CITES: UK import suspensions (negative opinions)
Check if a CITES item that you want to import is listed as having an import suspension due to its trade being considered unsustainable.
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You need a permit to import specimens listed by CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora).
You should check the import suspensions before you apply for a permit. The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) is not likely to give you a permit if your specimen is listed as having an import suspension.
Last updated 31 May 2022 + show all updates
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Update to 'specimens covered' and 'countries of origin' for Bulnesia sarmentoi species.
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First published.
Update history
2025-08-19 10:07
Update to ‘specimens covered’ and ‘countries of origin’ for Corals species.
2024-09-30 16:37
Added a definition of specimen.
2024-05-21 12:25
Added an import suspension for Uroplatus ebanauifrom, Uroplatus phantasticus and Uroplatus sikorae from Madagascar.
2023-01-19 09:54
Added an import suspension for all corals (except Blastomussa wellsi, Catalaphyllia jardinei, Cycloseris (Fungia) cyclolites, Homophyllia (Acanthastrea) bowerbanki) from Australia (specimens derived from Queensland Fishery only).
2022-08-15 10:36
We’ve clarified that our baseline position is made up from EU decisions made before 1 February 2020 and the UK list of import suspensions.
2022-05-31 11:51
Update to ‘specimens covered’ and ‘countries of origin’ for Bulnesia sarmentoi species.
2022-05-20 15:24
First published.