Christmas tree production Christmas tree production occurs
worldwide on Christmas tree farms, in artificial tree factories
and from native stands of pine and fir trees. Christmas trees,
pine and fir trees purposely grown for use as a Christmas tree,
are grown on plantations in many western nations, including
Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States. In
Australia, the industry is relatively new, and nations such as
the United States, Germany and Canada are among world leaders in
annual production. Great Britain consumes about 8 million trees
annually, while in the United States between 35 and 40 million
trees are sold during the Christmas season. Artificial Christmas
trees are mostly produced in the Pearl River delta area of
China. Christmas tree prices were described using a Hotelling-
Faustmann model in 2001, the study showed that Christmas tree
prices declined with age and demonstrated why more farmers do
not price their trees by the foot. In 1993, economists made the
first known demand elasticity