KUCHING: Malaysia and other timber producing countries have found it extremely difficult to meet the different measures and requirements imposed by consumer nations to ensure that illegal timber products do not enter their markets.
Sarawak Timber Association chairman Datuk Wong Kie Yik said these measures, which were unique to each country, were often unclear and difficult to implement due to different definitions, interpretations and shifting of goal posts along the way.
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