The Obama administration has given the green light for a new fee of 15 cents on all Christmas trees.
The new tax will be used to raise funds for an advertising campaign promoting the benefits of live trees, as opposed to artificial ones. The tax is expected to raise approximately $2 million, according to McClatchy News.
Continue ReadingA 12-member board will be charged with directing the funds toward advertising and research ventures.
The industry was divided on the issue. Nineteen states? grower organizations lit up at the prospect of the tax, while Christmas tree growers in Texas and Vermont generally opposed it, according to the McClatchy and the Chicago Tribune.
Indeed, of the 565 comments that were submitted to the Agriculture Department, 70 percent supported the proposal, and 26 percent opposed it.
Nationwide, there are about 12,000 commercial farms specializing in Christmas tree production, with an especially heavy concentration in North Carolina and Pennsylvania.
Fresh tree sales declined from 37 million in 1991 to 31 million in 2007, according to the Agriculture Department. Meanwhile, sales of artificial trees nearly doubled to 17.4 million between 2003 and 2007, according to McClatchy.
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