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Ukraine should regulate timber export under WTO, EU rules
06.05.2016 16:18 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
Ukraine needs to handle issues related to the moratorium on timber export as a reliable member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and a partner committed to fulfilling all the requirements stipulated by agreements with the WTO and the European Union, UNIAN reports referring to the First Deputy Chairperson of the Ukrainian State Forest Resources Agency Khrystyna Yushkevych interview shared with a a local Ukrainian TV channel.
«The agreement [with the WTO] includes a provision which prohibits imposing a moratorium. In general, Ukraine’s law on moratorium was adopted to stimulate the development of the domestic timber processing industry. However, it has become clear now that achieving this goal by introducing a complete ban was wrong,» Yushkevych told.
As to her, the moratorium on unprocessed timber export applies to round timber, other than pine (a moratorium on which shall come into effect in 2017).
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