Sentences with phrase «ivory tusks imported»

In accordance with its obligations under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), Japan agreed to require that all whole ivory tusks imported prior to the 1989 CITES international ivory trade ban and entering trade within Japan be registered with the government.

• That most of Japan's ivory tusk imports dating from before the 1989 ban on international trade in elephant ivory were from poached elephants.