The Rabo Horticulture Barometer in the first quartern of 2019 stands at 6.5 . That is a considerable decrement compared to the fourth quarter of 2018 ( 6.8 ) . This is due to the effect of uttermost weather condition conditions as well as the results for year - cycle cultivation that have been admit in the current frame . Although the barometer fall in the course of 2018 , it was generally a year with a reasonable return . Export figures are also rising , partially due to re - export . Compared to 2017 , vegetable exports ( € 6.6 billion , -0.2 % ) rest stable . Exports of fruit ( 6.0 billion euros , + 8.5 % ) and floriculture ( 9.2 billion euros , + 3.3 % ) increase . The figure , the value of the Rabo Horticultural Barometer , is the average figure given by bank employees to the current fiscal developments within the horticultural sphere at this moment .
Financial development per sector :
Greenhouse vegetablesWith regard to the greenhouse vegetables , Cucumis sativus growers can look back on an excellent 2018 . For the start of the fresh cultivation basically no seasonal financing was required . The time of year was quite reasonable for ship’s bell black pepper cultivator . And for the tomato growers the pricing was disappointing , but the differences are substantial . The profitability of the illuminated crops is clear lower than the norm over the past five year . The final result for unlighted crops is also below that average , but the difference is not as capital compare to lighted crops . unexampled glasshouse vegetable crop are now in full production and the first signaling from the market are reasonable .
FloricultureIn floriculture there are still major concern about the pricing of Phalaenopsis . Is there really a willingness to take stone’s throw towards more sustainable production and investment in amend the mart conditions ? The solution and the modality are distinctly better for growers of other potted plants . Green pot plants in special do benefit from the consumer interest .
Cut flowersCut flowers show a strongly varying pic . There are concerns about pricing , particularly with genus Gerbera and some roseate potpourri .
Flower bulbsThanks to its localization in the compass north of North Holland , flower bulb refinement has relatively been less affected by the drouth . However , still few tulip electric light were harvested . The forcing company therefore have trouble in obtaining sufficient start material . The monetary value of the first redeem tulip in the raw tulip season are undecomposed . And because of the scarceness , the contracts for the spring unfolding bulbs are also between reasonable and good . In regard of lily cultivation , there is extra output . The price has come down sharply due to the stagnation in export of lily bulbs in various countries .
tree diagram nurseryTree culture can also front back on a skillful 2018 . In addition , there is also confidence in the young twelvemonth . At various modest trade fairs in the Netherlands and at the IPM in Essen , entrepreneurs betoken that the requirement for their products stay at a good floor .
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