Law on export licence fees for timber.

This Law controls timber exports in Georgia in order to: (a) ensure the efficient utilization of forest resources based on sustainable development principles; and (b) facilitate the protection of the environment and natural resources. The following types of timber export are subject to licensing: (a) “wood for heating purposes (firewood) cuttings of branches, cheeps, brushwood or something similar to it” - group 44 of the harmonized system of foreign economic activity (commodity code number 4401); (b) unprocessed timber, wood with bark and without it, roughly logged or un-logged - group 44 of the harmonized system of foreign economic activity (commodity code number 4403); and (c) group 44 of the harmonized system of foreign economic activity (commodity code number 4404). The export license fee shall be 60 lari per cubic metre of timber. Information on timber exports shall be recorded according to the general regulations of maintaining customs statistics in the field of foreign trade established by Georgian legislation. Moreover, the information shall, inter alia, specify the amount of timber for export in cubic and/or length metres.