Valentine ’s Day is around the corner . Many peak are still arriving at Miami in the US where they continue their way in trucks to destinations all over country . Everything seems to go smoothly , but the run - up to this holiday was rather stressful . One of the main challenge Miami airport had to deal with was the regime shutdown , Christine Boldt , executive vice chairman of the Association of Floral Importers of Florida ( AFIF ) differentiate us . as luck would have it , everything turned out OK and the amount of flowers that has arrived from Colombia and Ecuador is on track . " The amount of flowers is similar or slightly higher . "
Government shutdownThe majority of the flowers arriving at Miami airport come from Colombia and Ecuador and in the hebdomad before such a major blossom vacation , imports increase drastically and more Customs and Border Protection ( CBP ) inspectors are needed to aid with the additional volume . However , then , the government activity shutdown come " The government shutdown in the US was one of the main challenges faced this Valentine ’s Season . It did n’t allow the 13 Customs and Border Protection ( CBP ) inspector to come to Miami Airport to help with the additional volume that comes in for the holiday " , says Boldt .
as luck would have it , the job was solved on time and in quite a special fashion . " The CBP inspectors in Miami step up and consort to operate whatever hour were necessary to cater service to the bloom imports and verify that trade was not stopped . On top of that , the CBP Chiefs provided other opportunities to make trusted that there were no delays with the inspections . We really take account everything that they did . "
bit of root word - same or slightly higherAccording to Boldt , the amount of flowers that has arrive from Colombia and Ecuador is on track for where everything is supposed to be . " As far as the entire number of stems that are arriving for the holiday we are trending toward having the same volume or slenderly higher than last yr . "
Reduced flightsLess flowers came by plane this class - more have go by ocean . " The airway have lose weight the phone number of flights that are usable for flower loading , so some of the mass has shifted to sea container . The industry has been turn on this shift for over a yr now and we had some volume that come in the US by sea container . "
Polar vortex an issue?Flowers are still come in the US and trucks are leaving Miami to supply the wholesalers , retail florists and supermarkets . But what about the Vortex cold , will it affect this final phase ? agree to Bolt , the cold in the US only becomes an issue if there are snow tempest forged enough from now until the fourteenth of February that the trucks can not get from Miami to them throughout the US or if the wholesaler can not get to the retailer or if the retailer can not make rescue to the consumers . This week is the key for the 2d part of these delivery issues . "
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