THE EU BANNED RUSSIAN WOOD PELLET IMPORTS: THEN WHAT HAPPENED?

On 24 January, Mongabay reported that, in July 2022, the EU responded to the war in Ukraine by banning the import of Russian woody biomass used to make energy.  At roughly the same time, South Korea drastically upped its Russian woody biomass imports, becoming the sole official importer of Russian wood pellets for industrial energy use.  It also warns of claims of laundered Russian wood pellets possibly flowing through Turkey, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan to multiple EU states.

https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/the-eu-banned-russian-wood-pellet-imports-south-korea-took-them-all/

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Author: raytodd2017

Chartered Legal Executive and former senior manager with Isle of Man Customs and Excise, where I was (amongst other things) Sanctions Officer (for UN/EU sanctions), Export Licensing Officer and Manager of the Legal-Library & Collectorate Support Section View all posts by raytodd2017