U.S. backs trade restrictions on ramin
The United States has agreed to back Indonesia in its efforts to increase restrictions on trade of tropical hardwood ramin.
Indonesian ramin forests are still illegally logged. The timber is often transshipped through neighboring countries, such as Malaysia and Singapore. The United States buys ramin on the world market. Most of these shipments are used to manufacture mouldings and dowels.
The United States said it supports the trade restrictions during the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Flora and Fauna (CITES) meeting in Bangkok on Oct. 8.
Other U.S. trade restrictions include the Bush administration’s Initiative Against Illegal Logging, the International Tropical Timber Organization, and the Tropical Forest Conservation Act.
U.S. backs trade restrictions on ramin
