Countries currently subject to a recommendation to suspend trade

(Last update: 01/02/2017)

Country Notification Basis Scope Valid from
Afganistan No. 2013/018 (17/05/2013) Annual reports All trade 17 May 2013
Belize No. 2016/018 (15/03/2016) Significant trade Myrmecophila tibicinis 15 June 2010
Benin No. 2016/018 (15/03/2016) Significant trade Pandinus imperator 2 May 2013
Chamaeleo gracilis 3 February 2016
Chamaeleo senegalensis 3 February 2016
Kinixys homeana 3 February 2016
Cameroon No. 2016/018 (15/03/2016) Significant trade Trioceros quadricornis 3 February 2016
Central African Republic No. 2016/018 (15/03/2016) Significant trade Psittacus erithacus 3 February 2016
Côte d'Ivoire No. 2016/018 (15/03/2016) Significant trade Pericopsis elata 7 September 2012
Democratic Republic of the Congo No. 2016/018 (15/03/2016) Significant trade Poicephalus robustus;
Stigmochelys 1 pardalis		 9 July 2001
No. 2016/021 (16/03/2016) Compliance and enforcement - Article XIII Psittacus erithacus 15 January 2016
Djibouti No. 2011/010 (19/01/2011) National legislation All commercial trade 30 April 2004
Equatorial Guinea No. 2016/018 (15/03/2016) Significant trade Psittacus erithacus 22 August 2008
Trioceros2 feae 7 September 2012
Prunus africana 3 February 2009
Fiji No. 2016/018 (15/03/2016) Significant trade Plerogyra simplex 3 February 2016
No. 2016/018 (15/03/2016) Significant trade Plerogyra sinuosa 3 February 2016
Ghana No. 2016/018 (15/03/2016) Significant trade Pandinus imperator 12 August 2014
No. 2016/018 (15/03/2016) Significant trade Chamaeleo gracilis 3 February 2016
No. 2016/018 (15/03/2016) Significant trade Chamaeleo senegalensis 3 February 2016
Grenada No. 2016/018 (15/03/2016) Significant trade Strombus gigas 12 May 2006
No. 2016/022 (16/03/2016) Annual reports All trade 16 March 2016
Guinea No. 2016/018 (15/03/2016) Significant trade Balearica pavonina 2 May 2013
No. 2016/018 (15/03/2016) Significant trade Hippocampus algiricus 3 February 2016
No. 2013/017 (16/05/2013) Compliance and enforcement All commercial trade 16 May 2013
Guinea-Bissau No. 2016/030 (23/03/2016) National legislation All commercial trade 15 March 2016
Haiti No. 2016/018 (15/03/2016) Significant trade Strombus gigas 29 September 2003
Lao People's Democratic Republic No. 2016/018 (15/03/2016) Significant trade Macaca fascicularis 3 February 2016
Ptyas mucosus 3 February 2016
Python reticulatus 3 February 2016
Naja spp.(= N. atra, N. kaouthia, N. siamensis) 30 April 2004
Cuora galbinifrons 27 July 2009
Heosemys annandalii 7 September 2012
Heosemys grandis 7 September 2012
Dendrobium nobile 3 February 2009
No. 2017/012 (01/02/2017) Compliance and enforcement - Article XIII Dalbergia cochinchinensis 23 September 2016
Lesotho No. 2013/020 (17/05/2013) Annual reports All trade 17 May 2013
Liberia No. 2016/030 (23/03/2016) National legislation All commercial trade 15 March 2016
Madagascar No. 2016/018 (15/03/2016) Significant trade Coracopsis vasa 20 January 1995
Furcifer labordi 3
Phelsuma borai, P. breviceps, P. gouldi and P. standingi 4
No. 2016/019 (15/03/2016) Species action plan Dalbergia.spp and Diospyros.spp (Population from Madagascar) 15 January 2016
Mali No. 2016/018 (15/03/2016) Significant trade Poicephalus robustus 9 July 2001
Uromastyx dispar 22 August 2008
Mauritania No. 2004/055 (30/07/2004) National legislation All commercial trade 30 July 2004
Mozambique No. 2016/018 (15/03/2016) Significant trade Hippopotamus amphibius 7 September 2012
Cordylus mossambicus 7 September 2012
Cordylus tropidosternum 10 August 2001
Cycadaceae, Stangeriaceae and Zamiaceae 6 December 2006
Niger No. 2016/018 (15/03/2016) Significant trade Chamaeleo africanus 7 September 2012
Senegal No. 2016/018 (15/03/2016) Significant trade Hippocampus algiricus 3 February 2016
Solomon Islands No. 2016/018 (15/03/2016) Significant trade Corucia zebrata 9 July 2001
Ornithoptera urvillianus 20 January 1995
Ornithoptera victoriae
Tridacna derasa, T. crocea, T. gigas, T. maxima and T.squamosa 3 February 2016
Somalia No. 2004/055 (30/07/2004) National legislation All commercial trade 30 July 2004
South Sudan No. 2016/018 (15/03/2016) Significant trade Balearica pavonina 2 May 2013
Sudan No. 2016/018 (15/03/2016) Significant trade Balearica pavonina 2 May 2013
Togo No. 2016/018 (15/03/2016) Significant trade Poicephalus robustus 9 July 2001
No. 2016/018 (15/03/2016) Significant trade Pandinus imperator 2 May 2013
United Republic of Tanzania No. 2016/018 (15/03/2016) Significant trade Agapornis fischeri 20 April 1993
Malacochersus tornieri

This suspension does not apply to specimens of this species produced from ranching or 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
Kinyongia fischeri 3 February 2016
Kinyongia tavetana 3 February 2016
Balearica regulorum 2 May 2013
Viet Nam No. 2016/018 (15/03/2016) Significant trade Hippocampus kuda 2 May 2013

 

1. Formerly Geochelone.
2. Formerly Chamaeleo spp.

3. The standing Committee recommended to suspend trade in Calumna spp.3 and Furciferspp.3 from Madagascar with the exception of Calumma amber, C. ambreense, C. andringitraense, C. boettgeri, C. brevicorne, C. capuroni, C. crypticum, C. cucullatum, C. fallax, C. furcifer, C. gallus, C. gastrotaenia, C. glawi, C. globifer, C. guibei, C. guillaumeti, C. hafahafa, C. hilleniusi, C. jejy, C. linota, C. malthe, C. marojezense, C. nasutum, C. oshaughnessyi, C. parsonii, C. peltierorum, C. peyrierasi, C. tarzan, C. tsaratananense, C. tsycorne, C. vatosoa, C. vencesi and C. vohibola and Furcifer angeli, F. antimena, F. balteatus, F. belalandaensis, F. bifidus, F. campani, F. lateralis, F. minor, F. monoceras, F. nicosiai, F. oustaleti, F. pardalis, F. petteri, F. rhinoceratus, F. timoni, F. tuzetae, F. verrucosus and F. willsii)

4. The Standing Committee recommended to suspend trade in Phelsuma spp. from Madagascar, with the exception of P. abbotti, P. antanosy, P. barbouri, P. berghofi, P. cependiana, P. dubia, P. flavigularis, P. grandis, P. guttata, P. hielscheri, P. kely, P. klemmeri, P. kochi, P. laticauda, P. lineata, P. madagascariensis, P. malamakibo, P. masohoala, P. modesta, P. mutabilis, P. pronki, P. pusilla, P. quadriocellata, P. roesleri, P. seippi, P. serraticauda, and P. vanheygeni.

 

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.