The Ukrainian Christmas tree market continues to decline, both in terms of the number of trees and demand. Thus, the State Forestry Agency has planned to sell 991 thousand Christmas trees this year. This is 8% less than last year. At the same time, Ukrainians are buying Christmas trees less and less – only 39.8 thousand Christmas trees were sold as of mid-December. This is 11% less than in the same period last year. Most Christmas trees for sale are traditionally harvested in Vinnytsia and Zhytomyr regions.
991 thousand Christmas trees were harvested for sale this season in Ukraine. This is 8% less than last year.
However, demand for live Christmas trees is falling even faster than supply. Thus, only 39.9 thousand Christmas trees were sold in Ukraine as of mid-December 2025. This is 11% less than in the same period last year. For comparison, during the previous season, forestry enterprises sold 153.7 thousand trees, which is 38% less than in the 2023-2024 season and almost a quarter less than in 2022-2023.
The largest volumes of holiday trees for sale this season are concentrated in two regions: Vinnytsia region – 187 thousand Christmas trees, or 19% of the total, and Zhytomyr region – 142 thousand, or 14%. At the same time, Zhytomyr region remains the leader in terms of land area for growing conifers – 640 hectares. This is almost a quarter of the total Ukrainian area. Over the past four years, it has decreased by 9%, but even in this area, about 1.9 million trees grow.
2753.5 hectares is the total area where conifers are grown in Ukraine for the New Year holidays. This is 6% less than last year and 35% less than in 2021. In some regions, the decline is particularly dramatic: in Ivano-Frankivsk region, the area decreased from 9.6 hectares in 2021 to only 1.7 hectares in 2025.
Along with the land, the number of trees is also decreasing. While in 2021 there were almost 12.4 million conifers in Ukraine, now there are about 7.8 million.
Amid the shrinking legal market, the number of illegal logging operations has also fallen sharply. Only 34 cases of illegal harvesting of Christmas trees were recorded as of early December 2025. One third of the total number was detected in Kharkiv region – 10 cases. In total, there were 328 such violations last season.
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