Codes to be included in the description of specimens and units of measurement to be used in permits and certificates pursuant to Articles 5(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 865/20061
| Description | Trade term code | Preferred unit | Alternative unit | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| baleen | BAL | kg | no. | elastic sheets of keratin that hang from the upper jaw of baleen whales (Mysticeti) and allow them to feed |
| bark | BAR | kg | tree bark (raw, dried or powdered; unprocessed) | |
| body | BOD | no. | kg | substantially whole dead animals, including whole fish, stuffed turtles, preserved butterflies, reptiles in alcohol, whole stuffed hunting trophies, etc. If referring to specimens of sharks and rays (Elasmobranchii spp.), the preferred unit is kg. |
| bone | BON | kg | no. | bones, including jaws |
| calipee | CAL | kg | calipee or calipash (turtle cartilage for soup) | |
| carapace | CAP | no. | kg | raw or unworked whole shells of Testudines species. |
| carving | CAR | kg | no. | carved products other than ivory, bone or horn – for example coral and wood (including handicrafts). N.B: Ivory carvings should be specified as such (see below – ‘IVC’). Also, for species from which more than one type of product may be carved (e.g. horn and bone), the trade term code should indicate the type of product in trade (e.g. bone carving ‘BOC’ or horn carving – ‘HOC’), where possible. |
| carving - bone | BOC | kg | no. | bone carving |
| carving - horn | HOC | kg | no. | horn carving |
| carving – ivory (worked ivory) | IVC | kg | no. | ivory carvings, including e.g. smaller worked pieces of ivory (knife handles, chess sets, mahjong sets etc). N.B. Whole carved tusk should be reported as carving – ivory (IVC) not as tusks (see ‘TUS’ below). Jewellery made from carved ivory should be reported as ‘jewellery – ivory’ (see IJW below). |
| caviar | CAV | kg | unfertilized dead processed eggs from all species of Acipenseriformes; also known as roe. | |
| chips (woodchips) | CHP | kg | chips of timber, especially Aquilaria spp., Gyrinops spp. and Pterocarpus santalinus | |
| claw | CLA | no. | kg | claws – e.g. of Felidae, Ursidae or Crocodylia (NB: 'turtle claws' are usually scales and not real claws) |
| cloth | CLO | m2 | kg | cloth – 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 ‘HAI’ |
| coral (raw) | COR | no. | kg | raw or unworked coral and coral rock (also live rock and substrate) [as defined in Resolution Conf. 11.10 (Rev. CoP15)]. Coral rock should be recorded as ‘Scleractinia spp.’ NB: 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 kg; 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). |
| cosmetics | COS | g | ml | Any product or mixture of products which is applied to an external part of the body only (e.g. 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 the following: make-up, perfume, skin cream, nail polish, hair colourants, soap, shampoo, shaving cream, deodorant, sunscreens, toothpaste. Cosmetics which include extracts of CITES-listed species. The quantity should reflect the amount of CITES-listed species present. |
| culture | CUL | no. of flasks, etc. | cultures of artificially propagated plants | |
| derivatives | DER | kg/l | derivatives (other than those included elsewhere in this table) | |
| dried plant | DPL | no. | dried plants – e.g. herbarium specimens | |
| ear | EAR | no. | ears – usually elephant | |
| egg | EGG | no. | kg | whole dead or blown eggs (see also 'caviar') |
| egg (live) | EGL | no. | kg | live fertilized eggs – usually birds and reptiles but includes fish and invertebrates |
| eggshell | ESH | g/kg | raw or unworked eggshell except whole eggs | |
| extract | EXT | kg | l | extract – usually plant extracts |
| feather | FEA | kg/ no. of wings | no. | feathers – in the case of objects (e.g. pictures) made of feathers, record the number of objects |
| fibre | FIB | kg | m | natural fibre: generic term for several types of material of natural (i.e. plant or animal) origin. Animal fibre can usually be spun and woven and is usually very fine and has good flexibility. – e.g. fibre coming from the shearing of live vicunas. It also includes fibres from animal intestines used to make strings for tennis rackets |
| fin (dried) | DFN | kg | dried fins and parts of fins (including flippers) | |
| fin (wet) | FFN | kg | fresh, chilled of frozen fins and parts of fins (including flippers) | |
| fingerlings | FIG | kg | no. | live juvenile fish for the aquarium trade, aquaculture, hatcheries, consumption or for release, including live European eels (Anguilla anguilla) up to 12cm in length |
| flower | FLO | kg | flowers | |
| flower pot | FPT | no. | flower pots made from parts of a plant – e.g. treefern fibres (NB: live plants traded in so- called 'community pots' should be recorded as 'live plants', not as flower pots) | |
| frog legs | LEG | kg | frog legs | |
| fruit | FRU | kg | fruit | |
| foot | FOO | no. | feet – e.g. of elephant, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, lion, crocodile, etc. | |
| fur products (large) | FPL | no. | large manufactured products of fur – e.g. bear or lynx fur blankets or other fur products of a substantial size. | |
| fur product (small) | FPS | no. | small manufactured products of fur– including handbags, key fobs, purses, pillows, trim, etc. | |
| gall | GAL | kg | gall | |
| gall bladder | GAB | no. | kg | gall bladder |
| garment | GAR | no. | garments – including gloves and hats but not shoes. Includes trimming or decoration on garments | |
| genitalia | GEN | kg | no. | castrates and dried penes |
| gill plates | GIL | kg | no. | gill plates (e.g. for sharks) |
| graft rootstock | GRS | no. | graft rootstocks (without the grafts) | |
| hair | HAI | kg | g | includes all unprocessed animal hair, e.g. of elephant, yak, guanaco, wolf, bear, panther, etc. |
| hair products | HAP | no. | g | products made of hair (e.g. elephant hair bracelets) |
| horn | HOR | no. | kg | horns – includes antlers |
| jewellery | JWL | no. | g | jewellery – including bracelets, necklaces, and other items of jewellery from products other than ivory (e.g. wood, coral, etc.) |
| jewellery – ivory (worked ivory) | IJW | no. | g | jewellery made of ivory – includes ekipas |
| kernel | KNL | kg | also known as 'endosperm', 'pulp' or 'copra' | |
| leather product (large) | LPL | no. | large manufactured products of leather – e.g. briefcases, furniture, suitcases, travel trunks | |
| leather product (small) | LPS | no. | small manufactured products of leather – e.g. belts, braces, bicycle saddles, cheque book or credit card holders, handbags, key fobs, notebooks, purses, shoes, tobacco pouches, wallets, watch-straps and trim | |
| live | LIV | no. | kg | live animals and plants, excluding live fingerling fish – see FIG |
| leaf | LVS | kg | no. | leaves |
| logs | LOG | m3 | 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. NB: trade in logs of special purpose timbers traded by weight (e.g. lignum vitae, Guaiacum spp.) should be recorded in kg | |
| meat | MEA | kg | meat, including flesh of fish if not whole (see ‘body’), fresh or unprocessed meat as well as processed meat (e.g. smoked, raw, dried, frozen or tinned) The code for meat (MEA) should be used in preference for trade in eels for human consumption. | |
| medicine | MED | kg/l | medicine | |
| musk | MUS | g | musk | |
| oil | OIL | kg | l | oil – e.g. from turtles, seals, whales, fish, various plants |
| pearl | PRL | no. | pearl (e.g. for Strombus gigas) | |
| piano keys (worked ivory) | KEY | no. | ivory piano keys (e.g. one standard piano would be 52 ivory piano keys) | |
| piece – bone | BOP | kg | pieces of bone, not manufactured | |
| piece – horn | HOP | kg | pieces of horn, not manufactured – includes scrap | |
| piece – ivory (raw ivory) | IVP | kg | ivory pieces, not manufactured – includes scrap | |
| plate | PLA | m2 | plates of multiple skins – includes rugs if made of several skins | |
| plywood | PLY | m2 | m3 | material consisting of three 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 |
| powder | POW | kg | a dry, solid substance in the form of fine or coarse particles | |
| pupae | PUP | no. | butterfly pupae | |
| root | ROO | no. | kg | roots, bulbs, corms or tubers NB: For the agarwood-producing taxa Aquilaria spp. and Gyrinops spp., the preferred unit is 'kilograms'. The alternative unit is 'number'. |
| rug | RUG | no. | rugs | |
| sawfish rostrum | ROS | no. | kg | sawfish rostrum |
| sawn wood | SAW | m3 | wood simply sawn lengthwise or produced by a profile-chipping process; normally exceeds 6mm in thickness. NB: trade in sawn wood of special purpose timbers traded by weight (e.g. lignum vitae, Guaiacum spp.) should be recorded in kg | |
| scale | SCA | kg | scales – e.g. of turtle, other reptiles, fish, pangolin | |
| seed | SEE | kg | seeds | |
| shell | SHE | no. | kg | raw or unworked shell of molluscs |
| side | SID | no. | sides or flanks of skins; does not include crocodilian Tinga frames (see under 'skin') | |
| skeleton | SKE | no. | substantially whole skeletons | |
| skin | SKI | no. | substantially whole skins, raw or tanned, including hides, crocodilian Tinga frames, external body lining, with or without scales | |
| skin piece | SKP | kg | no. | skin pieces – including scraps, raw or tanned |
| skull | SKU | no. | skulls | |
| soup | SOU | kg | l | soup – e.g. of turtle |
| specimen (scientific) | SPE | kg/l/ml/ no. | scientific specimens – includes blood, tissue (e.g. kidney, spleen, etc.), histological preparations, preserved museum specimens, etc. | |
| stem | STE | no. | kg | plant stems NB: For the agarwood-producing taxa Aquilaria spp. and Gyrinops spp., the preferred unit is 'kilograms'. The alternative unit is 'number'. |
| swim bladder | SWI | kg | hydrostatic organ, including isinglass / sturgeon glue | |
| tail | TAI | no. | kg | tails – e.g. of caiman (for leather) or fox (for garment trimming, collars, boas, etc.), also includes flukes of cetaceans. |
| thread | THD | kg | thread – a processed long strand of multiple hairs or fibres of natural (e.g. plant or animal) origin, e.g. vicuna, guanaco | |
| tooth | TEE | no. | kg | teeth – e.g. of whale, lion, hippopotamus, crocodile, etc. |
| timber | TIM | m3 | kg | raw timber except saw-logs, sawn wood and transformed wood |
| transformed wood | TRW | m3 | kg | 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. |
| trophy | TRO | no. | trophy – all the trophy parts of one animal if they are exported together: e.g. horns (2), skull, cape, backskin, tail and feet (i.e. ten specimens) constitute one trophy. But if, for example, the skull and horns are the only specimens of an animal that are exported, then these items together should be recorded as one trophy. Otherwise the items should be recorded separately. A whole stuffed body is recorded under ‘BOD’. A skin alone is recorded under ‘SKI’. Trade in ‘full mount’, ‘shoulder mount’ and ‘half mount’, along with any corresponding parts of the same animal exported together on the same permit, should be reported as ‘1 TRO’ | |
| trunk | TRU | no. | kg | elephant trunk. N.B.: 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 ‘TRO’. |
| tusk (raw ivory) | TUS | no. | kg | substantially whole tusks, not worked. Includes tusks of elephant, hippopotamus, walrus, narwhal, but not other teeth - N.B. Whole carved tusks should be reported as carving – ivory (see ‘IVC’ above). |
| veneer sheets — rotary veneer | VEN | m3 | kg | thin layers or sheets of wood of uniform thickness, usually 6mm or less in thickness, usually peeled (rotary veneer) or sliced (sliced veneer), for use in making plywood, for veneering furniture, veneer containers, etc. |
| veneer sheets — sliced veneer | VEN | m2 | kg | |
| wax | WAX | kg | wax | |
| wood product | WPR | no. | kg | manufactured wood products, including finished wood products such as furniture and musical instruments. |
| Unit of measure | Unit code |
|---|---|
| grams | g |
| kilograms | kg |
| liters | l |
| cubic centimeters | cm3 |
| milliliters | ml |
| meters | m |
| square meters | m2 |
| cubic meters | m3 |
| number of specimens | no. |
| NB.: If no unit of measure is specified, the unit will be assumed to be number (e.g. of live animals). | |
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This corresponds to Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 865/2006, the latest version of which should be checked for any recent amendments. ↩