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USDA Works to Reopen Export Markets for Virginia and South Carolina Logs

May 31, 2012 Rebecca Blue, Deputy Under Secretary for Marking and Regulatory Programs, U.S. Department of Agriculture

When pest detections led China to suspend exports of logs from Virginia and South Carolina last spring, USDA began work to minimize the impact of this trade disruption on one of those states’ most important industries. We began by negotiating with China to establish science-based standards to allow...

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