Christmas Tree Shortage 2022
Americans might find it hard to find a tree to decorate this holiday season and should expect to pay up to 30 percent more if they do — as supply chain woes and extreme. Shoppers are being urged to think. Christmas tree vendors say they will have fewer trees available for sale this holiday season due to a double whammy of supply chain troubles and climate change. Doing things earlier in 2022 and beyond could give better results to importers, retailers and manufacturers who need to purchase container space, merchandise or raw.
“the shortage of artificial christmas trees is related mainly to shipping problems [and] delays from china to the usa,” shares lewis puleo, vice president of puleo international,. There is now a shortage of christmas trees, experts warn supply chain issues have caused not just the lack of gifts under the tree this year. In some cases, there may not be. Between 2015 and 2017, the price of the average christmas tree rose from $64 to $73, according to sales data from square.