The Billion Dollar Flower Market
The flower industry is a very big and profitable business. It is a global market, with the Netherlands being the world’s most advanced producer. The Dutch have controlled the market for many years, but other countries are quickly catching up. Flowers are a big export for the Netherlands, and the industry is worth billions of dollars.
In the United Kingdom, however, nearly all flowers are imported, most of them from the Netherlands. The Dutch have had a near-monopoly on the UK flower market for years, but there is now a growing movement to buy British flowers.
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