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Application for an Import or Export permit - CITES

Type Class Valid From Valid To
Permit Requirement Goods 15/08/2011
Summary:

Anyone who wants to trade or transport species listed under CITES must apply to the CITES Office using the provided form at least five working days before the activity.

Description:

  (a) A person who wants to import, export, re-export or re-introduce from the sea any species listed in the Appendices of the Convention, including live specimens as well as parts        and derivatives must apply to the CITES Office, by fully completing the application form provided by the Ministry set out in the Annexure A.

  (b) An application for any CITES permit must be submitted to the CITES Office of the Ministry five working days prior to the import, export, re-export or introduction from the sea of    any wildlife specimen.

 

Commodities Affected by the Measure

# HS Code Description
1 0507 Ivory, tortoise-shell, whalebone and whalebone hair, horns, antlers, hooves, nails, claws and beaks, unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape; powder and waste of these products:
2 0508 Coral and similar materials, unworked or simply prepared but not otherwise worked; shells of molluscs, crustaceans or echinoderms and cuttle-bone, unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape, powder and waste thereof:

Procedures Implementing the Measure

1 Application for registration as a controlled wildlife products dealer or manufacturer
Activity Outcome Valid For Single Use
Export Dealers Licence 1 Years No
2 Application to import or export CITES listed species or their parts, derivatives and products.
Activity Outcome Valid For Single Use
Export 6 Months No

Legal Documents Related to the Measure

Name Type Category
Regulations relating to Controlled Wildlife Products and Trade Act, 2008 Regulation Import/Export