USTR Asks Peru to Verify Timber Imports Not Illegally Harvested
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative asked Peru to verify that three 2017 timber shipments do not contain any illegally harvested timber. The U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement includes verification measures on timber, and in the first round of checks…
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in 2016, Inversiones Oroza was found to have exported illegally harvested logs. As a result, the U.S. banned imports from that company for three years, unless it is able to verify before then that it is now complying with the law (see 1710190041). Peru also acted, saying it would hold Oroza officials accountable, amend export documentation requirements, enhance timber inspections and create a timber tracking system in the Amazon corridor. “We are committed to using all available tools to ensure illegal timber from Peru is not entering the United States at the expense of American timber producers and workers," U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said in a Feb. 26 statement.