Countries currently subject to a recommendation to suspend trade

(Last update: 19/01/2011)

Country	Notification	Basis	Scope	Valid from
Bahrain (non-party)	No. 2010/012 (15 June 2010)	Significant trade	Falco cherrug	22 January 2007
Belize	No. 2010/012 (15 June 2010)	Significant trade	Myrmecophila tibicinis	15 June 2010
Comoros	No. 2010/012 (15 June 2010)	Significant trade	Phelsuma comorensis; Phelsuma v-nigra	22 August 2008
Democratic Republic of Congo	No. 2010/012 (15 June 2010)	Significant trade	Poicephalus robustus; Stigmochelys (formerly Geochelone) pardalis	9 July 2001
			Prunus africana	3 February 2009
Djibouti	No. 2011/010 (19 January 2011)	National legislation	All commercial trade	30 April 2004
Equatorial Guinea	No. 2010/012 (15 June 2010)	Significant trade	Psittacus erithacus	22 August 2008
			Prunus africana	3 February 2009
Gabon	No. 2008/041 (7 July 2008)	Ivory action plan	All commercial trade	13 February 2008
Grenada	No. 2010/012 (15 June 2010)	Significant trade	Strombus gigas	12 May 2006
Haiti (non-party)	No. 2010/012 (15 June 2010)	Significant trade	Strombus gigas	29 September 2003
India	No. 2010/012 (15 June 2009)	Significant trade	Pterocarpus santalinus	15 June 2010
			Taxus wallichiana
Lao People’s Democratic Republic	No. 2010/012 (15 June 2010)	Significant trade	Cuora galbinifrons	27 July 2009
			Naja spp.(= N. atra, N. kaouthia, N. siamensis)	30 April 2004
			Dendrobium nobile	3 February 2009
Madagascar	No. 2010/012 (15 June 2010)	Significant trade	Coracopsis vasa; Calumma spp. and Furcifer spp. (except F. lateralis, F. oustaleti, F. pardalis and F. verrocosus); Phelsuma spp. (except P. laticauda, P. lineata, P. madagascariensis, P. quadriocellata)	20 January 1995
	No. 2010/015 (17 June 2010)	Monitoring of ranching operations	Crocodylus niloticus	17 June 2010
Mali	No. 2010/012 (15 June 2010)	Significant trade	Poicephalus robustus	9 July 2001
			Uromastyx dispar	22 August 2008
Mauritania	No. 2004/055 (30 July 2004)	National legislation	All commercial trade	30 July 2004
Mozambique	No. 2010/012 (15 June 2010)	Significant trade	Cordylus tropidosternum	10 August 2001
			Cycadaceae, Stangeriaceae and Zamiaceae	6 December 2006
Myanmar	No. 2010/012 (15 June 2010)	Significant trade	Rauvolfia serpentina	15 June 2010
Nigeria	No. 2005/038 (19 July 2005)	Enforcement matters	All trade	19 July 2005
Solomon Islands	No. 2010/012 (15 June 2010)	Significant trade	Corucia zebrata	9 July 2001
			Ornithoptera urvillianus	20 January 1995
			Ornithoptera victoriae
Somalia	No. 2008/041 (3 July 2008)	Ivory action plan	All commercial trade	13 February 2008
	No. 2004/055 (30 July 2004)	National legislation	All commercial trade	30 July 2004
	No. 2006/074 (14 Dec. 2006)	Annual reports	All trade	19 December 2002
Togo	No. 2010/012 (15 June 2010)	Significant trade	Poicephalus robustus	9 July 2001
United Republic of Tanzania	No. 2010/012 (15 June 2010)	Significant trade	Agapornis fischeri	20 April 1993
			Malacochersus tornieri This suspension does not apply to specimens of this species produced from ranching / captive-breeding operations, for which the annual export quota has to be agreed between the Management Authority and the Secretariat.	20 April 1993 30 June 1998
			Prunus africana	3 February 2009
Viet Nam	No. 2010/012 (15 June 2010)	Significant trade	Christensonia vietnamica	15 June 2010
			Cuora amboinensis; Cuora galbinifrons	27 July 2009
			Cycadaceae, Stangeriaceae and Zamiaceae	6 December 2006

Note: As can be seen in the table above, a country can be subject to several recommendations to suspend trade and these recommendations may be different in scope. For example, there may be a recommendation to suspend all trade in specimens of CITES species with a certain country, or all commercial trade in CITES species, or all trade in specimens of a particular species. In such cases, all of the recommendations should be taken into account by Management Authorities considering applications for permits or certificates. The reason why there can be more than one trade suspension in place for a country is because there are several processes that can result in such a recommendation. The recommendations are made at different times, independently of each other, and each one remains in effect until the criteria for its withdrawal have been met.