They are automation and the export of raw logs from private lands.

It would permit raw logs from the national forests to be shipped directly to Japan and other countries.

"There is no other nation on earth that allows the unfettered export of raw logs."

The changes made allowed the wood to be exported as raw logs rather than lumber.

The contracts do not allow export of raw logs, instead requiring processing, and jobs, in Suriname.

But exporting raw logs from Federal land is illegal, and there are many domestic buyers.

The United States and Chile are the only countries that export raw logs on a large scale.

The majority of timber harvested from these lands is shipped to overseas clients as raw logs.

British Columbia sends raw logs overseas, where they are turned into fine furniture, and sold back to us.

Almost half the timber is being exported, mainly to Japan, in the form of raw, unmilled logs, company officials say.