Canada Importers is a Canadian firm based out of Mississauga Ontario. It was founded in 1979 and imports many different types of products. The company is looking to expand and has found that there is an opportunity within the flower market in Canada. The management team has researched the best countries to import flowers from and found that Columbia and Holland are the potential candidates. Your group represents one of two 4PL companies that have been hired by Canada Importers to perform an analysis on importing flowers from Columbia or Holland into Canada.

4. Describe any external factors that may affect the supply chain for importation of flowers from Columbia or Holland to Canada?