Editor’s pickRussia could ban softwood log exports by 2022
28-10-2020
Russia, ban, export, wood ban, trade
In a recent statement, Russian President Mr Putin ordered the government to strictly control the exportation of roundwood and low-value forest products, and to clamp down on the illegal trade of logs (in his terms: “hard-hitting decriminalisation of the industry”). He also requested a “complete ban on shipments of …