By concealing its origin, sanctioned wood from Russia still finds its way onto the German market via processing in third countries, repackaging and relabeling.  The German Timber Trade Federation (GD Holz) believes that companies that take the sanctions seriously are massively disadvantaged by products that reach the world market via China, Turkey, Kazakhstan and other countries. As a result, the German and European markets are threatened with imbalance and massive disruption to the distribution of legal products from legitimate sources. GD Holz has therefore turned directly to Federal Minister of Economics Habeck. The political decision on the grounds ...