The Congo Republic is to resume exports of afrormosia hardwood to the European Union, officials said Friday, after the EU suspended imports for several months amid concerns that excessive lumbering would drive the trees to extinction. The EU suspended imports of afrormosia, which grows only in three countries of western and central Africa - Cameroon, Congo and its vast neighbour to the east, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) - to force the governments to put in place a replanting programme for the tree.