No. 858                                      Geneva, 18 April 1995


CONCERNING:


                  CITES Guide to Plants in Trade


1.The Secretariat has the pleasure to send to the Parties herewith
  one copy of the CITES Guide to Plants in Trade.

2.This  Guide provides the user with a general indication of  what
  types  of plants are in trade and in which form they are traded.
  All  the large groups covered by CITES are included and all  the
  species included in the appendices are treated individually. The
  Guide does not included the changes in the appendices adopted at
  the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties. Although the
  Guide  is  not  intended  to  be a comprehensive  identification
  manual,  it is hoped that it will frequently be used by  Customs
  officers  and others involved in the control of plant  trade  to
  decide whether or not the plants they are looking at are subject
  to CITES controls.

3.The  CITES Secretariat would like to thank the Government of the
  United  Kingdom  for making it possible for  this  Guide  to  be
  produced  and  published, and the Government of  Japan  for  its
  financial support to cover part of the costs of publication.

4.Additional  copies can be ordered from the CITES Secretariat  or
  the  CITES  Management Authority of the United Kingdom  for  the
  price of USD 51 (or GBP 33 or CHF 68) each, including postage.