Restrictive policies on major rosewood imports into China
| Region | Species | CITES listing | Country of origin | National policies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southeast Asia | Pterocarpus macrocarpus | Laos | Laos prohibited timber exporters from purchasing rare timber in the local market in 2014 Laos banned the export of logs in June 2016 | |
| Myanmar | Myanmar banned the export of logs in 2014 Myanmar halted the export of timber and wood products in June 2017 | |||
| Cambodia | Cambodia completely stopped the export of timber and closed all rosewood smuggling channels in 2017 | |||
| Dalbergia latifolia | CITES Appendix II (2016) | Indonesia | Indonesia has restricted the export of logs since 2010 | |
| Dalbergia oliveri | CITES Appendix II (2016) | Laos | Laos banned the export of logs in June 2016 | |
| Myanmar | Myanmar halted the export of timber and wood products in June 2017 | |||
| Dalbergia cochinchinensis | CITES Appendix II (2013) | Vietnam | Vietnam banned the export of D. cochinchinensis in October 2014 | |
| Thailand | Thailand implemented a logging and trading ban on D. cochinchinensis in 2012 | |||
| Cambodia | Cambodia imposed a total ban on the trade of D. cochinchinensis in 2013 | |||
| Laos | Laos banned the export of D. cochinchinensis in October 2014 | |||
| Africa | Pterocarpus erinaceus | CITES Appendix II (2016) | Nigeria | Nigeria banned the export of semi-processed wood in December 2016 Nigeria further banned the export of P. erinaceus at the request of the CITES committee in 2018 |
| Ghana | Ghana imposed a total ban on the logging and export of P. erinaceus in January 2014 | |||
| Gambia | Gambia implemented a ban on the export of logs in November 2012 | |||
| Millettia laurentii | Congo | |||
| Cameroon | ||||
| Latin America | Dalbergia retusa | CITES Appendix II (2013) | Panama | Panama has prohibited the logging of D. retusa since 2010 |
| Nicaragua | Nicaragua has restricted the export of D. retusa since 2014 |
| Region | Species | CITES listing | Country of origin | National policies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southeast Asia | Laos | Laos prohibited timber exporters from purchasing rare timber in the local market in 2014 | ||
| Myanmar | Myanmar banned the export of logs in 2014 | |||
| Cambodia | Cambodia completely stopped the export of timber and closed all rosewood smuggling channels in 2017 | |||
| CITES Appendix II (2016) | Indonesia | Indonesia has restricted the export of logs since 2010 | ||
| CITES Appendix II (2016) | Laos | Laos banned the export of logs in June 2016 | ||
| Myanmar | Myanmar halted the export of timber and wood products in June 2017 | |||
| CITES Appendix II (2013) | Vietnam | Vietnam banned the export of | ||
| Thailand | Thailand implemented a logging and trading ban on | |||
| Cambodia | Cambodia imposed a total ban on the trade of | |||
| Laos | Laos banned the export of | |||
| Africa | CITES Appendix II (2016) | Nigeria | Nigeria banned the export of semi-processed wood in December 2016 | |
| Ghana | Ghana imposed a total ban on the logging and export of | |||
| Gambia | Gambia implemented a ban on the export of logs in November 2012 | |||
| Congo | ||||
| Cameroon | ||||
| Latin America | CITES Appendix II (2013) | Panama | Panama has prohibited the logging of | |
| Nicaragua | Nicaragua has restricted the export of |
Source(s): Table created by authors
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