Scheduled Species
Over 30,000 scheduled species are listed in Appendices I, II and III in This link will open in a new windowSchedule 1 to the Ordinance in accordance with CITES. Some of them are used for medicines, pets, plants, ornaments, food, leather and fur in Hong Kong. Examples of Appendix I species Tiger
Elephants **
Cheetah
Rhinos
Sulphur crested cockatoo
Slipper orchids
Sea turtles
Asiatic bony tongue
Indian star tortoise
Ivory carving
Rhino horn and skin
Shahtoosh shawl
Pangolins
Examples of Appendix II species Saiga horn
Musk pod and musk grain*
Bear gall bladder and bear bile
Parrots*
Hwamei
Owls*
Three-lined box turtle
Crocodiles*
Pythons*
Chameleons*
Porbeagle shark
Oceanic whitetip shark fin
Giant clams
Caviar*
Coral skeleton
Humphead wrasse
Seahorses
American ginseng
Cacti*
Orchids*
Pitcher plants*
Succulent euphorbias*
Venus flytrap
Dendrobium*
*Some of the species are scheduled in Appendix I. ** Hong Kong has adopted stricter measures banning the import, re-export and commercial possession of all elephant ivory and its products, except for antique ivory or certain circumstances in accordance with the Ordinance. Examples of Appendix III species Chinese stripe-necked
turtle (China) Sea coconut
(Seychelles)
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