Discussions in Germany that Russian birch plywood is entering EU market via China

A new EU sanctions package is intended to help prevent illegal timber imports from Russia. The EU deforestation regulation also applies here. The German Federal Government takes indications of violations of sanctions for illegal timber imports from Russia very seriously. This emerges from the federal government's response to a request from CDU/CSU agricultural spokesman Albert Stegemann. The member of the Bundestag followed up on a report by the ZDF magazine "frontal" from March 14, 2023. This reported that Russian timber continues to enter the EU, although its import has been banned since the fifth EU sanctions ...