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foreign affairs reporter Stephen Dziedzic, Fiona Breen, and Daniel Miles

China will resume Australian timber trade imports from Thursday, ambassador says

China's ambassador to Canberra has confirmed his country will lift its ban on Australian timber imports, in another sign trade ties with Australia are slowly normalising.

Since 2020, Australia's $600 million annual timber trade with China has been suspended with Beijing citing quarantine risks.

Ambassador Xiao Qian told reporters in Canberra Thursday morning the import ban had now been lifted.

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