Howard Klepper wrote:
"Cocobolo is only listed on Appendix III, and only if sourced from Guatemala."
That may be the issue. If there's any sort of export restriction on a wood by a particular country, the US authorities can treat that wood from that country as if it were CITES I. If LMI can't confirm the source of their coco, then they have to treat it all is if it were fom Guatemala. At least, that's how I understand it. LMI is covering their butt, but given the confusion the recnt changes in law have brought about, and the really draconian punishments that can be involved, it's understandable.
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