chinese speakers highlighted the need for closer and moie consistent international guidance rules and codes of conduct on legality due diligence and forest certification particularly stressing the challenges to smes in following the latest international developments australian european and north american delegates indicated that the importing and retailing industries are willing to work with chinese and other overseas producers to ensure their conformance with the new regulations after a series of amendments in the act now requires that import declarations accompany certain plants and plant products including a wide range of wood and forest products usda under the amendments businesses are required to exercise increased due diligence in sourcing and selling wood and wood products beveridge and diamond