Rosewood bark - import question

[bench1holio]

for the price of that log you could buy a fair few slabs from the same mob, and have half the import problems

[rustynail]

That's what i'm finding too
that said, the rules for importing slabs less than 20cm in at least one dimension are easier to deal with than the ones for logs.
So with that in mind...if i were to pay someone to cut it up for me, how likely do you think it'd be that the whole thing would end up self destructing from checking and cracking?
to my knowledge its been air dried for quite a while and is fairly bone dry, but having not had much experience with milling logs, i'm not sure what could happen if it were to be cut up?

This was the reason why I suggested sawing it up in the first place. Its not only the bark you will have trouble with, any voids or cracks are also going to be a no no. If the log is dry sawing wont cause surface checking. Don't dress the timber as this may cause surface cracks.