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NEWS - TEAK HAULAGE (r)



Dawn Star wrote:> 
> does anyone have any suggestions how to control this
> tag the tree hunt for smugglers, faked papers, bribes at the border
> and every checkpoint, bribes at the top right on down to the bottom
> rung on the ladder. ds
> 
> the teak is still coming out, http://www.naturalteck.fr/
> and openly sold on the net, here by a government endorsed french
> importer
> 
> if its so easy, why isnt anyone stopping it?
> 
> ds
> 
> Rangoon Post Co-Editor wrote:
> >
> > BANGKOK POST - July 9, 1999
> >
> > TEAK HAULAGE
> >
> > Conditions on importing logs unacceptable to firms
> > Bar-coding of timber 'is not cost effective'
> >
> > Uamdao Noikorn
> >
> > The four firms seeking approval to import logs from Burma cannot accept
> > the
> > conditions the Forestry Department has set for the granting of permits,
> > an
> > executive for one of the traders said yesterday.
> >
> > Taweesak Mongkolkosol, managing director of TMS Intertrade & Services
> > Co, a
> > partner of Polpana Co, said he was speaking on behalf of all four
> > companies.
> >
> > "It's not just us who can't accept the terms. The other three can't
> > either,"
> > he insisted.
> >
> > Polpana Co, Songkhrao Sahai Ruam Rop Kaolee Co, B&F Goodrich Co and SA
> > Pharmaceuticals Co have asked for permission to import up to 1.5 million
> > Burmese logs, according to widely published reports.
> >
> > They claim the logs were left in Burma when the Salween illegal logging
> > scandal broke early last year, resulting in an import ban.
> >
> > Forestry chief Plodprasop Suraswadi has set four conditions to ensure
> > the
> > logs are not teak from the Salween national park and wildlife sanctuary
> > falsely labelled as Burmese.
> >
> > The forestry chief wants inspections of the logs on the Burmese side of
> > the
> > border, to verify the number. Once in Thailand, all agencies must
> > jointly
> > inspect them.
> >
> > Mr Plodprasop wants the firms to use bar-coding to identify their logs,
> > instead of stamping, and to store the logs three kilometres from the
> > border
> > to await inspection.
> >
> > Mr Plodprasop earlier said the firms had agreed.
> >
> > Polpana managing director Chartchai Kitcharoenwong said the bar-code
> > system
> > was cost effective only if there were at least two million cubic metres
> > (cu/m) of logs.
> >
> > Mr Taweesak said Polpana would import only 2,778 cu/m, SA
> > Pharmaceuticals
> > 12,695 cu/m, Songkhrao Sahai Ruam Rop Kaolee 1,116.99 cu/m and B&F
> > Goodrich
> > 2,683.116 cu/m-a total of "no more than 20,000 cu/m."He said the widely
> > reported figure of 1.5 million cu/m was probably "a typo".