Flower supply shortages caused by the aging of agricultural workers and declining production
First written in FY2016. 20 of 41 entries say "Worsened", first in FY2017-Q2. Latest entry: 2026-11-13.
Ota Floriculture Auction moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2017, 6 years before the typical company in this theme (2023).
The whole theme swung hardest in 2023: 4 of 7 companies on the "Worse" side.
1 other company's latest entry also says "Worsened".
- 2026-11-13WorsenedResults
「花き業界においては、生産者の高齢化や後継者不足、資材・輸送コストの上昇が続く中、東日本の低日照・多雨、西日本の高温・少雨など、地域ごとに天候不順が見られ、生育や出荷時期に影響を及ぼし、」
生産者の高齢化・後継者不足に加え、資材・輸送コスト上昇と地域別の天候不順が、生育・出荷時期への影響として記載されている。 - FY2026WorsenedAnnual report
「The fiscal year began in April amid weak market conditions and remained at low market levels throughout the year.」
The decline in domestic agricultural production, the decrease in import volumes due to the weaker yen and lower unit prices, and the collapse in chrysanthemum prices originating from the increase in imports outside the market in the previous fiscal year are described as factors that caused market conditions to deteriorate, with prices remaining low throughout the year. - FY2026-H1WorsenedAnnual report
「Production was also heavily affected by high temperatures and torrential rains, resulting in chronic mismatches between demand and supply. In addition, persistently high costs for production materials, fertilizers, pesticides, logistics, and labor put pressure on farm management.」
On the supply side, weather-related mismatches between demand and supply have become chronic, while persistently high costs for production materials, fertilizers, pesticides, logistics, and labor are putting pressure on farm management. - FY2025MaterialisedAnnual report
「As declining agricultural production employment and the effects of climate change made shortages and high unit prices increasingly pronounced throughout Japan from summer onward, our ability to enhance procurement and sales capabilities as a core market contributed to the results.」
The decline in the agricultural workforce and the effects of climate change have materialized in actual market conditions as nationwide shortages and high unit prices from summer onward. - FY2025-H1WorsenedAnnual report
「On the production side of the floriculture market, shipments were often out of sync with demand because of unusually hot weather, frequent torrential rains, and other severe conditions. In addition, prices for fertilizers, pesticides, and other materials have surged, putting pressure on farm management, while consumers have become highly focused on protecting their household budgets amid rising prices, making it difficult to pass these costs on to flower selling prices.」
Unusually hot weather and torrential rains caused shipment timings to shift, resulting in frequent mismatches between supply and demand. In addition, surging prices for fertilizers, pesticides, and other materials put pressure on farm management, illustrating the severity of conditions on the supply side. - FY2024RestatedAnnual report
「Looking ahead, we also anticipate challenging conditions that do not permit optimism, including adverse weather, declining production volumes due to the aging of domestic flower producers, business closures among aging flower retailers, and the contraction of regional economies due to population decline.」
The decline in production volumes due to the aging of producers continues to be viewed as a risk factor, together with adverse weather, the aging of retailers, and population decline. - FY2024-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「On the supply side of the floriculture market, domestic production has continued to trend downward due to surging production and transportation costs, while imports have also remained difficult to increase because of exchange-rate effects. Producers have likewise continued to concentrate their shipping destinations in the Tokyo metropolitan area, where consumer purchasing power is high.」
The decline in domestic production due to higher production and transportation costs, constraints on the arrival of imported products caused by exchange rates, and the concentration of shipping destinations in the Tokyo metropolitan area are described as continuing supply-side conditions. - FY2024-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「Domestic production has continued to trend downward due to surging production and transportation costs, while imports have also become difficult to increase because of exchange-rate effects. In addition, producers have been consolidating their shipping destinations in markets in the Tokyo metropolitan area, where consumer purchasing power is high. Even as overall distribution volumes declined, our company had an abundant and diverse selection of flowers available.」
In addition to lower domestic production and constraints on the arrival of imported products caused by exchange rates, the consolidation of producers' shipping destinations in markets in the Tokyo metropolitan area is described, giving concrete form to supply-side constraints. - FY2024-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Domestic flower production has continued to trend downward due to the aging producer base and labor shortages, while the volume of imports has become difficult to forecast because it depends on exchange rates and domestic market prices.」
The downward trend in domestic production due to an aging producer base and labor shortages, together with uncertainty over import volumes, is described as an ongoing structural condition on the supply side. - FY2023RestatedAnnual report
「Domestic flower production has continued to decline due to the aging producer base and surging production costs.」
The decline in domestic production due to the aging producer base and higher production costs is described as an ongoing structural condition on the supply side. - FY2023-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「In the floriculture industry, domestic production did not increase because of the aging producer base and surging production costs, while imports were also relatively low due to the weaker yen. Market prices consequently remained high, even compared with pre-pandemic levels.」
The aging producer base, surging production costs, reduced imports due to the weaker yen, and high market prices are described as continuing structural conditions on the supply side of the floriculture market. - FY2023-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「On the supply side of the floriculture market, distribution volumes have declined as domestic production has fallen due to the aging producer base and higher production costs, while imports have also decreased because of the weaker yen. Flower prices have likewise been trending upward.」
The aging producer base and higher production costs, together with the decline in imports caused by the weaker yen, are identified as supply constraints leading to lower distribution volumes and higher flower prices. - FY2023-Q1WorsenedAnnual report
「However, domestic supply cannot increase quickly, while imports have also failed to increase due to international logistics conditions and the weaker yen, and high unit prices have continued. In addition, amid the logistics industry's “2024 problem,” growing regions have tended to limit their shipping destinations to wholesale markets in the Tokyo metropolitan area, where consumer purchasing power is high.」
The recovery in domestic supply has not progressed, while shortages of imported products and high unit prices caused by international logistics conditions and the weaker yen have continued. In addition, shipments have become concentrated in the Tokyo metropolitan area due to the logistics industry's 2024 problem, indicating that supply constraints are spreading. - FY2022WorsenedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, market prices are 10–20% higher year on year, reflecting a decline in imported cut flowers and lower domestic production due to an aging workforce and labor shortages,」
The decline in imported cut flowers and lower domestic production due to an aging workforce and labor shortages are identified as supply constraints that have driven market prices 10–20% above the previous year. - FY2022-Q3WorsenedAnnual report
「In the flower industry, difficult supply conditions continue, including higher prices for production materials, shortages of imported products, and labour shortages.」
In addition to the previously noted decline in domestic production and logistics constraints, higher prices for production materials, shortages of imported products, and labour shortages are explicitly identified as factors making supply conditions difficult. - FY2022-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「Meanwhile, domestic flower production has been declining, and shipments have tended to become concentrated in wholesale markets in major cities, partly due to work-style reforms in the logistics industry.」
In addition to declining domestic production, shipments have tended to become concentrated in major-city markets against the backdrop of work-style reforms in the logistics industry and other factors, concretely demonstrating structural supply constraints. - FY2022-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「The main factors materially affecting the operating performance of our Group include weather conditions, rising production costs, and declining production due to the aging of producers.」
Weather conditions, rising production costs, and declining production due to the aging of producers continue to be described as major factors affecting operating performance. - FY2021-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「The main factors materially affecting the operating performance of our Group include weather conditions, rising production costs, and declining production due to the aging of producers.」
Weather conditions, rising production costs, and declining production due to the aging of producers continue to be described as major factors affecting operating performance. - FY2021-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「Although our inbound volumes were sluggish due to prolonged rain, extreme heat, and cloudy weather from July through September, domestic products recovered to approximately 90% of the previous year's level. Imported products remained at approximately 75% of the previous year's level due to continued declines in air and sea freight services, and overall shortages continued.」
Domestic products recovered to approximately 90% of the previous year's level, while imported products remained at approximately 75% due to reduced air and sea freight services, and overall shortages continued. The supply shortage associated with weather conditions and transportation constraints is shown with supporting figures. - FY2021-Q1ReiteratedAnnual report
「The main factors materially affecting the operating performance of our Group include weather conditions, rising production costs, and declining production due to the aging of producers.」
Although no specific description had been identified for FY2020 as a whole, this quarterly report again lists declining production due to the aging of producers as a factor affecting operating performance. - FY2020DroppedAnnual reportThe current annual securities report contains no identifiable specific description of the previous decline in production due to the aging of producers.
- FY2020-Q3WorsenedAnnual report
「In the flower industry, which is heavily affected by weather, the volume of flowers in distribution declined substantially due to a succession of natural disasters, including major typhoons. Typhoons No. 15 and No. 19, which struck the Tokyo metropolitan area and the Kanto-Koshin and Tohoku regions, respectively, caused extensive damage to flower-producing areas.」
The volume of flowers in distribution declined substantially due to natural disasters such as major typhoons, causing extensive damage to producing areas, indicating that the supply shortage has worsened. - FY2020-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「Looking ahead, as the shortage of successors becomes more serious, we will strengthen our initiatives with younger producers.」
The increasingly serious shortage of successors has been newly identified in connection with the aging of producers and declining production. - FY2020-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「The main factors materially affecting the operating performance of our Group include weather conditions, rising production costs, and declining production due to the aging of producers.」
The decline in production due to the aging of producers is being reconfirmed as a major factor affecting operating performance, together with weather conditions and rising production costs. - FY2019RestatedAnnual report
「Looking ahead, we also anticipate challenging conditions that do not permit optimism, including adverse weather, declining production volumes due to the aging of domestic flower producers, business closures among aging flower retailers, and the contraction of regional economies due to population decline.」
The decline in production volumes due to the aging of producers continues to be viewed as a risk factor, together with adverse weather, the aging of retailers, and population decline. - FY2019-Q3WorsenedAnnual report
「In addition, the increased circulation of imported flowers to make up for the decline in domestically produced flowers caused by natural disasters was one factor pushing down wholesale flower prices.」
The decline in domestically produced flowers caused by natural disasters has concretely resulted in increased imports and downward pressure on wholesale prices. - FY2019-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「Although production and consumption in the flower industry are both heavily affected by weather, production volumes declined this year due to a succession of natural disasters, including record heat, earthquakes, torrential rain, and typhoons. As a result, supply could not keep pace during peak demand periods such as the July and August Obon holidays and the autumn equinoctial period, and shortages and high unit prices continued.」
Production volumes declined due to record heat, earthquakes, torrential rain, typhoons, and other events, resulting in actual supply shortages, limited availability, and high unit prices during multiple peak demand periods. - FY2019-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「The main factors materially affecting the operating performance of our Group include weather conditions, rising production costs, and declining production due to the aging of producers.」
Weather conditions, rising production costs, and declining production due to the aging of producers continue to be described as major factors affecting operating performance. - FY2018RestatedAnnual report
「Looking ahead, we also anticipate challenging conditions that do not permit optimism, including adverse weather, declining production volumes due to the aging of domestic flower producers, business closures among aging flower retailers, and the contraction of regional economies due to population decline.」
The decline in production volumes due to the aging of producers continues to be viewed as a risk factor, together with adverse weather and population decline in regional cities. - FY2018-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「The main factors materially affecting the operating performance of our Group include weather conditions, rising production costs, and declining production due to the aging of producers.」
The decline in production due to the aging of producers is again listed, together with weather conditions and rising production costs, as a major factor affecting operating performance. - FY2018-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「The main factors materially affecting the operating performance of our Group include weather conditions, rising production costs, and declining production due to the aging of producers.」
Weather conditions, rising production costs, and declining production due to the aging of producers continue to be described as major factors affecting operating performance. - FY2018-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「The main factors materially affecting the operating performance of our Group include weather conditions, rising production costs, and declining production due to the aging of producers.」
The decline in production due to the aging of producers continues to be described as a supply-side factor affecting operating performance in the flower industry. - FY2017WorsenedAnnual report
「In addition, the decline in production volumes due to the aging of domestic producers, business closures resulting from the aging of flower retailers, and the shrinking scale and declining number of wedding and funeral ceremonies are having a particularly strong impact in regional cities.」
The decline in supply due to the aging of producers is concretely linked to the closure of retailers in regional cities and the shrinking and declining number of wedding and funeral ceremonies. - FY2017-Q3WorsenedAnnual report
「However, prolonged rain in September and October led to poor crop conditions, and shipment volumes declined from October through December. This resulted in continuing extreme shortages and higher wholesale prices, with monthly sales exceeding the previous year's levels. Although efforts were made to collect flowers to dispel the perception that prices were too high, it was not possible to secure shipment volumes at the previous year's level, and there continued to be periods when sufficient supplies of products in demand could not be provided.」
The decline in production and shipment volumes caused by adverse weather progressed to extreme shortages, higher wholesale prices, and insufficient supplies of products in demand. - FY2017-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「In the flower industry, both production and consumption declined due to adverse weather. From July to September, successive typhoons formed and made landfall, reducing consumers' willingness to purchase. In September, supply volumes declined and shortages emerged as prolonged rain continued in addition to the typhoons.」
The previously observed supply conditions of around the previous year's level or a slight decline developed into declines in production and consumption and shortages caused by adverse weather. - FY2017-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「In the flower industry, supply volumes have not increased either domestically or overseas, remaining around the previous year's level or declining slightly depending on the product.」
The situation is shown in which domestic and overseas flower supply volumes have not increased, remaining around the previous year's level or declining slightly. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「Due to declining production resulting from the aging of agricultural workers and other factors, unit prices for both cut flowers and potted plants remained high throughout the year.」
The decline in supply due to the aging of producers is described as a structural fact affecting the flower market.