On September 6, 2022, the Endangered Species Import and Export Management Office of China and the General Administration of Customs of China jointly issued a new version of the Commodity Catalog of Import and Export Wild Fauna and Flora to supersede the 2018 Commodity Catalog of Import and Export Wild Fauna and Flora.
The new Catalog, which has been implemented on September 15, 2022, mainly consists of three parts: 1) The Catalog’s Instructions for Use; 2) A 25-page catalog of import and export wild fauna and flora, including commodities’ HS codes, names, supervision conditions, etc.; 3) Lists of endangered species, including three appendices of the CITES, the List of National Key Protected Wild Animals, and the List of National Key Protected Wild Plants.