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Trade

In order to provide more immediate access to the public of data held by the Wildlife Licensing and Registration Service we have assembled a number of reports which are divided into appropriate sections.   These are reports on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES),  Bird Registration and the administration of the service.

CITES Annual Import & Export data

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES UK Annual Reoprts)
Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna & Flora is monitored and controlled under ClTES. The reports list all imports and exports of such species.

Imports and Exports by UK 2000
Imports and Exports by UK 2001
Imports and Exports by UK 2002
Imports and Exports by UK 2003
Imports and Exports by UK 2004
Imports and Exports by UK 2005
Imports and Exports by UK 2006

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) Annual Supplementary Reports

Trade in  Endangered Species of Wild Fauna & Flora is monitored and controlled under ClTES. The reports list all imports and exports of such species by Dependent and Overseas Territories

CITES Supplementary Report 2000
CITES Supplementary Report 2001
CITES Supplementary Report 2002

EC Certificate data - Certificate reports

EC certificates record the permissions issued to allow the movement or commercial use of specimens listed on Annex A of the Regulations which implement CITES within the European Union (EC). The reports detail the number and species for which certificates have been issued.

EC Certificate data

Schedule 4 Bird Registration Data   - Annual Registered Birds

Lists the birds for a particular year that are registered in accordance with the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.

Birds Registered 2004

Birds Taken from the Wild Report

Lists the birds that are registered in accordance with the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and have that year been taken from the wild.

Wild birds first registered in 2004

Schedule 4 Bird Registration data -Schedule 4 Breeding Reports

Schedule 4 Breeding Reports - Lists the birds that are registered in accordance with the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and have been bred that year.

Schedule 4 birds bred in 2003

Movement  of CITES specimens between Scientific Institutions – Scientific Institutions Reports

Article 7 of Council of Regulation EC 338/97 Paragraph 4 allows the movement of certain specimens between registered Scientific Institutions, under a labelling system. The reports detail all movements originating from registered UK Scientific Institutions.

A register of UK Scientific Institutions entitled to the exemption provided by Article VII, paragraph 6, of the Convention can be found on the CITES website.

Trade beteen UK Scientific Institutions

Customs CITES Seizures - reports

UK HM Customs & Excise provide annually details of the specimens that they have seized and these are the figures that they supply to satisfy the requirement within the Regulations.

Customs Seizures 1999
Customs Seizures 2000
Customs Seizures 2001
Customs Seizures 2002
Customs Seizures 2003
Customs Seizures 2004
Customs Seizures 2005 (April 05-Mar 06)
Customs Seizures 2006 (April 06-Dec 06)

Transport Mortality data - Mortality reports

Lists CITES species that have arrived dead as recorded by Customs and Excise

Mortality data

Fees and Charges - Costs and Revenues

This section outlines the costs incurred and revenue received by the Wildlife Licensing and Registration Service during a financial year April to April.

Memorandum Trading Account 2003-4 CITES
Memorandum Trading Account 2003-4 Bird Registration

Turnaround Times Reports

The Wildlife Licensing and Registration Service has published a Customer Charter as part of the Government’s service initiative to raise standards of public service, aiming to process 90% of licence applications within 15 working days and the remainder within 30 working days. A breakdown of the actual time taken to process CITES & Bird Registration Applications against anticipated time are listed here.

Turnaround times 2004-2005

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