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State radio reports lifting of ban on log exports

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    Meanwhile, the government has suspended a ban on log exports that had been imposed on July 1, Reuters quoted state radio as reporting on Wednesday. It said a presidential decree suspending the ban and signed on Tuesday states that 70 percent of Cameroon's wood products should be processed locally over the next five years, thus authorising the export of 30 percent of logs.

    According to Reuters, the Cameroonian press reported that French timber operators had opposed the ban, which was imposed out of concern for the environment and to promote local industry.

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