US FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE - Office of Law Enforcement

Import/Export Key (revised 10/2013)

WILDLIFE DESCRIPTION
BAL
Baleen
BAR
Bark (raw, dried, powdered, unprocessed)
BOC
Bone product or carving
BOD
Dead animal (whole animal)
BON
Bones (including jaws, but not skulls)
BOP
Bone pieces (not manufactured)
BUL
CAL
CAP
CAR
CAV
CHP
CLA
CLO
COR
CPR
CUL
CUT
DEA
DER
DPL
EAR
EGG
EGL
ESH
EXT
FEA
FIB
FIG
FIN
FLO

Bulbs, corms or tubers

Calipees (turtle cartilage for soup)
Carapaces (raw or unworked)
Carvings (other than bone, horn or ivory)
Caviar (unfertilized dead processed sturgeon or paddlefish eggs)
Chips (timber)
Claw (including talon)
Cloth
Coral (raw or unworked, excluding live or coral rock)
Coral products
Cultures of artificially propagated plants
Cuttings (plant cuttings or divisions)
Dead specimen (live specimen that died during shipment)
Derivative (except those included elsewhere)
Dried plants
Ear (except when part of whole trophy)
Egg (whole dead or blown excluding caviar)
Eggs (live)
Eggshell - raw or unworked
Extracts
Feathers
Fiber (plant fiber, tennis racket string)
Fingerlings (juvenile fish for the aquarium trade, hatchery or released)
Fin - (fresh, frozen or dried fins or parts)
Flowers

FOO
FPT
FRU
GAB
GAL
GAR

Foot
Flower pot (made of tree fern or other plant fiber)
Fruit
Gall bladders
Gall (bile)
Garment (excluding shoe or trim)

PLY
POW
ROC
ROO
RUG
SAW

GEN
GRS
HAI
HAP
HOC
HOP
HOR
IJW
IVC
IVP
JWL
KEY
LEG
LIV
LOG
LPL
LPS
LVS
MEA
MED
MUS
NES
OIL
PIV
PLA

Genitalia (castrate and dried penis)

Graft rootstocks
Hair
Hair product (including paint brushes, etc.)
Horn carving (including horn or antler products)
Horn pieces (not manufactured)
Horn (substantially whole including antlers)
Ivory jewelry
Ivory carvings
Ivory pieces (not manufactured, includes scraps)
Jewelry (other than ivory jewelry)
Ivory piano key (# of keys)
Frog legs
Live specimens (live animals or plants)
Logs and saw logs (all wood in the rough for processing into sawn wood, pulpwood or veneer)
Leather product (large manufactured including briefcase, suitcase, furniture)
Leather product (small manufactured including belt, wallet, watchband)
Leaves
Meat
Medicinal part or product
Musk
Nest (including product)
Oil
Piano with ivory keys (# of pianos)
Plates of fur skins (include rugs if made from several skins)

SCA
SDL
SEE
SHE
SHO
SID
SKE
SKI
SKP
SKU
SOU
SPE
SPR
STE
SWI
TAI
TEE
TIM
TRI
TRO
TUS
UNS
VEN
WAX
WNG
WPR

Plywood (3 or more sheets of wood glued and pressed one on another)

Powder
Live Rock (e.g., Coral Rock)
Root, (dead)
Rugs (rugs if made from one skin only)
Sawn wood (sawn lengthwise or produced by profile-chipping; normally
exceeds 6mm in thickness)
Scale ( turtle, other reptile, fish, pangolin)
Seedling
Seed
Shell (mollusc, raw or unworked)
Shoe (including boots)
Side (including flank, except tinga frame)
Skeleton (substantially whole)
Skin (substantially whole, including tinga frames)
Skin piece (raw or tanned including scraps)
Skull
Soup
Specimen (scientific or museum)
Shell product (mollusc or turtle)
Stems (plant stems)
Swim bladder (hydrostatic organ, including isinglass, sturgeon glue)
Tails
Teeth (excluding tusk)
Timber (raw except log or sawn wood)
Trim (shoe, garment, or decorative)
Trophy (all the parts of one animal)
Tusks (substantially whole tusks, worked or not)
Unspecified
Veneer (thin layers of wood of uniform thickness, usually less than 6mm)
Wax (including ambergris)
Wing
Wood product (including furniture, rainsticks)

PORTS
01-Region 1
02-Region 2
03-Region 3
04-Region 4
05-Region 5
06-Region 6
07-Region 7
08-Region 8
AG-Agana
AL-Alcan

AN-Anchorage
AT-Atlanta
BA-Baltimore
BL-Blaine
BN-Buffalo
BO-Boston
BV-Brownsville
CA-Calais
CH-Chicago
CL-Cleveland

CP-Champlain
CX-Calexico
DE-Detroit
DF-Dallas/Fort Worth
DG-Douglas
DL-Derby Line
DN-Denver
DR-Del Rio
DS-Dunseith
DU-Dulles Int'l Airport

EA-Eastport
EL-El Paso
FB-Fairbanks
GP-Grand Portage
HA-Honolulu
HN-Houston
HO-Houlton
HS-Highgate Springs
IF-International Falls
JK-Jackman

JU-Juneau
LA-Los Angeles
LK-Lukeville
LO-Louisville
LR-Laredo
LV- Las Vegas
MC-McAllen
ME-Memphis
MI-Miami. FL
MP-Minneapolis./St. Paul

NF-Norfolk
NG-Nogales
NO-New Orleans
NW-Newark
NY-New York
PA-Philadelphia
PB-Pembina
PH-Port Huron
PL-Portal
PT-Portland

Square Meters
Cubic Meters
Milligrams

ML
MT
NO

Milliliters
Meters
Number of Specimens

S
T
Y
Z

Scientific
Commercial
Reintroduction/introduction into the wild
Zoos

PX-Phoenix
RY-Raymond
SE-Seattle
SF-San Francisco
SJ-San Juan
SL-San Luis
SP-Saipan
SS-Sault Sainte Marie
SU-Sumas
SW-Sweetgrass

UNIT
C2
C3
CM

Square Centimeter
Cubic Centimeters
Centimeters

GM
KG
LT

Grams
Kilograms
Liters

M2
M3
MG

B
E
G
H

Breeding in captivity or artificial propagation

Educational
Botanic gardens
Hunting Trophies

A
C
D

Plants that are artificially propagated, parts and derivatives

Animals bred in captivity, parts and derivatives
Commercially bred

C
R

Cleared
Refused

PURPOSE
L
M
P
Q

Law Enforcement / Judicial / Forensic use only

Biomedical research
Personal
Circuses/traveling exhibitions

SOURCE

ACTION

DISPOSITION
A
C

Abandoned
Cleared

R
S

Reexport
Seized

F
I
P

Animals born in captivity, Resolution conf. 10.16

Confiscated or seized specimen
Pre-convention

R
U
W

Specimens originating from a ranching operation

Source unknown (must be justified)
Specimens taken from the wild

SY-San Diego/San Ysidro

TP-Tampa
XX-Unknown

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US FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE - Office of Law Enforcement

Import/Export Key
COUNTRY
AD-Andorra
AE-United Arab Emirates
AF-Afghanistan
AG-Antigua & Barbuda
AI-Anguilla
AL-Albania
AM-Armenia
AO-Angola
AQ-Antarctica
AR-Argentina
AT-Austria
AU-Australia
AW-Aruba
AX-Aland Islands
AZ-Azerbaijan
BA-Bosnia-Herzegovina
BB-Barbados
BD-Bangladesh
BE-Belgium
BF-Burkina Faso
BG-Bulgaria
BH-Bahrain
BI-Burundi
BJ-Benin
BL-Saint Bathelemy
BM-Bermuda
BN-Brunei Darussalam
BO-Bolivia
BQ-Bonaire, Saint Eustatius, & Saba
BR-Brazil
BS-Bahamas
BT-Bhutan
BV-Bouvet Island
BW-Botswana
BY-Belarus
BZ-Belize
CA-Canada
CC-Cocos (keeling) Islands
CD-Democratic Republic of the Congo
CF-Central African Republic
CG-Congo
CH-Switzerland
CI-Cote dIvoire
CK-Cook Islands
CL-Chile
CM-Cameroon
CN-China
CO-Colombia
CR-Costa Rica
CU-Cuba
CV-Cape Verde

CW-Curacao
CX-Christmas Island
CY-Cyprus
CZ-Czech Republic
DE-Germany
DJ-Djibouti
DK-Denmark
DM-Dominica
DO-Dominican Republic
DZ-Algeria
EC-Ecuador
EE-Estonia
EG-Egypt
EH-Western Sahara
ER-Eritrea
ES-Canary Islands
ES-Spain
ET-Ethiopia
FI-Finland
FJ-Fiji
FK-Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
FM-Federated States of Micronesia
FO-Faeroe Islands
FR-France
GA-Gabon
GB-United Kingdom
GB-Ascension Island
GB-England
GB-Great Britain
GB-Ireland, northern
GB-Scotland
GB-Wales
GD-Grenada
GE-Georgia
GF-French Guiana
GG-Guernsey
GH-Ghana
GI-Gibraltar
GL-Greenland
GM-Gambia
GN-Guinea
GP-Guadeloupe
GQ-Equatorial Guinea
GR-Greece
GS-South Georgia & Sandwich Islands
GT-Guatemala
GW-Guinea-Bissau
GY-Guyana
HK-Hong Kong
HM-Heard Island & McDonald Islands
HN-Honduras

HR-Croatia
HT-Haiti
HU-Hungary
ID-Indonesia
IE-Ireland
IL-Israel
IM-Isle of Man
IN-India
IO-British Indian Ocean Territory
IQ-Iraq
IR-Islamic Republic of Iran
IS-Iceland
IT-Italy
JE-Jersey
JM-Jamaica
JO-Jordan
JP-Japan
KE-Kenya
KG-Kyrgyzstan
KH-Cambodia
KI-Kiribati
KM-Comoros
KN-Saint Kitts & Nevis
KP-Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (North)
KR-Republic of Korea (South)
KW-Kuwait
KY-Cayman Islands
KZ-Kazakhstan
LA-Lao Peoples Democratic Republic
LB-Lebanon
LC-Saint Lucia
LI-Liechtenstein
LK-Sri Lanka
LR-Liberia
LS-Lesotho
LT-Lithuania
LU-Luxembourg
LV-Latvia
LY-Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
MA-Morocco
MC-Monaco
MD-Republic of Moldova
ME-Montenegro
MF-Saint Martin
MG-Madagascar
MH-Marshall Islands
MK-Macedonia
ML-Mali
MM-Myanmar (Burma)
MN-Mongolia
MO-Macao

MQ-Martinique
MR-Mauritania
MS-Montserrat
MT-Malta
MU-Mauritius
MV-Maldives
MW-Malawi
MX-Mexico
MY-Malaysia
MZ-Mozambique
NA-Namibia
NC-New Caledonia
NE-Niger
NF-Norfolk Island
NG-Nigeria
NI-Nicaragua
NL-Netherlands
NO-Norway
NP-Nepal
NR-Nauru
NU-Niue
NZ-New Zealand
OM-Oman
PA-Panama
PE-Peru
PF-French Polynesia (Tahiti)
PG-Papua New Guinea
PH-Philippines
PK-Pakistan
PL-Poland
PM-Saint Pierre & Miquelon
PN-Pitcairn
PT-Portugal
PW-Palau
PY-Paraguay
QA-Qatar
RE-Reunion
RO-Romania
RS-Serbia
RU-Russian Federation
RW-Rwanda
SA-Saudi Arabia
SB-Solomon Islands
SC-Seychelles
SD-Sudan
SE-Sweden
SG-Singapore
SH-Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da
SI-Slovenia
SJ-Svalbard & Jan Mayen Islands
SK-Slovakia

SL-Sierra Leone
SM-San Marino
SN-Senegal
SO-Somalia
SR-Suriname
SS-South Sudan
ST-Sao Tome & Principe
SV-El Salvador
SX-Sint Maarten
SY-Syrian Arab Republic
SZ-Swaziland
TC-Turks & Caicos Islands
TD-Chad
TF-French Southern Territories
TG-Togo
TH-Thailand
TJ-Tajikistan
TK-Tokelau
TL-Timor-Leste
TM-Turkmenistan
TN-Tunisia
TO-Tonga
TR-Turkey
TT-Trinidad & Tobago
TV-Tuvalu
TW-Taiwan (Province of China)
TZ-United Republic of Tanzania
UA-Ukraine
UG-Uganda
US-United States
UY-Uruguay
UZ-Uzbekistan
VA-Holy See (Vatican City)
VC-Saint Vincent & The Grenadines
VE-Venezuela
VG-British Virgin Islands
VN-Vietnam
VS-Various
VU-Vanuatu
WF-Wallis & Futuna Islands
WS-Samoa, Western
XX-Unknown
YE-Yemen
YT-Mayotte
ZA-South Africa
ZM-Zambia
ZW-Zimbabwe
ZZ-High Seas