by Adam Cruise | Jan 26, 2022 | News
By Xinhua BEIJING: China has seen a significant decline in ivory smuggling, as efforts to clamp down on the practice intensified, the General Administration of Customs (GAC) said Monday. The total volume of seized ivory products plunged to 68 kg last year from...
by Adam Cruise | Apr 13, 2021 | News
By Mirage An annual consumer survey of the elephant ivory trade in China finds that demand for ivory continues to decrease since the country banned domestic trade in 2017 and is now less than half of pre-ban levels. Just 18 percent of consumers surveyed intend to...
by Adam Cruise | Jan 22, 2020 | News
By The Standard Customs officers in the port city of Qingdao in eastern Shandong province said today they seized 11 ivory products from the luggage of passenger from Hong Kong arriving at Qingdao Liuting International Airport. The passenger took a flight from Hong...
by Adam Cruise | Nov 27, 2019 | News
By Xinhua SHENZHEN: Chinese customs seized around 1,237.5 tonnes of endangered species and related products in the first 10 months of the year, an official said Tuesday. The seized items included 9.16 tonnes of ivory and ivory products, Sun Zhijie, director of the...
by Adam Cruise | Apr 24, 2019 | News
Huang Shulun & Ren Qiuyu, Caixin China’s customs administration has seized more than 500 tons of smuggled endangered animal and plant products in 2019 alone, including 8.48 tons of ivory, officials said this month. The total weight of smuggled goods seized was 19...
