The UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs has published The Horticulture Statistics 2017 report.
Statistics contained therein cover area, production, value, imports and exports of horticulture crops from 1985 to 2017.
The value of home produced vegetables increased by 3.3% to £1.5 billion in 2017, and volume of home production increased by 4.9% to 2.7 million tonnes. There was an increase in the value of field vegetables, which rose by 4.2% to £1.1 billion (£44 million increase) whilst the value of protected vegetables increased slightly by 0.8% to £356 million (£2.7 million increase).
Home produced fruit rose in value to £765 million, a rise of 9.2% compared to 2016, with production volumes falling 5.1% at 743 thousand tonnes. The value of cherries was up by nearly £17 million to £24 million and raspberries increased by £15 million to £136 million.
UK ornamentals were worth £1.4 billion in 2017, an increase of 4.8% compared to 2016.
