By 2008 Danish Christmas tree crops were expected to be around 9 million, about 500,000 trees below 2007 numbers. Between 19 the estimated value of the total Danish Christmas tree crop increased from 600-700 million kroner to 1.4 billion kroner. That year Denmark produced 8-9 million Nordmanns. In 2005 Denmark was Europe's leading producer of Nordmann firs for Christmas trees. After the EU suspended agriculture subsidies for Danish Christmas tree farmers the Danish Christmas Tree Growers Association (DCTGA) stated that around 600 farmers had quit between 20. Tree numbers in Denmark hit a peak in 2003-2004 when 14 million Danish Christmas trees were exported. Fewer plantings during the years 1998-2004 were also blamed in a 2007 shortage that proved to involve price fixing as well. The result was that in 2011 there were 3-5 million fewer tall Christmas trees (7–10 feet) available in Europe. The year of the planting lull Christmas tree farmers in Denmark and Ireland lost European Union agriculture subsidies. Planting lulls in 2004 in Denmark, along with Great Britain and Ireland, were blamed for a European shortage of tall Christmas trees in 2011. By 2007 Denmark harvested between 10 and 12 million Christmas trees. However, between those same years the number of trees grown and the total value of trees produced increased. Between 19 the number of Danes growing Christmas trees remained steady at around 4,000. The rest were exported to the rest of Europe with Germany importing 60–70 percent of those trees. For instance, in 1999 Denmark produced between 6–7 million Christmas trees annually, of that number between 500,000–700,000 were consumed domestically. ĭenmark was Europe's leading exporter of natural Christmas trees in 1999. In 1992 Danish production set a record Danes harvested 8 million trees and exported 75% of those. Production history Ĭhristmas tree production in Denmark started shortly after the end of World War II but really began to increase during the 1990s. In 1999 most of the trees grown in Denmark were Nordmann firs, that year, out of 6-7 million total trees, 1.5 million were Norway spruce, 300,000 were noble fir and the remainder were Nordmann fir. The director of the Danish Christmas Tree Growers Association has stated that the Danish Nordmann is the "Rolls-Royce of trees" and called it "coveted".
The Nordmanns grown in Denmark are said to be highly sought after. The most popular species for Christmas trees in Denmark, and most of Europe is the Nordmann fir. Right before charges were filed in the 2007 price fixing scandal, one Danish farmer reporter selling 2 m tall trees for 200 kroner ($39) wholesale. The year of the price fixing scandal a 2 m Nordmann fir sold domestically for 350 kroner (47 euros, 59 dollars).
In 2008, importers paid between 85 and 90 kroner (11-12 euros, 14-15 dollars) for each Danish Christmas tree, this represented a 10 to 20 percent increase over 2007. Most of the Danish Christmas tree crop is exported to Germany, along with Britain, France and the Netherlands.
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