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FACTS AT A GLANCE

ACRES OF TREES (2017)
TREE HARVEST
• Oregon - 45,000 acres
• Washington - 8,000 acres
• Nationally - 295,000 acres • Oregon - 4.7 million trees
• Canada - 1.9 million trees (2016-based on exports)
• Washington - 535,000 trees
• California - 138,800 trees
• Idaho - 31,800 trees

SALES VALUE (2017)
PRODUCTION OF TREES IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
• Oregon - $120.6 million
• Washington - $15.7 million
• Idaho - not available
• California - $4.8 million
• Canada - $43.1 million (2016) • Douglas-fir - 32 percent
• Noble fir - 54 percent
• Grand fir - 5 percent
• Nordmann/Turkish fir - 4 percent
• All others - 2 percent (Fraser fir, Nordmann fir, Concolor fir, Shasta fir, Silver fir, Balsam fir, Turkish fir, Colorado blue and Norway spruce)

COUNTIES WITH GREATEST PRODUCTION IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AVERAGE YEARS TO PRODUCE A 6-FOOT TREE IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
• Oregon - Benton, Clackamas, Marion, Polk, Yamhill and Linn
• Washington - Kitsap, Lewis, Mason and Thurston • Douglas-fir - 7 years
• Grand fir - 8 years
• Noble fir - 9 years
• Concolor fir - 12 years

NUMBER OF GROWERS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
• Oregon - 300
• Washington - 62

EXPORT OF PACIFIC NORTHWEST TREES
• Some 92 percent of all Pacific Northwest Christmas trees are exported out of the region
• California is the Pacific Northwest's largest market
• Overseas and foreign markets include: Japan, China, Hong Kong, Philippines, Hawaii,
Alaska, Mexico, Guam and Puerto Rico

MAJOR DESTINATIONS FOR PACIFIC NORTHWEST CHRISTMAS TREES
• California - 45 percent
• Other Western - 10 percent (MT, ID, WY, NV, UT, AZ, NM, CO, AK, HI)
• Gulf States - 9 percent (OK, TX, AR, LA, TN, MS, AL)
• Mexico - 16 percent (23 percent of all Oregon Douglas-fir are shipped to Mexico)
• Atlantic States - 4 percent (MD, DE, WV, VA, NC, SC, GA, FL)

NOTE: Because it is impossible to compile exact statistics on harvest, acreage, sales and ranking of production by states, all figures are estimates.

* Based on consumer surveys commissioned by the National Christmas Tree Association.