147 million Christmas tree lighting sets
The US has seen a big drop in the import of Christmas tree lighting sets from China. In the first ten months of 2019, the US imported 147 million Christmas tree lighting sets, just over half of which came from Cambodia, a big change from 2018, where - in the first ten months - only 13% came from the country.
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Posted:
17 December 2019
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