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Romania
Imports of logs and sawn wood from Romania - by the EU and China Sources: based on Eurostat and China Customs Exports of logs and sawn wood from Romania to China - by species Source: based on Eurostat Chins's imports of sawn wood from Romania - beech Source: based on General Administration of Customs of the Peopele's Republic of China (estimated from weight from 01 01 2014) Exports of logs from Romania - coniferous species Source: based on Eurostat Note: such large and rapid increases are unlikely to be consistent with sustainability or legality Exports of logs from Romania - non-coniferous species Source: based on Eurostat Exports of sawn wood from Romania - coniferous species Source: based on Eurostat Exports of sawn wood from Romania - non-coniferous species Source: based on Eurostat
Romania The uppermost chart on this page highlights that, during the period shown, China has imported a greater volume of logs and sawn wood from Romania than the EU as a whole. This begs questions about why none of the many good recent reports about illegal and unsustainable logging in Romania[-] have mentioned China (or indeed countries in the vicinity of the eastern mediterranean) as a possible driver of that logging. Further information: "Stealing the Last Forest" EIA-Global [-] "Illegal Logging in Romania 2013-2014" Greenpeace [-]
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