Editing CITES (section)

=== TRAFFIC Data ===
From 2005 to 2009 the legal trade corresponded with these numbers:{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}

* 317,000 live birds
* More than 2 million live reptiles
* 2.5 million crocodile skins
* 2.1 million [[Snakeskin|snake skins]]
* 73 tons of [[caviar]]
* 1.1 million beaver skins
* Millions of pieces of [[coral]]
* 20,000 mammalian [[Trophy hunting|hunting trophies]]<!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:Online-illegal-wildlife-trade-in-vietnam.jpg|thumb|466x466px|Infographic from 2024 Traffic Report]] -->

In the 1990s the annual trade of legal animal products was $160 billion annually. In 2009 the estimated value almost doubled to $300 billion.<ref>Ceballos, G.; Ehrlich, A. H.; Ehrlich, P. R. (2015). ''The Annihilation of Nature: Human Extinction of Birds and Mammals''. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 150. {{ISBN|1421417189}} – via Open Edition.</ref>

Traffic released a report in December 2024 outlining illegal trade in animal products occurring in Vietnam:{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}}

Additional information about the documented trade can be extracted through queries on the CITES website.<ref>[https://trade.cites.org/ CITES website]</ref>