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Additional guidance Timber Importers and traders

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The CITES Appendix listings in this table reflect any decisions taken at the last CITES Conference of the Parties (COP13), which was held in Thailand on 2-14 October 2004. The EC Annex listings are in accordance with the Official Journal of the European Union (Commission Regulation No 318-2008) published on 11 April 2008.

  • Annex A - Equivalent to CITES Appendix I. Includes CITES Appendix I species and species for which the EU takes stricter measures
  • Annex B - Equivalent to CITES Appendix II. Includes CITES Appendix II species and species for which the EU takes stricter measures
  • Annex C - Equivalent to CITES Appendix III

The Latin or scientific name identifies a species uniquely (in italics in the table). Common names are included in brackets for ease of reference but the UK Authorities can only advise on the basis of the scientific name provided by the trader.

Timber species (Common name in Brackets) Distribution Annex/ Appendix Listing
(including listing countries for Annex C specimens)		 What is Controlled

Species: Abies guatamalensis

Family: Pinaceae (Guatemalan Fir)

Central America Annex A / Appendix I All parts and items made or obtained from these species are controlled.

Species: Araucaria araucana

Family: Araucariaceae (Monkey-puzzle tree)

Chile and Argentina Annex A / Appendix I All parts and items made or obtained from these species arecontrolled.

Species: Aquilaria spp. (All species within the genus are controlled)

Family: Thymeleaceae (Agarwood)

Asia Annex B / Appendix II All parts and items made or obtained from these species arecontrolled apart from:
  • a) seeds, spores and pollen (including pollinia);
  • b) seedling or tissue cultures obtained in vitro, in solid or liquid media, transported in sterile containers; and
  • c) cut flowers of artificially propagated plants

Species: Caryocar costaricense

Family: Caryocaraceae (Ajillo)

Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama Annex B / Appendix II

All parts and items made or obtained from these species arecontrolled apart from:

  • a) seeds, spores and pollen (including pollinia);
  • b) seedling or tissue cultures obtained in vitro, in solid or liquid media, transported in sterile containers; and
  • c) cut flowers of artificially propagated plants

Species: Cedrela odorata

Family: Meliaceae (Cigarbox Cedar)

South and Central America incl. West Indies Annex C / Appendix III Included on CITES by Colombia and Peru Controls only apply to logs, sawn wood and veneer sheets

Species: Dalbergia nigra

Family: Leguminosae (Fabaceae) (Brazilian Rosewood)

Brazil Annex A / Appendix I All parts and items made or obtained from these species arecontrolled.

Species: Dipteryx panamensis

Family: Leguminosae (Fabaceae) (Almendro)

Costa Rica, Panama, Columbia Annex C / Appendix III Included on CITES by Costa Rica All parts and items made or obtained from these species arecontrolled.
Species: Fitzroya cuppressoides Family: Cupressaceae (Alerce) Argentina & Chile Annex A / Appendix I All parts and items made or obtained from these species arecontrolled.

Species: Guaiacum spp. (All species within the genus are controlled)

Family: Zygophyllaceae (Lignum-vitae)

Central America, Caribbean Annex B/ Appendix II

All parts and items made or obtained from these species are controlled apart from:

  • a) seeds and pollen;
  • b) seedling or tissue cultures obtained in vitro, in solid or liquid media, transported in sterile containers;
  • c) cut flowers of artificially propagated plants; and d) chemical derivatives and finished pharmaceutical products

Species: Gonystylus spp. (All species within the genus are controlled)

Family: Thymeliaceae (Ramin)

 Asia Annex B/ Appendix II

All parts and items made or obtained from these species are controlled apart from:

  • a) seeds, spores and pollen (including pollinia);
  • b) seedling or tissue cultures obtained in vitro, in solid or liquidmedia, transported in sterile containers;
  • c) cut flowers of artificially propagated plants
*Note: Indonesia’s export quota for finished products: mouldings, dowels etc. is 8880 m³ for 2005.

Species: Gyrinops spp. (All species within the genus are controlled)

Family: Aquilariaceae (Agarwood)

Asia Annex B Appendix II listed on App. II on 12/01/2005 and to Annex B on 22/08/2005

All parts and items made or obtained from these species are controlled apart from:

  • a) seeds, spores and pollen (including pollinia);
  • b) seedling or tissue cultures obtained in vitro, in solid or liquidmedia, transported in sterile containers; and
  • c) cut flowers of artificially propagated plants

Species: Magnolia liliifera var. obovata

Family: Magnoliaceae (Safan, Champak)

Bhutan,China, India, Nepal Annex C / Appendix III Listed by Nepal

All parts and items made or obtained from these species are controlled apart from:

  • a) seeds, spores and pollen (including pollinia);
  • b) seedling or tissue cultures obtained in vitro, in solid or liquidmedia, transported in sterile containers; and
  • c) cut flowers of artificially propagated plants

Species: Oreomunnea pterocarpa

Family: Junglandaceae (Gaviláan)

 Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama Annex B / Appendix II

All parts and items made or obtained from these species are controlled. apart from:

  • a) seeds, spores and pollen (including pollinia);
  • b) seedling or tissue cultures obtained in vitro, in solid or liquid media, transported in sterile containers; and
  • c) cut flowers of artificially propagated plants
Also referenced as Engelhardia pterocarpa

Species: Pericopsis elata

Family: Leguminosae (Fabaceae) (Afrormosia)

Central and West Africa Annex B / Appendix II
  • Controls only apply to logs, sawn wood and veneer sheets
  • Also referenced as Afrormosia elata.

Species: Pilgerodendron uviferum

Family: Cupressaceae (Pilgerodendron)

Argentina, Chile Annex A / Appendix I All parts and items made or obtained from these species arecontrolled.

Species: Platymiscium pleiostachyum

Family: Leguminosae (Fabaceae) (Quira macawood)

Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua Annex B / Appendix II

All parts and items made or obtained from these species are controlled apart from:

  • a) seeds, spores and pollen (including pollinia);
  • b) seedling or tissue cultures obtained in vitro, in solid or liquidmedia, transported in sterile containers; and
  • c) cut flowers of artificially propagated plants

Species: Podocarpus nerifolius

Family: Podocarpaceae (Yellow wood)

Asia Annex C / Appendix III Included on CITES by Nepal

All parts and items made or obtained from these species are controlled apart from:

  • a) seeds, spores and pollen (including pollinia);
  • b) seedling or tissue cultures obtained in vitro, in solid or liquidmedia, transported in sterile containers; and
  • c) cut flowers of artificially propagated plants

Species: Podocarpus parlatorei

Family: Podocarpaceae (Parlatore’s Podocarp)

 Argentina, Bolivia, Peru Annex A / Appendix I All parts and items made or obtained from these species are controlled.

Species: Pterocarpus santalinus

Family: Leguminosae (Fabaceae) (Red Sandalwood)

India Annex B / Appendix II Controls only apply to logs, wood-chips and unprocessed broken material

Species: Prunus africana

Family: Rosaceae (African Cherry)

Africa & Madagascar Annex B / Appendix II

All parts and items made or obtained from these species are controlled apart from:

  • a) seeds, spores and pollen (including pollinia);
  • b) seedling or tissue cultures obtained in vitro, in solid or liquidmedia, transported in sterile containers; and
  • c) cut flowers of artificially propagated plants

Species: Swietenia humilis

Family: Meliaceae (Honduras Mahogany)

Central America Annex B / Appendix II

All parts and items made or obtained from these species are controlled apart from:

  • a) seeds, spores and pollen (including pollinia);
  • b) seedling or tissue cultures obtained in vitro, in solid or liquidmedia, transported in sterile containers; and
  • c) cut flowers of artificially propagated plants

Species: Swietenia macrophylla

Family: Meliaceae (Big-leaf Mahogany)

Central –South America Annex B / Appendix II

Controls apply to Neotropical* populations only Controls only apply to logs, sawn wood, veneer sheets and plywood

*Note: We take Neotropical populations to mean South and Central America, and the Caribbean

Species: Swietenia mahagoni

Family: Meliaceae (Caribbean Mahogany)

USA (Florida), West Indies, Central America Annex B / Appendix II Controls only apply to logs, sawn wood and veneer sheets

Species: Taxus chinensis* Taxus cuspidata* Taxus fauana* Taxus sumatrana* Taxus wallichiana

Family: Taxaceae (Chinese, Japanese, Tibetan, Sumatran and Himalayan Yew)

Asia Annex B Appendix II Listed on Appendix II on 12/01/2005 and on Annex B on 22/8/2005

All parts & and items made or obtained from these species arecontrolled apart from:

  • seeds and pollen and finished pharmaceutical products

*Note: Includes intraspecific taxa of these species

Species: Tetracentron sinense

Family: Trochodendraceae (Tetracentaceae) (Tetracentrons)

Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal Annex C / Appendix III Included on CITES by Nepal

All parts and items made or obtained from these species are controlled apart from:

  • a) seeds, spores and pollen (including pollinia);
  • b) seedling or tissue cultures obtained in vitro, in solid or liquidmedia, transported in sterile containers; and
  • c) cut flowers of artificially propagated plants

Page last modified:08 January 2008
Page published:31 January 2008

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