Given that the total value of Indonesia's legitimate exports of wood and wood products is only about $6.5 billion a year, that is a disturbingly heady sum.Add in hidden costs such as soil erosion, the increased risk of fire (thinned-out forests let in more sunlight, and so dry out faster) and the loss of livelihoods for those who gather forest products, and the true bill becomes much bigger.
In large part, the refusal to consider legitimate export or even stockpiling of poppy crops under the supervision of international organizations has been the result of the "war on drugs" waged by the U.S. that has stifled creative and productive thinking within organizations like the INCB.
But he said the canisters being used by the Chinese riot police were a legitimate export.
Small, valuable commodities - horn, teeth, pelts - fetch incredible prices and are easy to conceal among legitimate export goods.
Small wonder, when exports of his main product equalled in 1998 all Myanmar's legitimate exports put together.His success came from making a product superior to other people's: in his case, No. 4 grade China white.
Small wonder, when exports of his main product equalled in 1998 all Myanmar's legitimate exports put together.Related topics Thailand Asia United States Myanmar YangonHis success came from making a product superior to other people's: in his case, No. 4 grade China white.
Containers supposedly packed with legitimate exports often carry drugs too.
And while some traders deal in legitimate exports, many do not.
Almost 80 percent of the seized counterfeit goods in the United States last year were produced in China, where the downturn in legitimate exports during the recession left many factories looking for goods — in some cases, any goods — to produce.
Some items on the list have legitimate civilian uses, and the Customs Service initiative is not intended to restrict or discourage legitimate exports, officials said.
