OREANDA-NEWS  Supplies of live Christmas trees from abroad to Russia this year will decrease by about a third, to 150,000 against 220,000 a year earlier. Vedomosti writes about this with reference to the Rosselkhoznadzor's research.

The main exporters of trees are Poland, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Germany, Latvia, Serbia, the Netherlands and Denmark, which is a leader in the supply of the popular Norman fir.

In total, imports will account for a third of the 500,000 trees sold, as Russian producers have harvested 350,000. The most popular tree will traditionally be spruce (55 percent), followed by pine (35 percent) and fir (10 percent).

The main supplier in Russia remains the Siberian Federal District, which accounts for about 20 percent of the total market, that is, 100,000 trees. Harvesting is carried out in the Altai and Krasnoyarsk Territories, Kemerovo, Omsk and Novosibirsk regions, as well as in the republics of Tuva and Khakassia.

The Volga Federal District accounts for another 90,000 trees, while the Northwestern Federal District accounts for 60,000. The Urals provide up to 30,000 units, while the Far East, Central Russia and the South together provide 50,000.

Earlier, residents of Berezovsky, Kemerovo region, complained that the Christmas tree installed on the main square looked like a toilet brush.