world news - 26.10.2007
Russia might drop export tariff increase on timber
Russia has submitted
fresh proposals to the EU aimed at solving the dispute over wood import
tariffs. The Russian proposals might call for the freezing of import
tariffs at current levels, Yle News reports.
According
to unconfirmed information received by YLE from the European
Commission, the Russian proposals call for freezing import tariffs at
current levels.
Finnish and Swedish authorities have earlier
said they might try to hinder Russia' entry into the World Trade
Organisation should the country uphold its planned timber tariff plans.
See also:
- — Fire risk closes entire Los Padres forest
- — Belarus has increased volumes of wood export
- — Trade in recreational values promotes multiple use of forests.
- — World Bank unveils new forest carbon funding scheme
- — Engineered Wood Construction Guide Now Available
