Nursery stock exports ‘can double’

NURSERY stock growers have the potential to double exports in the next four years, Bord Glas predicted at the International Garden and Leisure Exhibition (GLEE), which concluded at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham yesterday.

Current exports of 5.4 million are forecast to rise to 10.2 million in 2006.

Bord Glas said significant export opportunities for nursery stock growers are evidenced by the fact that Britain’s horticultural imports continued to rise by £64 million to £594 million in 2001.