Royal FloraHolland keeps a confining eye on developing related to the Coronavirus in purchase order to keep ( phallus ) suppliers , buyers , employees and visitor to its locations safe and healthy . In plus , they give information about the consequences of the corona virus on the Dutch and international horticultural marketplace .
Update March192020In this article you will find an update from the Ministry of Agriculture , Nature and Food Quality ( LNV ) , who are need in the crisis metre surrounding the Coronavirus and inform Royal FloraHolland about the wallop of the virus on the exportation marketplace .
ItalyTo the good of our knowledge , there are no barrier , including those relate to route transport . As far as the latter is concern , Austria had have some measure but withdrawn them until 29 March , and Slovenia remains a problematical border ( road transport is only allowed to pass through the country from perimeter to delimitation and provided there is sufficient fuel without having to blockade ) . There are also routine handicap and the temperature of camion driver is measured ( causing delays ) .
SpainFrom Tuesday 17 March ( 00 hours CET ) there will be passport controls at Spanish perimeter intersection . asunder from these cheque , there are no restrictions on the logistic routes to and from Spain . trade good and in exceptional food transport are allowed in and out of the country .
BelgiumGarden centres in Belgium may only sell food for thought and animal feed . AVBS is negotiating a relaxation , but for the time being without outcome . supermarket are still sell flower and works .
Some bloom store sell ' at the door ' like takeout eating place . Many shop are efficaciously closed . There are growers , however , because the need is high , who display products on the street with a guide price , some Corona rule of thumb and a sess for the honest remunerator next door .
Selling and drive home flowers and plants online is still allowed but is not recommend , also for flush shops to do so because flower and plants are not among the highly necessary products .
GermanyThe German Animal Nutrition Association ( DVT ) has stressed that the supply of food for animate being is not peril ; about 80 % of the raw material for fauna provender are made in Germany . For the rest , it is significant that the borders continue undetermined for these products . Also for fertilizers , seeds and crop protection there is no deficit in sight . For some fertilizer such as grain urea , there may be provision problems , because imports from China have been affected . The Federal Association of German Milk Producers advocates a European approach to prevent the milk market from collapsing ; a coordinated reduction in the quantity of milk is necessary because demand will decline in the coming months , partly due to interrupt exports to China . Forecast by Kölner Institut für Handelsforschun : on-line trade is expected to gain from the Corona crisis for a long time and some of the shop without on-line supply will disappear . Minister Klöckner has accentuate that there are enough food products and called for no billboard . The supermarket in Germany will also be heart-to-heart on Sundays in the near futurity . Aldi has designate to last out closed in on Sundays due to lack of stave .
JapanOlympic Games keep for the time being . IOC thinks it ’s too early for a decision . Holland Heineken House ( OS2020 ) and Team - NL Expo ( June ) have been cancelled . Japan will introduce a 14 - day ego - quarantine for travelers from Europe / Netherlands in the coming days . The state of pinch Corona in Hokkaido is lift . Hospitality is running , supermarkets are being stocked .
ColombiaOn 17 March , the Colombian President declared a nation of emergency . perchance this conclusion is tie to the fact that since yesterday local government have taken all kinds of measures on their own , with jeopardy for the supply of the cities . The President is also under ponderous pressure to close El Dorado airport , an important hub for international and national air dealings .
United KingdomSupermarkets are direct more touchstone to deal with consuming demand . The traditional bad four Tesco , Sainsbury ’s , Morrisons and Asda have a maximum of four , three or two unit of measurement per product per customer for food . Sainsbury ’s open every first hour only for the elderly and people with disabilities and also gives them priority when delivering online orders . Morrisons downsizes its range by a third and Tesco shut the counters for meat , Pisces and pizza pie and its cafe areas to let staff to be redeploy . The government is making it possible for gin mill and restaurants to manoeuver as take - away eatery for hot food and drinks " as before long as potential " without alter their licence . According to Productschap AHDB , the processing capacity of the beef industry has not yet been keep down . by the way , the surplus sale generated by stash fall mainly in the cheaper segment . In the first hebdomad of March , when the first affright purchase occurred , £ 57.3 million was spent on ' hamster messages ' on top of the normal groceries ( of which £ 7.2 million on can pasta , soup and kernel and £ 17.6 million on toilet paper ) . sale of very long - life milk increased by 90 % .
Saudi ArabiaThe authorities have announced that they will continue to guarantee the liquid import of goods via air , H2O and Din Land to ensure that the supply in Saudi Arabia remain on arrow . As a result , the various hypermarket and supermarkets still have more than enough product in broth , including clean products .
United Arab EmiratesAs a result of the complete fade of the tourer industry and the U.S. Congress and fair industry , the demand for food and other ware has fallen sharply . This , combined with the fact that raptus flows are stalling due to the circumscribed available rapture content , result in higher prices , has led to a sharp drop in imports .
FranceIn France , several get together have call for place in recent days between ministers and representatives from agriculture , food , distribution and logistics to identify potential threats to the various link in the food mountain chain . The sphere is robust , but every effort is made to identify any weakly links or threat .
Everything starts with the farmers . It is fear that the collection of refreshing produce or the transfer of livestock will be disrupted due to a want of trucks , force , or because of sanitary restrictions . The input side at the beginning of the Sir Ernst Boris Chain is also very crucial , such as care of equipment , veterinarians , debacle , leverage of goods and provender . The crisis can take at least 6 to 8 months before a trouble could move up . Above all , the pandemonium is fear . Fortunately , large Gallic company , mainly dairy farm manufacture , but also Italian company such as Barilla , share their experiences so that people in France do not make the same error in the processing industriousness . In Italy one has to deal with absenteeism rates between 10 and 30 % . Seasonal worker ( mainly Poles ) are no longer there . The diligence asks for precedency for the economic consumption of irregular workers in this sector , just like in wellness care , and proposes to apply students for seasonal work . In recent days , the period of trucks between yield and distribution has increased by 10 to 15 % . A skilful flow of goodness traffic can prevent empty shelf in supermarket . Permission has already been give to keep warehouses open on Sundays until further bill . In plus , it is await that drivers will be abstracted . dispersion has had to look back its total supply . Emphasis is now order on alimentary paste , rice , quick meal , Milk River , bottled food and brute provender . In gain , 12 million more repast are now use up at home every day in France , instead of in school and fellowship canteen or eating place . Minister Le Maire entreaty to everyone ’s coarse common sense : do n’t hoard , nothing will be lacking in the long run . He also reign out ration to debar the effect of shortages .
MexicoAll fairs and issue relevant to the NL that were to take place in March and April have now been offset or postponed , admit Greentech Americas , ANTAD Expoalimentaria , and now the trade deputation led by Prime Minister Rutte . RVO inform the participants . This is in railway line with Mexico ’s national policy , which prohibits large - scale meetings get next week . So far , this has had lilliputian impact on the agribusiness and on agriculture flows from and to Mexico .
Source : Royal FloraHolland
