potted plants is 628,800 hectare , with over 29,000 hectares allocated to incandescent lamp plants , and over 1.1 million hectares used for nursery .
The EU base Leontyne Price production value of prime , ornamental plants , and nursery is estimate at 24.5 billion euros , with the Netherlands ( 36.1 % ) , Spain ( 15.9 % ) , and Italy ( 13.3 % ) being the top three producer .
moment and exportation of trimmed flowersIn 2023 , EU countries import 4.1 billion euros worth of cut flowers ( 1.3 billion from the Netherlands , 1.2 billion from Germany , 242 million from Italy ) and exported 5.2 billion euro worth ( 4.9 billion from the Netherlands , 135 million from Italy ) .
Among non - EU countries , the main importer of cut heyday is the USA ( 2.4 billion euros ) , whileColombia is the leading exporter ( 1.9 billion euros ) .
consequence and export of potted plantsIn 2023 , EU state import 4.3 billion euro deserving of potted plant , with Germany go at 1.2 billion euro , and export 6 billion euro worth , two - third gear of which number from the Netherlands .
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