Walmart, Other U.S. Retailers Import Fewer Christmas Goods

Santa Claus is not delivering as many Christmas trees, toys, and decorations to the U.S. this year as in recent years, import data shows.

Retailers including Walmart are bringing in fewer holiday products ahead of what is expected to be a modest holiday season. I Photo: Walmart Bridgeton Facebook

Retailers including Walmart are bringing in fewer holiday products ahead of what is expected to be a modest holiday season, Richa Naidu, Aishwarya Venugopal, and Siddharth Cavale reported for Reuters.

Walmart, the world's largest retailer, has significantly reduced its Christmas imports, shipping at least 340,000 kilograms of products labeled as "Christmas" goods into the U.S. in the 12 months ending Sept. 30, according to U.S. import data provided exclusively to Reuters by ImportYeti.

The retailer had shipped nearly three times as much, at least 980,000 kilograms, in the previous 12 months through Sept. 30, 2023, the import data shows. In the same 12-month period of 2022, Walmart imported more than 1.9 million kilograms of Christmas products, from reindeer ornaments to Grinch plush toys.