Valentine’s Day shock as cost of a bunch of roses set to SOAR amid potential shortage – and the EU is to blame VALENTINE’S Day could be blighted by droopy roses costing £50 a dozen — due to hold-ups from strict EU border checks.
“Lorries exporting flowers from the EU carry a mix of flower consignments, but when a lorry carrying roses is stopped for an inspection of other flowers, the whole lorry load is delayed.”.
The Horticultural Trades Association said: “Some growers there say the increased costs and border checks hassle mean it is not worth sending them.”.
Nigel Jenney, of the Fresh Produce Consortium, said: “The industry is doing its best to absorb huge additional costs, but the increase is likely to affect rose prices.
The Netherlands used to export £300million of roses a year to the UK but the value has fallen since last April when the checks on exports began.
