Just like "Spring Festival couplets" and "Spring Festival", "Christmas tree" and "Christmas" have already become an inseparable part. Westerners have two choices when purchasing Christmas trees, namely, natural Christmas trees grown on farms and artificial Christmas trees from factories. According to statistics, British people buy as many as 8 million natural Christmas trees every year.
However, for most European and American people, before buying a natural Christmas tree this year, they have to think about their wallets first. According to the "New York Times" and other media reports, the price of natural Christmas trees has soared this year due to factors such as drought reduction and high transportation costs.
Nearly three-quarters of tree growers said their wholesale prices could be 5% to 15% higher than last year, according to a survey of 55 growers by the Real Christmas Tree Board. The National Christmas Tree Association predicts that due to rising production costs and tight supplies of farm-grown trees, the cost of natural Christmas trees may increase by about 10% this holiday season. Last year, the general price for natural Christmas trees purchased by consumers was $70. Nearly $80.
Foreign media reported that due to the soaring price of natural Christmas trees and inflationary pressure, more and more consumers choose to buy artificial Christmas trees this year, which also pushed up the price of artificial Christmas trees this year.
Pattern, an e-commerce service company, recently conducted research on the demand for artificial Christmas trees. They found that compared with a year ago, searches for artificial Christmas trees on Amazon increased by 59% in July this year and increased by 60% in August. Although it was still very early in the Christmas season, many consumers were already worried that the drought and supply chain crisis would affect the price of Christmas trees this year.
In addition, the British media also pointed out earlier that in mid-August this year, the search volume for the term "imitation Christmas tree" on search engines increased by 122%, which reflects consumers' concerns about future economic uncertainty.
Google search trends show that in the past three months, the search interest for "Artificial Christmas Tree" (artificial Christmas tree) has continued to rise, reaching 100 at the end of November. Globally, the countries and regions that pay the most attention to artificial Christmas trees are the United Kingdom, the United States, Ireland, Canada and New Zealand.
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Artificial Christmas trees are popular, and the busiest sellers are Chinese sellers. According to previous data released by the American Christmas Tree Association, the country needs about 100 million Christmas trees every year, of which about 81% are artificial. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, 85% of artificial Christmas trees in the U.S. are imported from China, especially Yiwu. In addition, there are data showing that 92% of the world's Christmas trees are actually made in China.
