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July 20, 2005
Subject: Trade Restrictions
on CITES-Listed Wildlife from Nigeria
Background: The
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service received notice from the CITES Secretariat
that Nigeria and the Secretariat agreed that insufficient progress
had been made by Nigeria in relation to its action plan to improve
implementation of CITES.
Action: Effective
immediately, the United States will prohibit any import from,
and export or re-export to, Nigeria of CITES-listed specimens.
The United States will also prohibit the commercial re-export
of CITES-listed specimens with an origin of Nigeria until further
notice. Any such shipments are subject to seizure and forfeiture.
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