A new report says Russian birch wood is routed through Asia before being shipped to American stores By Michael TatarskiOctober 1, 2022 at 2:00 a.m. EDT How Russian timber bypasses U.S. sanctions by way of VietnamA new report says Russian birch wood is routed through Asia before being shipped to American storesBy Michael TatarskiOctober 1, 2022 at 2:00 a.m. EDT Plywood …

Timber Development UK (TDUK) has warned importers and buyers of birch plywood to ensure they don’t fall foul of sanctions on Russian wood, after it emerged that product containing Russian birch is being traded illegally through alternative trade channels. Rumours of birch ply containing Russian wood being sold through unusual trade routes and countries have been circulating for months and …

Sanctions dramatically bring down manufacturing of plwood products in Russia in July In July, wood products manufacturing in Russia fell 20.4% y-o-y according to data published by the Russian government statistic agency Rosstat. Since July 10, exports of wood products from Russia and Belarus to the European Union has completely stopped due to sanctions. Prior to this, the U.S. and …