Officers with Shenyang
Customs sort and count the ivory goods mailed from
Kenya.
Shenyang Customs has discovered 42 ivory goods mailed from the
African country of Kenya while examining overseas mail deliveries
in recent days.
A related department has identified all the goods to be made of
real ivory, including 21 bracelets, 17 necklaces and two pairs of
earrings, weighing 1,935 grams in total.
According to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered
Species, except if receiving approval from China's Endangered
Species Import and Export Management Office, all ivory trade and
imports within the Chinese border are illegal.
(CRI March 22, 2007)
