KYIV, Aug 14 - Ukraine's State Fiscal Service (SFS) intends to check 235 business entities for deforestation and timber exports, the agency reported on its website on Tuesday.

"In order to conduct a comprehensive audit of such exporters, 235 business entities are included in the schedule for checks. Some 102 subjects have already been checked this year, 133 will be checked before the end of the year, of which there will be 60 taxpayers in August," the SFS's press service quotes acting SFS head Yevhen Bambizov as saying, adding that the agency has created a list of timber exporters.