Table 1

Restrictive policies on major rosewood imports into China

RegionSpeciesCITES listingCountry of originNational policies
Southeast AsiaPterocarpus macrocarpus LaosLaos prohibited timber exporters from purchasing rare timber in the local market in 2014
Laos banned the export of logs in June 2016
MyanmarMyanmar banned the export of logs in 2014
Myanmar halted the export of timber and wood products in June 2017
CambodiaCambodia completely stopped the export of timber and closed all rosewood smuggling channels in 2017
Dalbergia latifoliaCITES Appendix II (2016)IndonesiaIndonesia has restricted the export of logs since 2010
Dalbergia oliveriCITES Appendix II (2016)LaosLaos banned the export of logs in June 2016
MyanmarMyanmar halted the export of timber and wood products in June 2017
Dalbergia cochinchinensisCITES Appendix II (2013)VietnamVietnam banned the export of D. cochinchinensis in October 2014
ThailandThailand implemented a logging and trading ban on D. cochinchinensis in 2012
CambodiaCambodia imposed a total ban on the trade of D. cochinchinensis in 2013
LaosLaos banned the export of D. cochinchinensis in October 2014
AfricaPterocarpus erinaceusCITES Appendix II (2016)NigeriaNigeria 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
GhanaGhana imposed a total ban on the logging and export of P. erinaceus in January 2014
GambiaGambia implemented a ban on the export of logs in November 2012
Millettia laurentii Congo 
Cameroon
Latin AmericaDalbergia retusaCITES Appendix II (2013)PanamaPanama has prohibited the logging of D. retusa since 2010
NicaraguaNicaragua has restricted the export of D. retusa since 2014

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