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World Wildlife Trade Report

November 25 , 2022 517 days 603 0
  • The first-ever World Wildlife Trade Report was released at the 19th Conference of Parties to CITES held at Panama City.
  • It is the first COP to CITES to be held in the region since 2002.
  • 3.5 million CITES shipments were reported in direct trade by exports between 2011 and 2020.
  • This accounts for 1.3 billion individual organisms and 279 million kg of products reported by weight.
  • Asia and Europe are the top exporters and importers of wildlife trade.
  • Asia accounted for 37 per cent of export transactions and 31 per cent of import transactions.
  • Asia and Africa account for the highest proportion of the global export value.
  • The annual revenue generated by the global legal trade in wildlife (CITES and non-CITES) is around 220 billion USD.
  • Across all animal commodities, the export of reptiles and fish accounted for over 72 per cent of the average annual value of global CITES-listed exports.

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