Codes to be included in the description of specimens and units of measure to be used in permits and certificates pursuant to Article 5(1) and (2)
| Key to units (equivalent non-metric measurements may be used) g = grams kg = kilograms l = litres cm3 = cubic centimetres ml = millilitres m = metres m2 = square metres m3 = cubic metres Number = number of specimens | ||||
| Description | Code | Preferred units | Alternative units | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bark | BAR | kg | Tree bark (raw, dried or powdered; unprocessed) | |
| Body | BOD | Number | kg | Substantially whole dead animals, including fresh or processed fish, stuffed turtles, preserved butterflies, reptiles in alcohol, whole stuffed hunting trophies, etc. |
| Bone | BON | kg | Number | Bones, including jaws |
| Calipee | CAL | kg | Calipee or calipash (turtle cartilage for soup) | |
| Carapace | CAP | Number | kg | Raw or unworked whole shells of Testudinata species |
| Carving | CAR | kg | m3 | Carvings (including wood, and including finished wood products such as furniture, musical instruments and handicrafts). NB: there are some species from which more than one type of product may be carved (e.g. horn and bone); where necessary, the description should therefore indicate the type of product (e.g. horn carving) |
| Caviar | CAV | kg | Unfertilised dead processed eggs from all species of Acipenseriformes; also known as roe | |
| Chips | CHP | kg | Chips of timber, especially Aquilaria malaccensis and Pterocarpus santalinus | |
| Claw | CLA | Number | 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 | kg | Number | Dead coral and coral rock, NB: the trade should be recorded by number of pieces only if the coral specimens are transported in water. |
| Culture | CUL | Number of flasks, etc. | Cultures of artificially propagated plants | |
| Derivatives | DER | kg/l | Derivatives (other than those included elsewhere in this table) | |
| Dried plant | DPL | Number | Dried plants — e.g. herbarium specimens | |
| Ear | EAR | Number | Ears — Usually elephant | |
| Egg | EGG | Number | kg | Whole dead or blown eggs, (see also caviar) |
| Egg (live) | EGL | Number | kg | Live eggs — usually birds and reptiles but includes fish and invertebrates |
| Eggshell | SHE | g/kg | Raw or unworked eggshell except whole eggs | |
| Extract | EXT | kg | L | Extract — usually plant extracts |
| Feather | FEA | kg/Number of wings | Number | Feathers — in the case of objects (e.g. pictures) made of feathers, record the number of objects |
| Fibre | FIB | kg | M | Fibres — e.g. plant fibre but includes strings of tennis rackets |
| Fin | FIN | kg | Fresh, frozen or dried fins and parts of fins | |
| Fingerlings | FIG | kg | Number | Juvenile fish of one or two years of age for the aquarium trade, hatcheries or for release operations |
| Flower | FLO | kg | Flowers | |
| Flower pot | FPT | Number | 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) | |
| Frogs' legs | LEG | kg | Frog legs | |
| Fruit | FRU | kg | Fruit | |
| Foot | FOO | Number | Feet — e.g. elephant, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, lion, crocodile, etc. | |
| Gall | GAL | kg | Gall | |
| Gall bladder | GAB | Number | kg | Gall bladder |
| Garment | GAR | Number | Garments — including gloves and hats but not shoes. Includes trimming or decoration on garments | |
| Genitalia | GEN | kg | Number | Castrates and dried penes |
| Graft rootstock | GRS | Number | Graft rootstocks (without the grafts) | |
| Hair | HAI | kg | G | Hair — includes all animal hair, e.g. of elephant, yak, vicuña, guanaco |
| Horn | HOR | Number | kg | Horns — includes antlers |
| Leather product (small) | LPS | Number | Small manufactured products of leather, e.g. belts, braces, bicycle saddles, cheque book or credit card holders, earrings, handbags, key fobs, notebooks, purses, shoes tobacco pouches, wallets, watch-straps | |
| Leather product (large) | LPL | Number | Large manufactured products of leather — e.g. briefcases, furniture, suitcases, travel trunks | |
| Live | LIV | Number | Live animals and plants. Specimens of live coral transported in water should be recorded by number of pieces only. | |
| Leaf | LVS | Number | kg | 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, includes flesh of fish if not whole, (see ‘body’) | |
| Medicine | MED | kg/l | Medicine | |
| Musk | MUS | g | Musk | |
| Oil | OIL | kg | L | Oil — e.g. from turtles, seals, whales, fish, various plants |
| Piece — bone | BOP | kg | Pieces of bone, not manufactured | |
| Piece — horn | HOP | kg | Pieces of horn, not manufactured — includes scrap | |
| Piece — ivory | IVP | kg | Ivory pieces, not manufactured — includes scrap | |
| Plate | PLA | m2 | Plates of fur-skins — includes rugs if made of several skins | |
| Powder | POW | kg | Powder | |
| Root | ROO | Number | kg | Roots, bulbs, corms or tubers |
| Sawn wood | SAW | m3 | Wood simply sawn lengthwise or produced by a profile-chipping process; normally exceeds 6 mm 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 | Scale — e.g. of turtle, other reptiles, fish, pangolins | |
| Seed | SEE | kg | Seeds | |
| Shell | SHE | Number | kg | Raw or unworked shell of molluscs |
| Side | SID | Number | Sides or flanks of skins; does not include crocodilian Tinga frames (see under ‘skin’) | |
| Skeleton | SKE | Number | Substantially whole skeletons | |
| Skin | SKI | Number | Substantially whole skins, raw or tanned, including crocodilian Tinga frames | |
| Skin piece | SKP | Number | Skin pieces — includes scraps, raw or tanned | |
| Skull | SKU | Number | Skulls | |
| Soup | SOU | kg | L | Soup — e.g. of turtle |
| Specimen (scientific) | SPE | kg/l/ml | Scientific specimens — includes blood, tissue, (e.g. kidney, spleen, etc.) histological preparations, etc. | |
| Stem | STE | Number | kg | Plant stems |
| Swim bladder | SWI | kg | Hydrostatic organ, including isinglass/sturgeon glue | |
| Tail | TAI | Number | kg | Tails — e.g. of caiman (for leather) or fox (for garment trimming, collars, boas, etc.) |
| Tooth | TEE | Number | kg | Teeth — e.g. of whale, lion, hippopotamus, crocodile, etc. |
| Timber | TIM | m3 | kg | Raw timber except saw-logs and sawn wood |
| Trophy | TRO | Number | 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. 10 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’. | |
| Tusk | TUS | Number | kg | Substantially whole tusks, whether or not worked. Includes tusks of elephant, hippopotamus, walrus, narwhal, but not other teeth. |
| Veneer sheets
| VEN | m3, m2 | kg | Thin layers or sheets of wood of uniform thickness, usually 6 mm or less in thickness, usually peeled (rotary veneer) or sliced (sliced veneer), for use in making plywood, for veneering furniture, veneer containers, etc. |
| Wax | WAX | kg | Wax, includes ambergris | |
| Whole | WHO | kg | Number | Entire animal or plant (dead or alive) |