Clarke Veneers and Plywood is an international trading company committed to the efficient distribution of the world's finest natural renewable resource. Clarke Veneers and Plywood works closely with its domestic and overseas suppliers and customers. The staff travels extensively, which enables Clarke to maintain strong personal relationships and high quality products. Through a dedicated effort to build close relationships with suppliers and customers alike, Clarke Veneers and Plywood continues to grow, evolve, and prosper.
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In 1947, Joe M. Clarke founded Clarke Veneers and Plywood with the purpose of supplying veneers to a rapidly growing furniture industry in the economic boom that followed World War II. In 1954, Joe's son, Holden M. Clarke, joined the company. By the end of the decade the company had begun to focus on two important industries: cut-to-size veneers for the furniture industry and stock panel veneers for the hardwood plywood industry.
Regulatory compliance is a central aspect of trade in forest products like plywood, panels, and veneer. The aim of the Clarke Veneers and Plywood Regulatory Compliance Program is to enable a rigorous assessment and mitigation of supply chain risk, and a demonstrable and consistent basis for confidence in the products we buy and sell.
The Lacey Act is a US law that bans trafficking in illegal wildlife, amended in 2008 to encompass certain plant material, including wood products. The law imposes a declaration requirement as well as a prohibition against trading in legally "tainted" material. The declaration component of the Lacey Act requires the submission of the PPQ Form 505 APHIS Plant and Plant Product Declaration Form (sometimes known as a "Lacey Declaration"). The PPQ Form 505 requires the importer of record to declare the genus, species, volume, and country of harvest.
California's Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, also called Proposition 65, requires that no person in the course of doing business shall knowingly and intentionally expose any individual to certain chemicals, listed as causing cancer or reproductive toxicity, without first giving clear and reasonable warning to such individual.
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