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Risks that the global flower trade is evaporating

Geoff Riley

26th April 2020

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Andrew Verity reports on the challenges facing tulip producers in the Netherlands. A good example of the micro impact of lockdown.

Coronavirus: Flowers left to rot amid European farming crisis

And this short quick take video from Bloomberg reports on the collapse in prices and revenues for flower growers across the world. The longer article associated with the video is here and well worth a read.

Here's why the $8.5 billion global flower trade is evaporating.

Read more in @business: https://t.co/KEmOxrTttC pic.twitter.com/8Vam6Y1SbJ
— QuickTake by Bloomberg (@QuickTake) April 26, 2020

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The crash of the $8.5 billion global trade in cut flowers shows how quickly and distinctively the new coronavirus is disrupting supply chains, even in places where it isn’t yet pervasive https://t.co/qMT7XgCbtB pic.twitter.com/IcQiuzwbMC
— Businessweek (@BW) April 24, 2020

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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