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The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has increased the scope of its CITES and Ivory measures to include some commodity codes falling under the 9705 heading.
The Department for Business and Trade will update its dataset entry for the following commodity codes as of 13 September.
| Commodity Code | Description |
|---|---|
| 9705100010 | Collectors’ pieces of wood |
| 9705100030 | Collections and collectors’ pieces of zoological, anatomical, historical, archaeological, palaeontological or ethnographic interest containing animal products |
| 9705100090 | Other |
| 9705220010 | Collections and collectors’ pieces of zoological, anatomical, historical, archaeological, palaeontological or ethnographic interest containing animal products |
| 9705220090 | Other |
| 9705290010 | Collections and collectors’ pieces of zoological, anatomical, historical, archaeological, palaeontological or ethnographic interest containing animal products |
| 9705290090 | Other |
Action Points
Declarants must ensure that the appropriate document code has been declared for any CITES/Ivory goods or an appropriate waiver document used to declare that the goods do not have any Ivory or CITES-controlled content.
Pre-lodged declarations straddling the change will need to be submitted with the appropriate document codes or have them added before the goods are arrived. Failure to ensure pre-lodged declarations contain the appropriate codes will cause declarations to be rejected upon goods arrival.
Imports and exports of ivory and CITES-controlled goods should declare the appropriate document codes regardless of whether the commodity code includes the Ivory/CITES tariff measure.
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