02 September 2010, 21:41
Outdoor WriterThis is all from the latest CITES regs. It appears there is no limitation on selling elephant parts ONCE IT IS LEGALLY IMPORTED INTO THE U.S. Pertinent part ins
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§ 23.74 How can I trade internationally in
personal sport-hunted trophies?
(a) U.S. and foreign general
provisions. Except as provided for
personal and household effects in §
23.15, the import, export, or re-export of
sport-hunted trophies of species listed
under CITES must meet the
requirements of this section and the
other requirements of this part (see
subparts B and C for prohibitions and
application procedures).
(b) Sport-hunted trophy means raw or
tanned parts of a specimen that was
taken by a hunter, who is also the
importer, exporter, or re-exporter,
during a sport hunt for personal use. It
may include the bones, claws, hair,
head, hide, hooves, horns, meat, skull,
teeth, tusks, or any taxidermied part,
including, but not limited to, a rug or
taxidermied head, shoulder, or full
mount. It does not include articles made
from a trophy, such as worked,
manufactured, or handicraft items for
use as clothing, curios, ornamentation,
jewelry, or other utilitarian items.
(c) Use after import. You may use
your sport-hunted trophy after import
into the United States as provided in §
23.55.(d) Quantity and tagging. The
following provisions apply to the
issuance and acceptance of U.S. and
foreign CITES documents:
(1) The number of trophies that one
hunter may import in any calendar year
for the following species is:
(i) No more than two leopard
(Panthera pardus) trophies.
(ii) No more than one markhor (Capra
falconeri) trophy.
(iii) No more than one black
rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) trophy.
(2) Each trophy imported, exported, or
re-exported must be marked or tagged in
the following manner:
(i) Leopard and markhor: Each raw or
tanned skin must have a self-locking tag
inserted through the skin and
permanently locked in place using the
locking mechanism of the tag. The tag
must indicate the country of origin, the
number of the specimen in relation to
the annual quota, and the calendar year
in which the specimen was taken in the
wild. A mounted sport-hunted trophy
must be accompanied by the tag from
the skin used to make the mount.
(ii) Black rhinoceros: Parts of the
trophy, including, but not limited to,
skin, skull, or horns, whether mounted
or loose, should be individually marked
with reference to the country of origin,
species, the number of the specimen in
relation to the annual quota, and the
year of export.
(3) The export permit or re-export
certificate or an annex attached to the
permit or certificate must contain all the
information that is given on the tag.
23.55 How may I use a CITES specimen
after import into the United States?You may use CITES specimens after
import into the United States for the
following purposes:
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If the species is listed in:
(a) Appendix I, except for specimens imported with a CITES exemption
document listed in paragraph (d) of this section.
(b) Appendix II with an annotation for noncommercial purposes where
other specimens of that species are treated as if listed in Appendix I.
(c) Appendix II and threatened under the ESA, except as provided in a
special rule in §§ 17.40 through 17.48 or under a permit granted
under §§ 17.32 or 17.52.
Allowed use after import:
The specimen may be used, including a transfer, donation, or exchange, only for noncommercial purposes.
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If the species is listed in:
(d) Appendix I, and imported with a CITES exemption document as follows:
(1) U.S-issued certificate for personally owned wildlife.
(2) Pre-Convention certificate.
(3) Export permit or re-export certificate for wildlife from a registered
commercial breeding operation.
(4) Export permit or re-export certificate for a plant from a registered
nursery or under a permit with a source code of ‘‘D.’’
(5) U.S.-issued traveling-exhibition certificate.
(e) Appendix II, other than those in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section. (f) Appendix III.
Allowed use after import:
The specimen may be used for any purpose, except if the regulations
in this part or other parts of this subchapter or a permit condition allowed
the import only for noncommercial purposes, then the import
and subsequent use must be only for noncommercial purposes.********
Populations of Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe (listed in Appendix II):
For the exclusive purpose of allowing:
a) trade in hunting trophies for non-commercial purposes;
b) trade in live animals to appropriate and acceptable destinations, as defined in Resolution Conf. 11.20, for Botswana and Zimbabwe and for in situ conservation programmes for Namibia and South Africa;
c) trade in hides;
d) trade in hair;
e) trade in leather goods for commercial or non-commercial purposes for Botswana, Namibia and South Africa and for non-commercial purposes for Zimbabwe;
f) trade in individually marked and certified ekipas incorporated in finished jewellery for non-commercial purposes for Namibia and ivory carvings for non-commercial purposes for Zimbabwe;
g) trade in registered raw ivory (for Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe, whole tusks and pieces) subject to the following:
i) only registered government-owned stocks, originating in the State (excluding seized ivory and ivory of unknown origin);
ii) only to trading partners that have been verified by the Secretariat, in consultation with the Standing Committee, to have sufficient national legislation and domestic trade controls to ensure that the imported ivory will not be re-exported and will be managed in accordance with all requirements of Resolution Conf. 10.10 (Rev. CoP14) concerning domestic manufacturing and trade;
iii) not before the Secretariat has verified the prospective importing countries and the registered government-owned stocks;
iv) raw ivory pursuant to the conditional sale of registered government-owned ivory stocks agreed at CoP12, which are 20,000 kg (Botswana), 10,000 kg (Namibia) and 30,000 kg (South Africa);
v) in addition to the quantities agreed at CoP12, government-owned ivory from Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe registered by 31 January 2007 and verified by the Secretariat may be traded and despatched, with the ivory in paragraph g) iv) above, in a single sale per destination under strict supervision of the Secretariat;
vi) the proceeds of the trade are used exclusively for elephant conservation and community conservation and development programmes within or adjacent to the elephant range; and
vii) the additional quantities specified in paragraph g) v) above shall be traded only after the Standing Committee has agreed that the above conditions have been met; and
h) no further proposals to allow trade in elephant ivory from populations already in Appendix II shall be submitted to the Conference of the Parties for the period from CoP14 and ending nine years from the date of the single sale of ivory that is to take place in accordance with provisions in paragraphs g) i), g) ii), g) iii), g) vi) and g) vii). In addition such further proposals shall be dealt with in accordance with Decisions 14.77 and 14.78.
On a proposal from the Secretariat, the Standing Committee can decide to cause this trade to cease partially or completely in the event of non-compliance by exporting or importing countries, or in the case of proven detrimental impacts of the trade on other elephant populations.
All other specimens shall be deemed to be specimens of species included in Appendix I and the trade in them shall be regulated accordingly.
Some other reading on the topic:
http://www.fws.gov/internation...Ivory_Fact_Sheet.pdfhttp://www.fws.gov/internation...s/afe/pdf/salaet.pdfhttp://www.fws.gov/international/laws/aeca_fv.html