Colombia exports 450 million flowers for Saint Valentine's Day, but this year, farmers are voicing concern over a potential fall in international demand due to the global economic crisis and bad weather.
Colombian flower farmers say around 12 percent of their sales come from February 14th alone and most of this comes from the U.S. market.
The industry generates 180 thousand jobs. Many temporary workers are taken on for this peak period, with all working hard to meet the demand. But unfavorable exchange rates and heavy snowfall in North America could complicate Colombia's situation.
Colombia's market has previously been hit by changing demands in U.S. and bad frosts in both countries.
哥倫比亞通常會向全球出口大量鮮花以應對情人節,但今年,由于全球經濟危機和壞天氣影響，農民們對于國際需求下降表示擔心。