Category

Import/ Export/ Re-Export CITES Application

Responsible Agency       

National Environmental Planning Agency (NEPA)

Address: 10 & 11 Caledonia Avenue, Kingston 5.

Phone: (876)-754-7540

Email: pubed@nepa.gov.jm

Legal base of the Procedure

Endangered Species (Protection, Conservation and Regulation of Trade) Act.

Processing time

Fee

No.

Type of information

Note

A permit is required for each shipment of animals.

1

This application is only applicable to animal species for which there is no quota system.

2

Step 1

If were the species collected from the wild then :

(i) Not the  name of the of the location and parish/State/ Country from which species were retrieved

Step 2

If application is an import licence then applicant must then :

(i)Apply for and acquire an Animal and Importation Permit from the Veterinary Division MICAF

(ii)Complete and submit Form 2 to NEPA

If application is an export/re-export licence then applicant must then:

(i) Retrieve Certificate of last Re-Export 

(ii) Apply for and acquire a Health Certificate from the Veterinary Division MICAF

If specimens are wild Jamaican protected animals /birds then:

(i) Acquire an exemption from the Minister of Enivornment 

(ii) State the purpose that specimen was removed from the wild 

If specimens are not required for re-export then:

(i) Complete and submit Form 2 to NEPA

If applicant was an importer then:

(i) Retrieve copies of cancelled CITES Export Permits or Re-export Certificate issued by the appropriate CITES office from which the animal was imported 

If applicant was not importer then: 

Obtain the importers cancellled CITES Export Permits or Re-Export Certificate issued by the appropriate CITES office from which the animal was imported along with invoices /receipt which confirms purchase from original importer

If the animal a "Pre-Convention" animal then:

(i)  Only a Pre-Convention Certificate from the Management Authority is needed

(ii) List the Jamaican port through which the export, re-export or import will occur

(iii) Complete and Submit Form 2

If the  animal is  not a "Pre-Convention" animal then:

(i) Applicant must research if the animal falls under CITES Appendix I species

If the animal falls under CITES Appendix I species then :

(i) Retrieve a copy of the CITES Import Permit issued by the Management Authority 

(ii) List the Jamaican port through which the export, re-export or import will occur

If the animal falls  does not under CITES Appendix I species then :

(i) List the Jamaican port through which the export, re-export or import will occur