The law required for timber import and export, and the relevant international agreements

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Second, the relevant international agreement In May 2003, the European Union introduced the FLEGT Action Plan proposal; in July 2004, the European Commission proposed the EU import timber resource approval system proposal, it is proposed to negotiate with the partner countries on the signing of the partnership agreement, and report the assessment of the FLEGT action plan on the timber Export countries and the EU may have the impact. 2. International and EU trade in timber At present, the international timber key markets include the EU, Central Africa, South America, Southeast Asia, the United States, Japan, China and Russia. Russia and African countries mainly export logs and plates; Asia and South America mainly export high value-added wood products, such as furniture, paper and wood. According to OECD, the world's annual timber trade volume of up to 150 billion euros. The EU imports hardwood, logs, veneer and slabs from North America; logs are imported from Russia; timber imports from Africa, Asia and Latin America are modest. The proportion of timber trade within the EU is as high as 80%. But the EU is not only an important market for legally logging timber trade, but also a third country's illegal logging market. 3. Illegal logging of timber trade is rampant The World Bank report shows that a significant portion of the global timber trade is for the illegal logging of timber trade. Illegal logging mainly occurs in developing countries and "threshold countries". There are indications that large quantities of timber illegally harvested by developing countries such as Indonesia, Myanmar and Cambodia are mostly exported to other countries and processed locally and sold at low prices to Europe. European legally harvested wood processing products are therefore not price competitive. As furniture, paper and wood products such as the longer delivery time, more varieties, and a wide range of timber, it is difficult to check the legitimate sources of raw materials used.