In one year, Italy exports more than 1.2 billion euros worth of flowers and plants, and occupies the third position, after Holland and Colombia, globally. The export total is composed of 780 million for ornamental and nursery plants (excluding fruit trees and shrubs, amounting to 90 million), 300 million for potted plants, 170 million derived from foliage, branches, mosses, lichens, cut, fresh or treated, and 135 million of the cut flowers. The more than positive export performance ensures the trade balance, with the 27 EU countries being the main destination of Italian products (about 80 percent). Globally, according to Eurostat estimates, the production value of flowers and ornamental plants (excluding nurseries) is 25 billion euros. The major exhibition Flormart Green Italy, held September 25-27 in Parma, is dedicated to the sector.