Effective April 13, the U.S. lifted its suspension of commercial trade with Mexico of all species protected under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
This suspension was implemented March 27 after Mexico submitted a compliance action plan to protect the endangered vaquita porpoise that was deemed not adequate because it lacked key elements such as clear timeframes for implementation and achievement of the different steps in the plan. However, the CITES Secretariat reports that it subsequently worked with Mexico to revise and further elaborate the plan, which now includes all essential elements and has been deemed adequate.
As a result, imports from, and exports and reexports to, Mexico of CITES-protected species are no longer prohibited and all shipments containing CITES specimens traded for commercial purposes under an import permit, export permit, or reexport certificate issued by Mexico are no longer subject to enforcement action.
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