Chinese customs authorities on Tuesday announced the suspension of US log imports and the suspension of soybean export qualifications to China for three US companies, effective the same day. The General Administration of Customs (GAC) announced on Tuesday a suspension of US log imports according to the country's biological safety law, the entry and exit animal and plant quarantine law and International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures, effective from the date of this announcement. The GAC said recent inspections of imported US logs revealed quarantine pests such as bark beetles and longhorn beetles, and the move is to ...