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U.S. timber companies imported nearly 1,600 metric tons of teak from Myanmar last year, circumventing sanctions and channeling millions of dollars in revenue to the country’s junta, according to a new report.

A report on global trade data showed U.S. companies were still buying teak wood from Myanmar as recently as last month despite the government placing sanctions on the country last year after its military seized power.

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US companies continue to import teak, a valuable hardwood, from Myanmar despite sanctions imposed by Washington following the military takeover of the country last year, according to a watchdog group.

မြန်မာနိုင်ငံမှာ ဖေဖော်ဝါရီလ ၁ ရက်၊ စစ်တပ် အာဏာသိမ်းခဲ့ချိန်ကစပြီး၊ မြန်မာ့ကျွန်းသစ် တန်ချိန် ၁၆၀၀ နီးပါး၊ အမေရိကန်ကုမ္ပဏီတွေက တင်သွင်းခဲ့ကြပါတယ်။

Since the military coup in February 2021, the US has imported 1,565 tonnes of teak from Myanmar regardless of the sanctions that were put in place shortly after the coup.

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American companies are still importing teak from Myanmar despite sanctions imposed after the military seized power last year, a report based on trade data said Tuesday.

Nearly 1,600 tonnes of teak from Myanmar were exported to American companies last year, circumventing US sanctions imposed to deny the junta millions of dollars in profits, an activist group said Tuesday.

Burmese teak, a tropical hardwood favored by luxury yacht builders, is continuing to find its way to U.S. timber yards despite sanctions that civil society groups say should make its import illegal.

More than 1,700 tons of teak — much of it evading economic sanctions — were exported to the United States from Myanmar after the Southeast Asian country’s military seized power in a coup last year, a watchdog group says.

အကြမ်းဖက်စစ်ကောင်စီနဲ့ ပူးပေါင်းလုပ်ဆောင်လျက်ရှိနေတဲ့ စီမံကိန်းတွေကို ရပ်တန့်ဖို့အရေး မြန်မာပြည်သူတွေအနေနဲ့ ဂျပန်ဝန်ကြီးချုပ်ထံကို လက်မှတ်ရေးထိုးတောင်းဆိုဖို့အတွက် ကန်ပိန်းကို Justice for Myanmar က ဦးဆောင်ပြီး လုပ်ဆော် နေတယ်လို့ သိရပါတယ်။