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Table A3.3 Import prohibitions, restrictions, and other measures 2022
General description /Legal basis - Prohibition on the importation of certain species pursuant to Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). / Endangered Species Act of 1973, Section 9 (16 U.S.C. 1538)
WTO Justification /Agency - Conservation of exhaustible natural resources / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, NOAA, APHIS

Table A3.3 Import prohibitions, restrictions, and other measures 2022
General description /Legal basis - Import prohibition of African elephant ivory. /African Elephant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201)
WTO Justification /Agency - Conservation of exhaustible natural resources / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior

Table A3.3 Import prohibitions, restrictions, and other measures 2022
General description /Legal basis - Prohibition on sale, or import of any product, item, or substance intended for human consumption or application containing, or labeled or advertised as containing, any substance derived from any species of rhinoceros or tiger. /Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.)
WTO Justification /Agency - Conservation of exhaustible natural resources / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior

Table A3.3 Import prohibitions, restrictions, and other measures 2022
General description /Legal basis - Prohibition on the import of exotic bird species. /Wild Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4901 et
WTO Justification /Agency - Conservation of exhaustible natural resources / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior

Table A3.3 Import prohibitions, restrictions, and other measures 2022
General description /Legal basis - Prohibition on the import of bald and golden eagles. /Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 668)
WTO Justification /Agency - Conservation of exhaustible natural resources / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior

Table A3.3 Import prohibitions, restrictions, and other measures 2022
General description /Legal basis - Prohibition on the import of migratory birds. /Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.)
WTO Justification /Agency - Conservation of exhaustible natural resources / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior

Table A3.3 Import prohibitions, restrictions, and other measures 2022
General description /Legal basis - The transportation, importation, sale, or possession of the skins of fur seals or sea otters is prohibited except under special permit. /58 Stat. 100-104; U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 3371)
WTO Justification /Agency - Conservation of exhaustible natural resources / NOAA, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior

Table A3.3 Import prohibitions, restrictions, and other measures 2022
General description /Legal basis - Import prohibition of seafood products derived from fisheries found not to have comparable protections for marine mammals. /58 Stat. 100-104; U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act; MMPA Import regulations (80 C.F.R. 54390)
WTO Justification /Agency - Conservation of exhaustible natural resources / NOAA

Table A3.4 Products subject to import licensing, 2022
Products - Fish and wildlife, alive or dead, including endangered species
Agency - Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Purpose /Legal reference - To: identify commercial importers and exporters of wildlife; require records of each importation or exportation of wildlife and the subsequent disposition of the wildlife by the importer or exporter, and assist in efforts to conserve endangered and threatened species. /50 C.F.R. Part 14
License conditions - All persons, firms, and institutions may apply for a license

Table A3.4 Products subject to import licensing, 2022
Products - Pesticides, toxic and hazardous substances, and pesticide devices
Agency - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Purpose /Legal reference -Protection of human, animal or plant life or health, inter alia / The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 1976, as amended, 7 U.S.C. 136; 19 C.F.R. Parts 12.110-117.