Illegal cuttings and the world market of wood

In Japan, one of the biggest importers of the forest products, more and more accusations revealed the illegal wood cuttings. Rusia, Indonesia and Malaysia are the most important countries which import great volumes of forest products from the illegal timber cuttings.

China is the leading importer of forest products from the same countries increases. Under messages of the nongovernmental organizations it is supposed, that somewhere from 20 % up of the Japanese import — occurs from illegal sources.Russia is the biggest supplier of logs of coniferous wood on the Japanese market, for it follows the USA and New Zealand. The larch, a pine (red pine) and a white fur-tree is imported from the Far East Russia and usually competes to a pine radiant (radiata pine) from New Zealand and Chile. Import from USA and Canada is made with breeds of higher value of Douglas Firs and Canadian hemlock. The origin of logs as a rule the Japanese importers is not known. The state control, over sanctions to timber cutting in the east of Russia, is weak.Though, approximately 25 % of the Russian export of logs of coniferous wood is cut without legal approbation.