Russian bloom industry is facing a crisis , notice the congresswoman of the sphere . consort to them , import refilling measures could aid the situation . However , are the flower business congresswoman ready to turn down the imported prime in favour of the locally produced ones ?

The Russian Federation is a major rose consumer . According to the research by BusinesStat , up to 1.5 billion roses are sell in the territory of the rural area annually , which is about 15 % of the amount eat up worldwide . With that , most of the flowers are imported from other country and the plowshare of local producers constitutes 16 - 18 % .

The situation is being complicated with the change in tax legislating , which became effectual on January 01 , 2019 . According to it , flowers producing enterprise have become VAT tax payers with the 20 % charge per unit . Until 2019 , only the cosmopolitan 6 % agrarian revenue enhancement was applied to the flower growing sphere . consort to the representatives of the agrarian country , it can make bankruptcy of local flower output .

National association of flower growers ( NAFG ) was created in August of this year to solve this problem . Its participants and government representatives have discussed the current situation in the special conference .

According to the player of the conference , Russian growers can not compensate the net drop with prices increase , as the damage would become mismated with the imported flowers ones . Because of the monolithic volume , the imported goods form the pricing policy .

The situation could be improved by increasing the customs duties on heyday import that were lessen three sentence ( 15 % to 5 % ) in 2013 . The president of the affiliation Greenhouses of Russia , Mr. Aleksey Sitnikov has announce that such measure would have a incontrovertible impingement on microbusiness and bloom retail .

The retailers are uncoerced to buy topically produced flowers but the growers presently can not meet the demand . According to the father of the flower studio Monobouquet , Ms. Anastasia Kapranova , Russian growers can not boast such variety of blossom as foreign supplier and in vacation period local bloom are in short provision .

“ Is there was more variety of Russian flowers , I would give preference to them . We always endeavor to take hold of the seasonal flowers bring shape Krasnodar region but the miscellanea is very limited . There are certain Russian potpourri that have the same timber that the Dutch 1 . For good example , my florists always chose Red Naomi variety of roses , get in the nursery in Moscow area . They are very aromatic , they last long and are always available . There are also Russian peony roses Misty Bubbles that have replace the foreign rival this year . But as soon as vacation come , they are unacceptable to get ” , partake Ms. Kapranova .

The deputy head of the Flower shop Ms. Maria Karmaykina has had negatively charged experience with the Russian flower producers . “ We are currently buying mainly imported flowers . We used to work with the Russian one but we have been facing many complaints . They are beautiful and cost almost twice as lilliputian as the import unity but they do not last long . The client were fault as for selling not fresh bouquets , they only lasted 2 - 3 day , while the imported single can last up to two weeks ” .

Mr. Sitnikov , however , is surefooted that the issue with the local flowers change can be puzzle out with lower the tax onus on the growers . “ The possibilities of Russian greenhouse cultivator are very all-encompassing . They can bring about gerberas , chrysanthemums , carnations , greenery . State support of the sphere would allow inflate the assortment and supercede import ” , claims the prexy of the Greenhouses of Russia .

The head of the project Moscow Flower School Mr. Yuriy Dudarenko is his turn noted that so as to provide Moscow shop with the required amount of flowers and reach the scale of the imported produce , first of all the acquire process and logistics need to be take care into .

“ Our pulmonary tuberculosis arena has conk much further than the production one . In general , the consumers are unhappy that in comparison with the Dutch producers , one cultivator can not ensure neither the quality nor the constancy of consignment . I gossip Dutch output facilities : for reach their level we need gigantic investments . They constantly ferment with filth , air and lighting .

In the south of Russia there are a wad of various flower but almost none of those reach Moscow . We take to establish proper logistics ” , reason Mr. Dudarenko .

Source : bfm.ru