Netherlands: value import and export tulip bulbs 2021

Although tulips originally come from Turkey, these days they are mainly associated with the Netherlands. Each spring, thousands and thousands of visitors travel to the country to enjoy the flower spectacles at the Keukenhof and the surrounding tulip fields in the ‘Bollenstreek’. The tulips produced here are mostly destined for export, and the export trade in tulip bulbs and flowers is consistently high. In 2021, the value of the tulip bulb export was over 250 million euros.

 Production area increases

  Between 2008 and 2020, the area used to produce tulip bulbs in the Netherlands increased significantly, from 114,000 hectares in 2008 to 149,000 hectares in 2020. The tulip bulb is the most-widely produced flower bulb in the country, with almost three times as many hectares dedicated to its production than to the runner-up, lilies. By contrast, the area used for producing gladioli was over 18 times smaller, at roughly 8,000 hectares.

Germany most important export partner

  The most important destination of Dutch plants and flowers was neighboring country Germany, with an export value of roughly 2.74 billion euros in 2020. This was over twice as much as the export value of the flower and plant trade with the second largest trade partner, the United Kingdom (1.2 billion euros). Completing the top three of leading export partners, the value of Dutch export to France was approximately 910 million euros.

Value of the import and export of tulip bulbs in the Netherlands from 2008 to 2021 (in thousand euros)

Characteristic	Import value	Export value
2021*	6,124	256,280
2020	6,436	219,838
2019	5,415	216,516
2018	5,127	216,857
2017	4,992	222,477
2016	5,361	208,498
2015	4,352	209,975
2014	4,665	233,667
2013	4,595	217,797
2012	3,480	211,435
2011	2,977	220,488
2010	4,480	217,093
2009	3,500	221,495
2008	2,530	233,915

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September 2022

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Region

Netherlands

Survey time period

2008 to 2021

Supplementary notes

Import value includes shipping costs and insurance costs to the Dutch border (in the case of EU imports) or the EU border (in the case of non-EU imports). Imports include all goods imported for use or consumption in the Netherlands over which national taxes and import levies are paid. This includes temporarily imported goods of non-residents processed under contract in the Netherlands and goods imported from non-EU countries entering the Netherlands via warehouses and re-exports.

Export value includes shipping costs and insurance costs to the Dutch border. Exports include goods manufactured in the Netherlands and re-exports and temporarily exported goods of residents processed under contract abroad.

* Figures are provisional.

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