CITES trade term codes
Updated 11 November 2024
Find the relevant trade term code you need when you apply for a CITES permit to move or trade endangered species.
Each code is 3 letters (for example, LIV for live animals and plants) and used to describe the type of specimen that you are applying for. A specimen is a living or dead animal or plant or any of its parts, or an item made from these.
If you are not sure which is the correct trade term code to use, you can provide more detail when describing the specimen in your application.
Name | Trade term code | Preferred unit | Alternative unit | Description | |
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baleen | BAL | kilograms | number | Elastic sheets of keratin that hang from the upper jaw of baleen whales (Mysticeti) and allow them to feed. | Â |
bark | BAR | kilograms | not applicable | Tree bark (raw, dried or powdered, unprocessed). | Â |
body | BOD | number | kilograms | Substantially whole dead animals, including whole fish, stuffed turtles, preserved butterflies, reptiles in alcohol, whole stuffed hunting trophies. If referring to specimens of sharks and rays (Elasmobranchii spp.), the preferred unit is kilograms. |
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bone | BON | kilograms | number | Bones, including jaws. | Â |
calipee | CAL | kilograms | not applicable | Calipee or calipash (turtle cartilage for soup). | Â |
carapace | CAP | number | kilograms | Raw or unworked whole shells of testudines species. | Â |
carving | CAR | kilograms | number | Carved products other than ivory, bone or horn 바카라 사이트“ for example, coral and wood (including handicrafts). Note: ivory carvings should be specified as such (see carving 바카라 사이트“ ivory (worked ivory) 바카라 사이트˜IVC바카라 사이트™). Also, for species from which more than one type of product may be carved (for example, horn and bone), the trade term code should indicate the type of product in trade (for example, bone carving 바카라 사이트˜BOC바카라 사이트™ or horn carving 바카라 사이트˜HOC바카라 사이트™), where possible. |
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carving 바카라 사이트“ bone | BOC | kilograms | number | bone carving | Â |
carving 바카라 사이트“ horn | HOC | kilograms | number | horn carving | Â |
carving 바카라 사이트“ ivory (worked ivory) | IVC | kilograms | number | Ivory carvings, for example smaller worked pieces of ivory (including knife handles, chess sets, marjoram sets). Note: whole carved tusk should be reported as carving 바카라 사이트“ ivory (worked ivory) 바카라 사이트˜IVC바카라 사이트™ not as tusks (see tusk (raw ivory) 바카라 사이트˜TUS바카라 사이트™). Jewellery made from carved ivory should be reported as 바카라 사이트˜jewellery 바카라 사이트“ivory바카라 사이트™ (see jewellery 바카라 사이트“ ivory (worked ivory) 바카라 사이트˜IJW바카라 사이트™). |
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caviar | CAV | kilograms | not applicable | Unfertilised dead processed eggs from all species of Acipenseriformes 바카라 사이트“ also known as roe. | Â |
chips (woodchips) | CHP | kilograms | not applicable | Chips of timber, especially Aquilaria spp., Gyrinops spp. and Pterocarpus santalinus. | Â |
claw | CLA | number | kilograms | Claws 바카라 사이트“ for example, of Felidae, Ursidae or Crocodylia. Note: 바카라 사이트˜turtle claws바카라 사이트™ are usually scales and not real claws. |
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cloth | CLO | square metres | kilograms | Cloth 바카라 사이트“ if the cloth is not made entirely from the hair of a CITES species, the weight of hair of the species concerned should instead, if possible, be recorded under hair 바카라 사이트˜HAI바카라 사이트™. | Â |
coral (raw) | COR | number | kilograms | Raw or unworked coral and coral rock (also live rock and substrate) [as defined in Resolution Cont. 11.10 (Rev. CoP15)]. Coral rock should be recorded as 바카라 사이트˜Scleractinia spp.바카라 사이트™ Note: the trade should be recorded by number of pieces only if the coral specimens are transported in water. Live rock (transported moist in boxes) should be reported in kilograms. Coral substrate should be reported as number of pieces (since these are transported in water as the substrate to which non-CITES corals are attached). |
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cosmetics | COS | grams | millilitres | Any product or mixture of products which is applied to an external part of the body only (for example, skin, hair, nails, genitals, lips or teeth or the mucous membranes of the oral cavity) with the intent to clean, odorise, change the appearance or protect. Cosmetics may include: make-up, perfume, skin cream, nail polish, hair colourants, soap, shampoo, shaving cream, deodorant, sunscreens, toothpaste. Cosmetics that include extracts of CITES-listed species. The quantity should reflect the amount of CITES-listed species present. |
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culture | CUL | number 바카라 사이트“ for example, of flasks | not applicable | Cultures of artificially propagated plants. | Â |
derivatives | DER | kilograms or Iitres | not applicable | Derivatives (other than those included elsewhere in this table). | Â |
dried plant | DPL | number | not applicable | Dried plants 바카라 사이트“ for example, herbarium specimens. | Â |
ear | EAR | number | not applicable | Ears 바카라 사이트“ usually elephant. | Â |
egg | EGG | number | kilograms | Whole dead or blown eggs (see also caviar 바카라 사이트˜CAV바카라 사이트™). | Â |
egg (live) | EGL | number | kilograms | Live fertilised eggs 바카라 사이트“ usually birds and reptiles but includes fish and invertebrates. | Â |
eggshell | ESH | grams or kilograms | not applicable | Raw or unworked eggshell except whole eggs. | Â |
extract | EXT | kilograms | litres | Extract 바카라 사이트“ usually plant extracts. | Â |
feather | FEA | kilograms or number of wings | number | Feathers 바카라 사이트“ in the case of objects (for example, pictures) made of feathers, record the number of objects. | Â |
fibre | FIB | kilograms | metres | Natural fibre: generic term for several types of material of natural (plant or animal) origin. Animal fibre can usually be spun and woven and is usually very fine and has good flexibility 바카라 사이트“ for example, fibre coming from the shearing of live vicunas. It also includes fibres from animal intestines used to make strings for tennis rackets. |
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fin (dried) | DFN | kilograms | not applicable | Dried fins and parts of fins (including flippers). | Â |
fin (wet) | FFN | kilograms | not applicable | Fresh, chilled of frozen fins and parts of fins (including flippers). | Â |
fingerlings | FIG | kilograms | number | Live juvenile fish for the aquarium trade, aquaculture, hatcheries, consumption or for release, including live European eels (Anguila anguilla) up to 12 centimetres in length. | Â |
flower | FLO | kilograms | not applicable | flowers | Â |
flower pot | FPT | number | not applicable | Flower pots made from parts of a plant 바카라 사이트“ for example, treefern fibres. Note: live plants traded in so-called 바카라 사이트˜community pots바카라 사이트™ should be recorded as 바카라 사이트˜live plants바카라 사이트™, not as flower pots. |
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foot | FOO | number | not applicable | Feet 바카라 사이트“ for example, of elephant, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, lion, crocodile. | Â |
frog legs | LEG | kilograms | not applicable | frog legs | Â |
fruit | FRU | kilograms | not applicable | fruit | Â |
fur products (large) | FPL | number | not applicable | Large manufactured products of fur 바카라 사이트“ for example, bear or lynx fur blankets or other fur products of a substantial size. | Â |
fur product (small) | FPS | number | not applicable | Small manufactured products of fur 바카라 사이트“ including handbags, key fobs, purses, pillows, trim. | Â |
gall | GAL | kilograms | not applicable | gall | Â |
gall bladder | GAB | number | kilograms | gall bladder | Â |
garment | GAR | number | not applicable | Garments 바카라 사이트“ including gloves and hats but not shoes. Includes trimming or decoration on garments. |
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genitalia | GEN | kilograms | number | Castrates and dried penes. | Â |
gill plates | GIL | kilograms | number | Gill plates (for example, for sharks). | Â |
graft rootstock | GRS | number | not applicable | Graft rootstocks (without the grafts). | Â |
hair | HAI | kilograms | grams | Hair 바카라 사이트“ includes all animal hair, for example of elephant, yak, guanaco. | Â |
hair products | HAP | number | grams | Products made of hair (for example, elephant hair bracelets). | Â |
horn | HOR | number | kilograms | Horns 바카라 사이트“ includes antlers. | Â |
jewellery | JWL | number | grams | Jewellery 바카라 사이트“ including bracelets, necklaces, and other items of jewellery from products other than ivory (for example, wood, coral). | Â |
jewellery 바카라 사이트“ ivory (worked ivory) | IJW | number | grams | Jewellery made of ivory 바카라 사이트“ includes ekipas. | Â |
kernel | KNL | kilograms | not applicable | Also known as 바카라 사이트˜endosperm바카라 사이트™, 바카라 사이트˜pulp바카라 사이트™ or 바카라 사이트˜copra바카라 사이트™. | Â |
leaf | LVS | kilograms | number | leaves | Â |
leather product (large) | LPL | number | not applicable | Large manufactured products of leather 바카라 사이트“ for example, briefcases, furniture, suitcases, travel trunks. | Â |
leather product (small) | LPS | number | not applicable | Small manufactured products of leather 바카라 사이트“ for example, belts, braces, bicycle saddles, cheque book or credit card holders, handbags, key fobs, notebooks, purses, shoes, tobacco pouches, wallets, watch-straps and trim. | Â |
live | LIV | number | kilograms | Live animals and plants, excluding live fingerling fish 바카라 사이트“ see fingerlings 바카라 사이트˜FIG바카라 사이트™. | Â |
logs | LOG | cubic metres | not applicable | All wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared, for processing notably into sawn wood, pulpwood or veneer sheets. Note: trade in logs of special purpose timbers traded by weight (for example, lignumcvitae, Guaiacum spp.) should be recorded in kilograms. |
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meat | MEA | kilograms | not applicable | Meat, including flesh of fish if not whole (see body 바카라 사이트˜BOD바카라 사이트™), fresh or unprocessed meat as well as processed meat (for example, smoked, raw, dried, frozen or tinned). The code for meat (MEA) should be used in preference for trade in eels for human consumption. |
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medicine | MED | kilograms or Iitres | not applicable | medicine | Â |
musk | MUS | grams | not applicable | musk | Â |
oil | OIL | kilograms | litres | Oil 바카라 사이트“ for example from turtles, seals, whales, fish, various plants. | Â |
pearl | PRL | number | not applicable | Pearl (for example, for Strombus gigas). | Â |
piano keys (worked ivory) | KEY | number | not applicable | Ivory piano keys (for example, one standard piano would be 52 ivory piano keys). | Â |
piece 바카라 사이트“ bone | BOP | kilograms | not applicable | Pieces of bone, not manufactured. | Â |
piece 바카라 사이트“ horn | HOP | kilograms | not applicable | Pieces of horn, not manufactured 바카라 사이트“ includes scrap. | Â |
piece 바카라 사이트“ ivory (raw ivory) | IVP | kilograms | not applicable | Ivory pieces, not manufactured 바카라 사이트“ includes scrap. | Â |
plate | PLA | square metres | not applicable | Plates of multiple skins 바카라 사이트“ includes rugs if made of several skins. | Â |
plywood | PLY | square metres | cubic metres | Material consisting of 3 or more sheets of wood glued and pressed one on the other and generally disposed so that the grains of successive layers are at an angle. | Â |
powder | POW | kilograms | not applicable | A dry, solid substance in the form of fine or coarse particles. | Â |
pupae | PUP | number | not applicable | butterfly pupae | Â |
root | ROO | number | kilograms | Roots, bulbs, corms or tubers. Note: for the agarwood-producing taxa Aqui/aria spp. and Gyrinops spp., the preferred unit is 바카라 사이트˜kilograms바카라 사이트™. The alternative unit is 바카라 사이트˜number바카라 사이트™. |
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rug | RUG | number | not applicable | rugs | Â |
sawfish rostrum | ROS | number | kilograms | sawfish rostrum | Â |
sawn wood | SAW | cubic metres | not applicable | Wood simply sawn lengthwise or produced by a profile-chipping process 바카라 사이트“ normally exceeds 6 millimeters in thickness. Note: trade in sawn wood of special purpose timbers traded by weight (for example, lignum vitae, Guaiacum spp.) should be recorded in kilograms. |
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scale | SCA | kilograms | not applicable | Scales 바카라 사이트“ for example of turtle, other reptiles, fish, pangolin. | Â |
seed | SEE | kilograms | not applicable | seeds | Â |
shell | SHE | number | kilograms | Raw or unworked shell of molluscs. | Â |
side | SID | number | not applicable | Sides or flanks of skins 바카라 사이트“ does not include crocodilian Tinga frames (see skin 바카라 사이트˜SKI바카라 사이트™). | Â |
skeleton | SKE | number | not applicable | Substantially whole skeletons. | Â |
skin | SKI | number | Â | Substantially whole skins, raw or tanned, including hides, crocodilian Tinga frames, external body lining, with or without scales. | Â |
skin piece | SKP | kilograms | number | Skin pieces 바카라 사이트“ including scraps, raw or tanned. | Â |
skull | SKU | number | not applicable | skulls | Â |
soup | SOU | kilograms | litres | Soup 바카라 사이트“ for example of turtle. | Â |
specimen (scientific) | SPE | kilograms or Iitres or millilitres or number | not applicable | Scientific specimens 바카라 사이트“ includes blood, tissue (for example, kidney, spleen), histological preparations, preserved museum specimens. | Â |
stem | STE | number | kilograms | Plant stems. Note: for the agarwood-producing taxa Aquilaria spp. and Gyrinops spp., the preferred unit is 바카라 사이트˜kilograms바카라 사이트™. The alternative unit is 바카라 사이트˜number바카라 사이트™. |
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swim bladder | SWI | kilograms | not applicable | Hydrostatic organ, including isinglass or sturgeon glue. | Â |
tail | TAI | number | kilograms | Tails 바카라 사이트“ for example, of caiman (for leather) or fox (including for garment trimming, collars, boas), also includes flukes of cetaceans. | Â |
thread | THD | kilograms | not applicable | A processed long strand of multiple hairs or fibres of natural (for example plant or animal) origin, such as vicuna, guanaco. | Â |
timber | TIM | cubic metres | kilograms | Raw timber except saw-logs, sawn wood and transformed wood. | Â |
tooth | TEE | number | kilograms | Teeth 바카라 사이트“ for example of whale, lion, hippopotamus, crocodile. | Â |
transformed wood | TRW | cubic metres | kilograms | Defined by Harmonized System code 44.09: Wood (including strips, friezes for parquet flooring, not assembled), continuously shaped (tongued, grooved, v-jointed, beaded or the like) along any edges, ends or faces, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed. | Â |
trophy | TRO | number | not applicable | Trophy 바카라 사이트“ all the trophy parts of one animal if they are exported together, for example 2 horns, a skull, cape, backskin, tail and feet (10 specimens) constitute one trophy. But if, for example, the skull and horns are the only specimens of an animal that are exported, these items together should be recorded as one trophy. Otherwise, the items should be recorded separately. A whole stuffed body is recorded under body 바카라 사이트˜BOD바카라 사이트™. A skin alone is recorded under skin 바카라 사이트˜SKI바카라 사이트™. Trade in 바카라 사이트˜full mount바카라 사이트™, 바카라 사이트˜shoulder mount바카라 사이트™ and 바카라 사이트˜half mount바카라 사이트™, along with any corresponding parts of the same animal exported together on the same permit, should be reported as 바카라 사이트˜1 TRO바카라 사이트™. |
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trunk | TRU | number | kilograms | Elephant trunk. Note: an elephant trunk exported with other trophy items from the same animal on the same permit as part of a hunting trophy should be reported as 바카라 사이트˜TRO바카라 사이트™. |
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tusk (raw ivory) | TUS | number | kilograms | Substantially whole tusks, not worked. Includes tusks of elephant, hippopotamus, walrus, narwhal, but not other teeth. Note: whole carved tusks should be reported as carving 바카라 사이트“ ivory (see carving 바카라 사이트“ ivory (worked ivory) 바카라 사이트˜IVC바카라 사이트™). |
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veneer sheets (rotary veneer) | VEN | cubic metres | kilograms | Thin layers or sheets of wood of uniform thickness, usually 6 millimeters or less in thickness, usually peeled (rotary veneer) or sliced (sliced veneer), for use in making plywood, for veneering furniture, veneer containers, for example. | Â |
veneer sheets (sliced veneer) | VEN | square metres | kilograms | Thin layers or sheets of wood of uniform thickness, usually 6 millimeters or less in thickness, usually peeled (rotary veneer) or sliced (sliced veneer), for use in making plywood, for veneering furniture, veneer containers, for example. | Â |
wax | WAX | kilograms | not applicable | wax | Â |
wood product | WPR | number | kilograms | Manufactured wood products, including finished wood products such as furniture and musical instruments. | Â |