" It is not just the strange markets where the high demand is come from , it has been difficult to play the Ecuadorian demand as well , " say Taisiya Kravchenko of Florisol & Co , an Ecuadorian blossom farm . After local protests disrupted Ecuadorian flower gardening in 2019 and 2020 , being their problematical year yet , things are finally looking up for Florisol . Kravchenko shares her views on keeping their customers concerned with their assortment , their next expansion plans , as well as the rising importee costs . Kravchenko ’s colleague Maya Zubkova , sales helper , at Florisol ’s booth at this year’sFlowersExpo2021 in Russia . Protests in 2019 , followed by a pandemicAccording to Kravchenko , 2020 was the baffling yr for Florisol . " It was , of row , a hard year for many companies , but for us , the protest that had just occurred in Ecuador in October 2019 really affected our business . For several week , Ecuadorian floriculture was at a complete dead end . Therefore , we face an unprecedented challenge of fight for the flowers to get to their terminus . However , these events taught us to become secure and more pliable . Now , we are able to adapt better to Modern and unexpected situations . "
Constant developing of assortmentLuckily , 2021 has been much more positivistic . Kravchenko shares that part of Florisol ’s current gamy demand is the company ’s constant developing of its salmagundi . " We are always seek and planting new varieties . We notice that our client value this because they can buy so many different types of flower in one place . This is not only convenient , but it also saves them prison term . In addition , we guess that the take - over of some Ecuadorian farms by the " Big Colombian Groups " is also affecting the supply chain , allowing wholesalers in the US to search for more flowers in other grower . " For example , Florisol has a great need for their alstroemeria , they have been planting fresh varieties and now carry over 25 in sum . " In floriculture , it is crucial for your production to be refreshed ofttimes , otherwise your categorisation will lose its attractiveness . "
Ecuadorian floriculture bloomingAnd it is not just the alien markets where the high requirement is coming from . " As outside market are really demanding at the moment , this has definitively strike the local heyday market . As part of the Florisol Group , we have a local company call – LatinFresh- that provide flowers to supermarkets , wholesalers , and local event planners in Ecuador . With the international need being so high , it is hard to ply enough blossom to our own local flower society ; this is quite unique as Ecuador is one of the major flower grow countries . "
18 % additional implication costsWhile Florisol has dealt with several challenge these past year , the most complex to human face have been logistical challenges . " The pandemic has disrupted the global flower transportation , which is something we still deal with every twenty-four hours . There are not many things we can do to solve this , but we are test to maintain a much more active communicating both with our customer and with our material suppliers . Another trouble with logistics is have fertilizers , agrochemicals , and packing materials . Most of these are import to Ecuador , and import costs are very high at the consequence . For example , packing cloth imports have increased by 18 % for us . "
next expansionsStill , there is an exciting futurity ahead of them . " We are planning a clean conservative growth , which goes helping hand in hand with the growth of our clients and the market place in general . Our group of farm consists of Clarivel , Florisol , and Piaveri , and in all of them , we are currently solve on expansions , giving special attending to more chrysanthemums , genus Gypsophila , roses , and spray roses . “For more information : Florisol & CoTasya KravchenkoEmail:[email protected]www.grupoflorisol.com
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