The State Duma offered to increase imported tariffs for flowers on the eve of March 8

“It is proposed to increase the minimum service threshold to € 3 per kg with a customs duty of 20%. It seems that this measure will not significantly affect the final cost of the goods, but will reduce the amount of imported colors supplies. As a tax support measure, it is possible to consider a decrease in the 10%VAT rate, as for crop production products ”, the document that Ria Novosti has.

Import dependence. Despite the support measures taken, the national flower industry continues depending on foreign supplies, Talev said. According to the deputy, in 2024 the proportion of imported colors was 70-80%, and half of them were supplied from the Netherlands, the hostile state for Russia. Tulipanes seeds, the most popular flower for March 8, almost all imported, added likev.

“Flowers are not only beauty, but also an important part of the economy. Therefore, we must give Russian manufacturers a chance. Take them to development. Support. So that in the future, our beloved women can enjoy not only beautiful, but also domestic colors, ”said Gusev Ria Novosti.

• In February 2025, the average cost of tulips in Russia became almost the same as that of roses. A year earlier, roses cost 38.9% more than tulips, now the difference in their cost is only 7.4%. The cost of a Tulipan reaches 231.3 rubles, roses – 248.6 rubles.

• During the past year, Russia has increased the purchase of Kazakhstan flowers by 50 times, its volume for 11 months of 2024 amounted to 28 thousand tons compared to 552 tons in 2023. Kazakhstan almost equaled with the Netherlands in terms of export of flowers to Russia: during the same period, the kingdom delivered 32 thousand tons of flowers to the country.

• At the end of January, participants in the Russian flower market spoke about the increase in the prices of national tulips and imported by 20-25% due to the increase in import tariffs and the increase in the cost of Dutch bulbs. The founder of Tsvetkom Vladimir Panin associated the increase in the price with the crop failure in the Netherlands, where in 2024 only 3 billion bulbs were produced compared to 4.5 billion the previous year.