"Supply growth is not in the Netherlands and I want my cooperative to be the largest and most complete trading platform for floriculture customers."
"The expansion is taking place outside the Netherlands, if we want to maintain or increase sales we will have to get more farms to join worldwide."
"A lot of volume has to go through the auction. This is to reduce costs."
"It is more sustainable to grow produce where the climate is best."
"Unfair playing fields because different rules apply abroad than in the Netherlands."
"I worry about the image of floriculture, and a lot is unclear about flowers and plants from abroad."
"Abroad, they are allowed to use different and more plant protection products than in the Netherlands, and in the Netherlands you are held accountable."
"Bringing international products to the Netherlands to trade here and then sending them back to international buyers is not sustainable."
