From today Russia will be performing intensified checks on Dutch flowers before allowing them into the country. The Dutch flower industry is concerned that this move will do significant harm to the trade, NOS reports.
“I expect congestion at the border”, Robert Roodenburg of the Association of Wholesale Trade in Horticultural Products said to the broadcaster. “And that’s bad because flowers are fresh products. Every day they have to sit in a truck reduces their value. And you can throw them away after a few days.”
“If Russian customers can’t get their ordered flowers across the border, they will not place new orders.” According to Roodenburg, the severity of the intensified checks and its effect on flower trade remain to be seen.
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