General News 4: ‘Pests in cargoes’: China suspends timber imports from 2 more Australian states

[bob_turner]

China’s customs officials have suspended imports of timber from Australia’s New South Wales and Western Australia states, saying that pests were found in cargoes, amid soured ties between Canberra and Beijing. The General Administration of Customs of China has notified authorities in Australia that log timber imports from New South Wales and Western Australia were halted from Wednesday due to pests, in line with sanitary measures and quarantine laws. “Recently,...

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