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Countries currently subject to a recommendation to suspend trade

(Last update: 26.08.2008)

Country

Notification

Basis

Scope

Comments

Armenia

No. 2007/004 (22 Jan 2007)

Significant trade

Falco cherrug

Bahrain

No. 2007/004 (22 Jan 2007)

Significant trade

Falco cherrug

Comoros No. 2008/052 (22 Aug 2008) Significant trade Phelsuma v-nigra, Phelsuma comorensis  

Democratic Republic of Congo

No. 2007/004 (22 Jan 2007)

Significant trade

Hippopotamus amphibius; Poicephalus robustus;
Geochelone pardalis

 

Djibouti

No. 2006/073 (14 Dec 2006)

National legislation

All commercial trade

Trade suspension valid since 30 April 2004
Equatorial Guinea No. 2008/052 (22 Aug 2008) Significant trade Psittacus erithacus  

Gabon

No. 2008/041 (7 Jul 2008)

Ivory action plan

All commercial trade

Trade suspension valid from 13 February 2008

Grenada

No. 2007/004 (22 Jan 2007)

Significant trade

Strombus gigas

Guinea-Bissau

No. 2006/073 (14 Dec 2006)

National legislation

All commercial trade

Trade suspension valid since 30 April 2004

Haiti

No. 2007/004 (22 Jan 2007)

Significant trade

Strombus gigas

Non-Party

Iraq

No. 2007/004 (22 Jan 2007)

Significant trade

Falco cherrug

Non-Party

Kazakhstan

No. 2007/004 (22 Jan 2007)

Significant trade

Saiga tatarica

Except for the export of live specimens from breeding facilities for conservation purposes.

Lao People’s Democratic Republic

No. 2007/004 (22 Jan 2007)

Significant trade

Naja spp.(= N. atra, N. kaouthia, N. siamensis)

 

Liberia

No. 2006/073 (14 Dec 2006)

National legislation

All commercial trade

Trade suspension valid since 30 April 2004

Madagascar

No. 2007/004 (22 Jan 2007)

Significant trade

Coracopsis vasa;

Chamaeleo
spp. (except C. lateralis, C. oustaleti, C. pardalis and C. verrocosus);

Phelsuma
spp. (except P. laticauda, P. lineata, P. madagascariensis, P. quadriocellata)

Cycadaceae, Stangeriaceae and Zamiaceae

 

Malawi

No. 2007/004 (22 Jan 2007)

Significant trade

Hippopotamus amphibius

 

Mali

No. 2007/004 (22 Jan 2007)

Significant trade

Poicephalus robustus

 
  No. 2008/052 (22 Aug 2008) Significant trade Uromastyx dispar  
Mauritania

No. 2007/004 (22 Jan 2007) Significant trade Falco cherrug  

No. 2004/055 (30 Jul 2004)

National legislation

All commercial trade

 
No. 2003/027 (6 May 2003) Annual reports All trade  

Mozambique

No. 2007/004 (22 Jan 2007)

Significant trade

Cordylus tropidosternum

Cycadaceae, Stangeriaceae and
Zamiaceae

 

Nigeria

No. 2005/038 (19 Jun 2005) Enforcement matters All trade  

Russian Federation

No. 2007/004 (22 Jan 2007)

Significant trade

Saiga tatarica

Except for the export of live specimens from breeding facilities for conservation purposes.

Rwanda

No. 2006/073 (14 Dec 2006) National legislation All commercial trade Trade suspension valid since 30 April 2004

Solomon Islands

No. 2007/004 (22 Jan 2007)

Significant trade

Corucia zebrata; Ornithoptera urvillianus; Ornithoptera victoriae

 

Somalia

No. 2008/041 (3 Jul 2008)

Ivory action plan

All commercial trade

Trade suspension valid since 13 February 2008

No. 2004/055 (30 Jul 2004)

National legislation

All commercial trade

 
No. 2006/074 (14 Dec 2006) Annual reports All trade Trade suspension valid since 19 Dec 2002

Tajikistan

No. 2007/004 (22 Jan 2007)

Significant trade

Falco cherrug

 

Togo

No. 2007/004 (22 Jan 2007)

Significant trade

Poicephalus robustus

 

United Republic of Tanzania

No. 2007/004 (22 Jan 2007)

Significant trade

Agapornis fischeri; Poicephalus cryptoxanthus; Poicephalus meyeri; Poicephalus rufiventris; Tauraco fischeri; Geochelone pardalis (wild taken); Malacochersus tornieri (wild taken); Gongylophis colubrinus (wild taken)

Suspension does not apply to specimens of Geochelone pardalis, Malacochersus tornieri and Gongylophis colubrinus produced from ranching/captive breeding operations for which the level of annual export quotas has to be agreed between the Management Authority and the Secretariat

Viet Nam

No. 2007/004 (22 Jan 2007)

Significant trade

Cycadaceae, Stangeriaceae and
Zamiaceae

 


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.