Press Christmas facts

Press release No. N072 of 17 December 2021

Vergroessern

  • Christmas trees mainly from Denmark, with a 91% share of imports
  • Lebkuchen: slight increase in production and exports in 2020 despite lockdown in winter
  • Popular Christmas meal: carps are produced mainly in Bayern and Sachsen
  • German non-governmental organisations: 1.33 billion euros for developing countries in 2020

WIESBADEN – Christmas is coming. Many children and adults have been looking forward all year especially to the Christmas tree, whether it is put up and decorated in Advent or just before Christmas Eve. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that roughly 2.0 million Christmas trees were imported from Denmark in 2020. Our northern neighbour thus provided just under 91% of the total of roughly 2.1 million fresh Christmas trees imported. In 2019 the proportion had been 88%. Two thirds of the Danish trees arrived here as early as in November 2020, the last third in December.

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