SUFFOLK, Va. (AP) - Agriculture officials are
celebrating the first log exports from Virginia to China under a new pilot
program.
Officials with the U.S. Department of
Agriculture are set to mark the inaugural shipments under the program at the
Royal Fumigation facility in Suffolk on Wednesday.
China banned exports of un-milled soft- and
hardwood logs from Virginia and South Carolina in April 2011, citing pests
found on U.S. exports. Chinese officials have now agreed to the six-month pilot
project to reopen its borders to those Virginia wood products.
The window comes with conditions, including
designated ports and enhanced pest treatment and testing.
State officials estimate Virginia's log
exports have a value of nearly $57 million.
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