Beijing Expands Timber Ban to Second Australian State, as List of Forbidden Imports Grow

A competitor cuts a log in the Woodchop Stadium during the 2012 Sydney Royal Easter Show at the Sydney Showground on April 5, 2012 in Sydney, Australia. Mark Kolbe/Getty Images

Beijing has now suspended timber exports from Victoria following a ban on Queensland timber exports last week.

The General Administration of Customs of China claimed it found live bark beetle (also known as the eastern five-spined engraver) in shipments from the state, after claiming the same pests were found in logs from Queensland.