Rearrange the letters in the grid on the left to make one significant 9-letter world location, and also, drawing only from these 9 letters, solve each geographical answer from the clues given.
Each grid letter may only be used once in each answer
I have a bit of an issue with the open-endedness of some of these questions. Lots of trees are grown commercially: fruit trees, eucalyptus, cork, rubber.. and whatnot. Same with a subdivision of a country - I guess region is the neutral word, but state, province, kanton.. it all applies.
In case you haven't realised, each CORRECT answer must be able to be produced from the 9 letters in the box to the left. I don't think you can make cork or rubber from those letters!!
No but the region clue ís rather vague. It is not necessarily restricted to/anything to do with a country. It is simply an area, it can cross borders, and does not have to have any political connotations, like a wine region or a dry region etc.
Subdivision of a country: raion - it's used in some former Soviet countries. Why not accept "pear" or "aspen" as commercially grown trees? Pines aren't as rare in nature you may think. They're quite common in taigas.
I don't think that it was ever implied that they don't grow in nature; just that they are commonly grown commercially. Like your other suggestions, though. I've never heard the word raion before. Cool word. :)