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This is a terribly written article, which gives undue influence to Holland and in no place mentions that for example, in the U.S., only a tiny fraction of flowers come from Holland and most come from Colombia and Ecuador.
"The present day floral industry is a dynamic, global, fast-growing industry, which has achieved significant growth rates during the past few decades. In the 1950s, the global flower trade was less than US$3 billion. By 1992, it had grown to US$100 billion. In recent years, the floral industry has grown six percent annually, while the global trade volume in 2003 was US$101.84 billion."
--> where do these numbers come from? in some reports it states World export for plants is $12.4 billion in 2003 ( [www.fas.usda.gov/gainfiles/200501/146118432.pdf GAIN-Report]. In another report (EU-report) it is stated that the production is divided as such:
EU: 40%, USA: 19%, Japan: 13%, ... , Colombia 2% (although it has 7% of the flower-area) . Knowing the numbers for Europe (later in the article), it seems improbable that US$101.84 billion is true. In any case, a source for the statements made seems absolutely necessary —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.155.89.218 (talk) 15:49, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
From the article, paragraph 1: Floriculture as an industry began in the late 1800s in England, where flowers were grown on a large scale on the vast estates. This is hardly likely, I think someone who knew about floriculture in China, Japan or Thailand might be able to predate the 1800s. --Mr Accountable (talk) 06:54, 3 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
