September 1 this year has shown that Russians started buying less flower for teacher on the first school sidereal day . Moreover , the routine of flowers in a sweetness has decrease ; also client are purchasing fewer alien flowers . Flower sale for September 1 have been annually decrease close to by 10 - 15 % , report experts of the connexion Greenhouses of Russia .
The association has come to this conclusion after an analysis of the market before the traditional Day of Knowledge .
vacation mark - upAssociation member and theater director of the greenhouse complex Podosinki , Ms. Yulia Charyshina , aver the reason for this tendency lies within the diminish purchasing power of the population , higher price for stationary and school uniforms that also postulate to be buy before the school year , as well as increasing toll of education itself .
“ Presenting prime for September 1 is losing its original purpose and is becoming a symbol of the holiday rather than an actual present for the instructor . About 3 - 5 yr ago growth of sales in this full point comprised 50 - 60 % and now it barely get through 30 % compared to the sales event of the first one-half of August ” , remark Ms. Yulia Charyshina .
fit in to her , the prices on flowers this year are rise due to a high extraneous currentness pace , and growing tariffs on vigor and gas , which “ the client is not always ready to bear for ” . The share of costs for gas and electrical energy reach 40 % of the production ’s own cost . These are the expectant expending for every flower grower .
The psychoanalyst exact that the prices on blossom around September 1 have increased by 15 - 20 % depending on the region and popularity of a sure miscellany . Thus , prices on exotic and tropic plants as well as long stem bloom mature quicker , but those plants are sold in smaller quantities . The flowers that are in highest demand , - rosebush , alstroemeria , eustoma , gladioli , chrysanthemum , and lilies - become less dramatically expensive .
" State support is needed"According to another appendage of the association Greenhouses of Russia , Mr. Aleksey Sotnikov , the Russian flush rise business , which is only 15 years old , requires state of matter support . “ Without sure state involvement in taxation and customs spheres , and without accessible loan , local flush growers are likely to become bankrupt ” , said Mr. Aleksey Sotnikov .
The above association has valued the relevant market of the Russian Federation at 3.5 billion USD a year , with the share of import produce reaching 85 - 90 % .
Ms. Charyshina forecasts that should relevant living from the authority be experience , the share of locally produce flowers in the market can be increased up to 30 - 40 % and up to even 60 % .
The overall acreage of flower growing greenhouses in the Russian Federation comprises 150 ha , 90 % of it being fill with roses .
Source : www.interfax.ru
