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66 Containers of Stolen Illegal Timber Return to Mozambique

According to the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), between 2017 and 2020, Mozambique exported 2.6 million tons of logs valued at US$900 million - 99 percent of these logs went to China. This trade persists in violation of Mozambique's log export ban, in effect since 2017. However, on May 16th, in a rare positive outcome to an international illegal timber trafficking saga, 66 containers of logs that had been illegally harvested and shipped out of Mozambique returned to Pemba, some of them having sailed home on a journey of 20,000 kilometers. Read more. 

Environmental Investigation Agency UK | Beira, Mozambique (2012)

Mozambique is Africa’s third largest exporter of logs. Between 2017 and 2020, Mozambique exported 2.6 million tons of logs, valued at US$900 million; 99 percent of these logs went to China. This trade persists in violation of Mozambique’s log export ban, in effect since 2017.

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