![]() ![]() ![]() Various of tractor loading Christmas tree pallets into back of truckĢ0. Mid of wrapped Christmas trees being movedġ9. That's of course sad for them because UK is a good market to export to."ġ8. "This year we have experienced that many of our growers selling in the UK, they have experienced that the low exchange rate for the sterling pound makes it more difficult to achieve the same price as the UK market as they have received previously, even last year. SOUNDBITE (English) Claus Jerram Christensen, Managing Director of the Danish Christmas Tree Association: Tilt up of stack of cut Christmas treesġ7. ![]() Wide of tractor lifting palette of treesġ6. They want our trees, we know that, but they have not had the ability to pay."ġ4. Especially the eastern European countries, we were very interested in exporting to them as a new, upcoming market, but the 2008 financial crisis sent them somewhat back. "I think we are seeing a recovery, but we're not quite there. Various of Christmas trees in Arbodania field, set to be cut next yearġ3. We see some increase in competition on many of our export markets, that could be for instance, Germany, France, but also UK have an increasing domestic production of Christmas trees."ġ2. "This is a year where we have some difficulties selling the poor quality of our trees, but the good quality - easy to sell. Various setup shot of Claus Jerram Christensen, Managing Director of the Danish Christmas Tree Association, reading magazineġ1. Various of Christmas trees in Arbodania field, set to be cut next yearġ0. Which is not the fact, but the trees are still coming and there are a lot of them."ĩ. "Over the last zero years (2000s), we have had quite some people all over Europe maybe having too much money, spending, buying some land somewhere and thinking if they plant some trees, eight or ten years after they will develop gold out of the ground. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Schnor, CEO of Arbodania: Wide of forklift truck lifting pallet of treesĨ. Close of forklift truck lifting pallet of treesħ. Various of workers at Arbodania Christmas tree growers loading trees on and off conveyor beltĦ. Then it all has to be done because it has to be on to the stores where the consumer wants to buy the trees."ĥ. And starting cutting in the beginning of November, gives us - let's say - four, five weeks and that's it. "We have ten months of preparation and then we have ten weeks of performance. Setup shot of Michael Schnor, CEO of Arbodania, inspecting cut Christmas treesĤ. Various of workers at Arbodania Christmas tree growers loading trees on and off conveyor beltĢ. ![]()
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