Despite the efforts of the timber trade and government to stamp out illegal practices and eventually negotiate a VPA with the EU a shipment of around 500 tons of illegal teak and padauk/tamalan were recently seized in Yangon Port. The smugglers had tried to avoid the export restrictions and many believe that for the shipment […]
Timber smugglers export US$ 17 mln worth of timber to China
October 30, 2013 by
Timber smugglers used illegal routes to export more than US$ 17 million worth of timber to China, Myanmar’s ministry of commerce revealed recently quoting official data released by the Chinese government. Official amounts of exported timber was just over US$ 30,000, but import data released officially by China’s Ruili and Wonton showed US$ 17.5 million […]
