The restrictions on importation of these woods aren't always rules written by a nature bureaucracy. Some are restrictions written by the country of export. Others are the result of treaties to which the United States is a party (like CITES) - and some of those treaties predate 2003 and the DQA by decades.
“and some of those treaties predate 2003 and the DQA by decades.”
I understand. The bureaucratic rules may still be challenged. There’s no time frame nor statute of limitations.
Check out DQA if you get a chance.
People have trouble understanding that a single individual can bring an entire federal fascist bureaucracy to its knees.
It brings the fight to the federal fascists.
Check out the Competive Enterprise Institute.