Ivory sale/import/export and CITES

kai · 10th March 2017, 10:54 PM

Hello Marius,

It needs added emphasis, that it's not the CITES agreements but rather the law and regulations as implemented by member countries (or any federal states) - quite a few of these are much stricter than CITES per se!

For example, you're lucky that the scales are walrus. If they would have been made from african elephant, there was no way to get this piece into the US (except maybe by special permit for scientific reasons if successfully cleared by the authorities). Your chances getting it out of the US would depend on in which state the piece was acquired with states like California, New Jersey, or New York making it very, very tough again...

Here is an old thread with some very basic CITES info. However, the rules are changing all the time and I'm not sure we can keep all needed info current for all legislations...

Regards,
Kai

10th March 2017, 10:54 PM	#2
kai Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,255	Hello Marius, It needs added emphasis, that it's not the CITES agreements but rather the law and regulations as implemented by member countries (or any federal states) - quite a few of these are much stricter than CITES per se! For example, you're lucky that the scales are walrus. If they would have been made from african elephant, there was no way to get this piece into the US (except maybe by special permit for scientific reasons if successfully cleared by the authorities). Your chances getting it out of the US would depend on in which state the piece was acquired with states like California, New Jersey, or New York making it very, very tough again... Here is an old thread with some very basic CITES info. However, the rules are changing all the time and I'm not sure we can keep all needed info current for all legislations... Regards, Kai Last edited by kai; 11th March 2017 at 03:26 AM.