Artificial Christmas tree sellers in the U.S. were thrown into turmoil earlier this year when the Trump administration announced punishing tariffs on Chinese imports, including threats of 145% duties.
About 85% of the 20 million or so Christmas trees being sold in the U.S. annually are artificial, and of those, about 90% are made in China. So any such tariffs threatened to send Christmas tree prices much higher in a year in which American consumers have shown themselves to be cautious and frugal.
