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title: "CITES Appendix III: Unilateral Trade Listings"
description: "CITES Appendix III lets one country unilaterally list a species and require export permits from other parties, unlike Appendices I and II which need a vote."
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

TL;DR

- CITES Appendix III lists species that any single member state protects within its own borders and for which it requests other parties' cooperation to control international trade.
- How does a country add a species to CITES Appendix III?
- What documentation does Appendix III trade require?
- How is Appendix III different from Appendices I and II?
- Can a Party refuse to honour an Appendix III listing?

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In 2002 Honduras listed its bigleaf mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) populations under CITES Appendix III to enlist trading partners' enforcement help before the species was uplisted to Appendix II at CoP12 in Santiago that same year.

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