This section focuses on wild-sourced trade originating in the EU (including both direct exports and re-exports where the origin is within the EU). In 2012, Member States reported 225 export transactions involving wild-sourced species originating in the EU; these transactions were mainly recorded for scientific purposes (57%). The remainder comprised mainly commercial trade in live Tridacna maxima[1] and hunting trophies of Ursus arctos.

Percentage of wild-sourced (re )export transactions originating in the EU in 2012, as reported by the exporters, by purpose (n=225). ‘Other’ includes purposes ‘B’, ‘E’ and ‘N’.
Wild-sourced exports for scientific purposes involved 87 different taxa, including 61 Scleractinian corals and 14 mammals (including Lynx pardinus, Canis lupus and Ursus arctos, amongst others).
Wild-sourced exports originating in the EU in 2012, as reported by the (re-)exporters. Trade for scientific purposes (purpose ‘S’) is excluded.
[l]Group | [l]Taxon | App./Annex | [l]Exporter (origin, if applicable) | [l]Importer | [r]Qty | [l]Term (Unit) | Purpose |
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[l]Mammals | [l][i]Ammotragus lervia[/i] | II/B | [l]Denmark (Spain) | [l]South Africa | [r]2 | [l]trophies | H |
[l]Mammals | [l][i]Canis lupus[/i] | II/B | [l]Bulgaria | [l]United States | [r]1 | [l]trophies | H |
[l]Mammals | [l][i]Canis lupus[/i] | II/B | [l]Romania | [l]Switzerland | [r]1 | [l]skulls | H |
[l]Mammals | [l][i]Felis silvestris[/i] | II/A | [l]Romania | [l]United States | [r]1 | [l]skulls | H |
[l]Mammals | [l][i]Lynx lynx[/i] | II/A | [l]Sweden | [l]Norway | [r]1 | [l]skins | H |
[l]Mammals | [l][i]Ursus arctos[/i] | II/A | [l]Bulgaria | [l]United States | [r]1 | [l]trophies | H |
[l]Mammals | [l][i]Ursus arctos[/i] | II/A | [l]Estonia | [l]Argentina | [r]1 | [l]trophies | H |
[l]Mammals | [l][i]Ursus arctos[/i] | II/A | [l]Romania | [l]Canada | [r]1 | [l]skulls | H |
[l]Mammals | [l][i]Ursus arctos[/i] | II/A | [l]Romania | [l]FYR Macedonia | [r]2 | [l]skulls | H |
[l]Mammals | [l][i]Ursus arctos[/i] | II/A | [l]Romania | [l]Mexico | [r]1 | [l]skulls | H |
[l]Mammals | [l][i]Ursus arctos[/i] | II/A | [l]Romania | [l]Mexico | [r]4 | [l]skulls | P |
[l]Mammals | [l][i]Ursus arctos[/i] | II/A | [l]Romania | [l]Norway | [r]1 | [l]skulls | H |
[l]Mammals | [l][i]Ursus arctos[/i] | II/A | [l]Romania | [l]Russian Federation | [r]6 | [l]skulls | H |
[l]Mammals | [l][i]Ursus arctos[/i] | II/A | [l]Romania | [l]Serbia | [r]1 | [l]skulls | H |
[l]Mammals | [l][i]Ursus arctos[/i] | II/A | [l]Romania | [l]Switzerland | [r]6 | [l]skulls | H |
[l]Mammals | [l][i]Ursus arctos[/i] | II/A | [l]Romania | [l]Tanzania | [r]1 | [l]skulls | H |
[l]Mammals | [l][i]Ursus arctos[/i] | II/A | [l]Romania | [l]Ukraine | [r]7 | [l]skulls | H |
[l]Mammals | [l][i]Ursus arctos[/i] | II/A | [l]Romania | [l]United Arab Emirates | [r]1 | [l]skulls | H |
[l]Mammals | [l][i]Ursus arctos[/i] | II/A | [l]Romania | [l]United States | [r]10 | [l]skulls | H |
[l]Mammals | [l][i]Ursus arctos[/i] | II/A | [l]Slovenia | [l]Norway | [r]2 | [l]trophies | H |
[l]Mammals | [l][i]Ursus arctos[/i] | II/A | [l]Sweden | [l]China | [r]2 | [l]skins | P |
[l]Mammals | [l][i]Ursus arctos[/i] | II/A | [l]Sweden | [l]Switzerland | [r]2 | [l]bodies | P |
[l]Mammals | [l][i]Ursus arctos[/i] | II/A | [l]Sweden | [l]United States | [r]1 | [l]skins | H |
[l]Birds | [l][i]Accipiter gentilis[/i] | II/A | [l]Denmark | [l]Norway | [r]1 | [l]bodies | T |
[l]Birds | [l][i]Aegypius monachus[/i] | II/A | [l]Spain | [l]Switzerland | [r]1 | [l]live | B |
[l]Birds | [l][i]Buteo buteo[/i] | II/A | [l]United Kingdom | [l]United States | [r]1 | [l]bodies | T |
[l]Birds | [l][i]Milvus milvus[/i] | II/A | [l]United Kingdom | [l]Norway | [r]1 | [l]bodies | P |
[l]Birds | [l][i]Falco tinnunculus[/i] | II/B | [l]United Kingdom | [l]Norway | [r]3 | [l]bodies | T |
[l]Birds | [l][i]Athene noctua[/i] | II/A | [l]United Kingdom | [l]China | [r]1 | [l]trophies | T |
[l]Birds | [l][i]Athene noctua[/i] | II/A | [l]United Kingdom | [l]United States | [r]1 | [l]bodies | T |
[l]Birds | [l][i]Tyto alba[/i] | II/A | [l]United Kingdom | [l]China | [r]1 | [l]bodies | T |
[l]Reptiles | [l][i]Lepidochelys kempii[/i] | I/A | [l]Netherlands | [l]United States | [r]1 | [l]live | N |
[l]Fish | [l][i]Anguilla anguilla[/i] | II/B | [l]Sweden | [l]United States | [r]<1 | [l]specimens (kg) | M |
[l]Fish | [l][i]Hippocampus guttulatus[/i] | II/B | [l]France | [l]Monaco | [r]7 | [l]live | E |
[l]Invertebrates | [l][i]Tridacna maxima[/i] | II/B | [l]France | [l]Brazil | [r]300 | [l]live | T |
[l]Invertebrates | [l][i]Tridacna maxima[/i] | II/B | [l]France | [l]Canada | [r]460 | [l]live | T |
[l]Invertebrates | [l][i]Tridacna maxima[/i] | II/B | [l]France | [l]China | [r]400 | [l]live | T |
[l]Invertebrates | [l][i]Tridacna maxima[/i] | II/B | [l]France | [l]China | [r]2 | [l]meat (kg) | T |
[l]Invertebrates | [l][i]Tridacna maxima[/i] | II/B | [l]France | [l]Switzerland | [r]100 | [l]live | T |
[l]Invertebrates | [l][i]Tridacna maxima[/i] | II/B | [l]France | [l]United States | [r]5941 | [l]live | T |
[l]Plants | [l][i]Barlia robertiana[/i] | II/B | [l]France | [l]Japan | [r]1 | [l]derivatives | T |
[l]Plants | [l][i]Cyclamen purpurascens[/i] | II/B | [l]Germany (France) | [l]Switzerland | [r]<1 | [l]extract (l) | T |
[l]Plants | [l][i]Adonis vernalis[/i] | II/B | [l]Germany (Romania) | [l]Switzerland | [r]<1 | [l]extract (l) | T |
[1] Reported by France; the top importer, the United States, reported the exporter as French Polynesia.
Candidate countries reported 133 direct export transactions of wild-sourced species in 2012, the majority for commercial purposes (53%). Wild-sourced exports for purposes other than “scientific” involved 10 taxa, including three Annex A species. Trade in wild-sourced scientific specimens involved three species: live Bubo bubo (one individual) and specimens of Monachus monachus (12) and Ursus arctos (six).

Percentage of wild-sourced direct export transactions reported by candidate countries in 2012, by purpose (N=133). Iceland’s annual report for 2012 has not yet been received.
Wild-sourced direct exports reported by candidate countries in 2012. Trade for scientific purposes (purpose ‘S’) is excluded. Iceland’s annual report for 2012 has not yet been received.
[l]Group | [l]Taxon | App./Annex | [l]Exporter | [l]Importer | [r]Qty | [l]Term (Unit) | Purpose |
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[l]Mammals | [l][i]Canis aureus[/i] | III/C | [l]Croatia | [l]United States | [r]1 | [l]trophies | H |
[l]Mammals | [l][i]Canis lupus[/i] | II/A | [l]Croatia | [l]Austria | [r]1 | [l]trophies | H |
[l]Mammals | [l][i]Canis lupus[/i] | II/A | [l]Croatia | [l]Italy | [r]1 | [l]trophies | H |
[l]Mammals | [l][i]Canis lupus[/i] | II/A | [l]Croatia | [l]Slovakia | [r]1 | [l]skins | H |
[l]Mammals | [l][i]Canis lupus[/i] | II/A | [l]FYR Macedonia | [l]Belgium | [r]2 | [l]trophies | P |
[l]Mammals | [l][i]Canis lupus[/i] | II/A | [l]FYR Macedonia | [l]Hungary | [r]1 | [l]trophies | P |
[l]Mammals | [l][i]Canis lupus[/i] | II/A | [l]FYR Macedonia | [l]Italy | [r]1 | [l]trophies | P |
[l]Mammals | [l][i]Canis lupus[/i] | II/A | [l]FYR Macedonia | [l]Spain | [r]9 | [l]trophies | P |
[l]Mammals | [l][i]Canis lupus[/i] | II/A | [l]FYR Macedonia | [l]United States | [r]4 | [l]trophies | P |
[l]Mammals | [l][i]Ursus arctos[/i] | II/A | [l]Croatia | [l]Austria | [r]4 | [l]trophies | H |
[l]Mammals | [l][i]Ursus arctos[/i] | II/A | [l]Croatia | [l]Czech Republic | [r]6 | [l]trophies | H |
[l]Mammals | [l][i]Ursus arctos[/i] | II/A | [l]Croatia | [l]Italy | [r]9 | [l]trophies | H |
[l]Mammals | [l][i]Ursus arctos[/i] | II/A | [l]Croatia | [l]Poland | [r]1 | [l]trophies | H |
[l]Mammals | [l][i]Ursus arctos[/i] | II/A | [l]Croatia | [l]Slovakia | [r]2 | [l]skins | H |
[l]Mammals | [l][i]Ursus arctos[/i] | II/A | [l]Croatia | [l]Slovakia | [r]4 | [l]trophies | H |
[l]Mammals | [l][i]Ursus arctos[/i] | II/A | [l]Croatia | [l]Switzerland | [r]2 | [l]trophies | H |
[l]Mammals | [l][i]Tursiops truncatus[/i] | II/A | [l]Turkey | [l]United Kingdom | [r]340 | [l]specimens | M |
[l]Fish | [l][i]Anguilla anguilla[/i] | II/B | [l]Turkey | [l]Taiwan, PoC | [r]290 | [l]meat (kg ) | T |
[l]Invertebrates | [l][i]Hirudo verbana[/i] | II/B | [l]FYR Macedonia | [l]Israel | [r]20 | [l]live (kg) | T |
[l]Invertebrates | [l][i]Hirudo verbana[/i] | II/B | [l]Montenegro | [l]Germany | [r]100 | [l]live (kg) | T |
[l]Invertebrates | [l][i]Hirudo verbana[/i] | II/B | [l]Turkey | [l]France | [r]250 | [l]live (kg) | T |
[l]Invertebrates | [l][i]Hirudo verbana[/i] | II/B | [l]Turkey | [l]Germany | [r]374 | [l]live (kg) | T |
[l]Invertebrates | [l][i]Hirudo verbana[/i] | II/B | [l]Turkey | [l]Netherlands | [r]20 | [l]live (kg) | T |
[l]Invertebrates | [l][i]Hirudo verbana[/i] | II/B | [l]Turkey | [l]Republic of Korea | [r]28 | [l]live (kg) | T |
[l]Invertebrates | [l][i]Hirudo verbana[/i] | II/B | [l]Turkey | [l]Switzerland | [r]11 | [l]live (kg) | T |
[l]Invertebrates | [l][i]Hirudo verbana[/i] | II/B | [l]Turkey | [l]United Kingdom | [r]101 | [l]live (kg) | T |
[l]Invertebrates | [l][i]Hirudo verbana[/i] | II/B | [l]Turkey | [l]Uzbekistan | [r]180 | [l]live (kg) | T |
[l]Plants | [l][i]Galanthus elwesii[/i] | II/B | [l]Turkey | [l]Netherlands | [r]5250000 | [l]live | T |
[l]Plants | [l][i]Galanthus woronowii[/i] | II/B | [l]Turkey | [l]Netherlands | [r]3000000 | [l]live | T |
[l]Plants | [l][i]Cyclamen cilicium[/i] | II/B | [l]Turkey | [l]Netherlands | [r]41350 | [l]live | T |
[l]Plants | [l][i]Cyclamen coum[/i] | II/B | [l]Turkey | [l]Netherlands | [r]286657 | [l]live | T |