APHIS Looking Into Reports of Delays in US Log Exports Getting Into China
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is looking into reports of delayed U.S. log exports into mainland China, the International Wood Products Association said in an email. "We understand that Chinese authorities are excluding shipments of raw logs that…
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were previously allowed to be fumigated upon arrival in China or Hong Kong," the association said. The IWPA and others in the industry discussed the issue with APHIS on a May 9 call, it said. "As part of their ongoing discussions with their Chinese counterparts to address these delays, APHIS staff has asked IWPA" and others to compile reports from exports of logs with bark to China on successful and excluded shipments as of May 2. Such information should go to Tyrone Jones at APHIS at John.T.Jones@aphis.usda.gov by May 11.There have been recent reports of new non-tariff barriers in China on products from the U.S. (see 1805040054).