A Rosewood scare was raised in Belize City today with four containers on Central American Boulevard. All four of them contain hardwood and sources close to customs say they are all bound for China. But, a report emerged that the four containers were full of Rosewood - and so today, the police and the forestry department got involved. The four containers which had been parked at a warehouse, were bound for the customs lot to be shipped out. But Forestry said it had to check them first. So the seals were broken and an inspection done. According to the Chief forest officer Wilbur Sabido told us they did an inspection and everything seems to have checked out. He says the check shows that it is not Rosewood but Grenadillo, or a wood also known as hormigo. IT is lighter in colour than Rosewood. Still, it seems that there are powerful forces at work to block this export from a Chinese exporter and we are told there it will have to be opened and checked again tomorrow. We'll keep following it.
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A Rosewood scare was raised in Belize City today with four containers on Central American Boulevard. All four of them contain hardwood and sources close to customs say they are all bound for China. But, a report emerged that the four containers were full of Rosewood - and so today, the police and the forestry department got involved. The four containers which had been parked at a warehouse, were bound for the customs lot to be shipped out. But Forestry said it had to check them first. So the seals were broken and an inspection done. According to the Chief forest officer Wilbur Sabido told us they did an inspection and everything seems to have checked out. He says the check shows that it is not Rosewood but Grenadillo, or a wood also known as hormigo. IT is lighter in colour than Rosewood. Still, it seems that there are powerful forces at work to block this export from a Chinese exporter and we are told there it will have to be opened and checked again tomorrow. We'll keep following it.