China Suspends Additional Imports of Australian Timber

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyungsoo] China, which is engaged in a trade dispute with Australia, has decided to suspend imports of Australian logs.

According to major Chinese-language media on the 25th, China's customs authority, the General Administration of Customs, announced that 'quarantine pests' were found in logs imported from New South Wales and Western Australia in Australia.

Additionally, customs offices in six regions including Tianjin (天津) reported capturing live forest pests in logs from these regions. To prevent the introduction of harmful organisms, they decided to suspend imports according to regulations.

China has also decided to suspend imports of logs from four Australian states?Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia?over the past three months. Six out of seven Australian states are now subject to sanctions.

The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) is considering reforming plant health quarantine procedures to resume log trade with China.

Relations between the two countries began to deteriorate in April when Australia called for an international independent investigation into the origin of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). China imposed import restrictions on Australian products such as barley, wine, cotton, beef, and coal.

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