Market Trends of Europe Agricultural Films Industry
This section covers the major market trends shaping the Europe Agricultural Films Market according to our research experts:
Horticulture Industry Drives the Market
Horticulture farmers are the major stakeholders of the agriculture films market as they are primarily used for mulching vegetable and fruit crops, and also horticultural greenhouses. Horticulture holds 18% of the total value of agricultural production in the EU with vegetables, fruits, and ornamental crops. In 2017, 1.9 % of all utilized agricultural land in the EU (3.4 million hectares) was used for growing fruit crops and 1.2% to produce vegetables. It is anticipated that the growing horticulture industry in European countries boosts the agriculture films market significantly in the coming years.
Demand from Forage Industry Drives the Market
Agriculture Films are also used for packing and covering the harvested forage crop. Western European countries such as Germany, France, Spain, etc, use agriculture films extensively, where forage is cultivated in large acres for feed purposes. for instance, German Arable land fodder crops accounted for 15.4 % of the country's agricultural land and covered 2.6 million hectares The growing animal production in the region has been encouraging forage cultivation, in turn boosting the agricultural films market.
