Declared Turtle Trade From the United States

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Declared Turtle Trade From the United States

Destinations

The following are the major destinations for turtles exported from the United States, unfortunately it is impossible to know if these are the final destinations or transshipment points. Countries with less than 13 shipments are not included in this list but are included in the final totals.

Please note: Numbers are recorded by hand (keystroke) into the system resulting in a data lag. For this reason the 2005 data should be viewed as possibly incomplete.

Country	Total Shipments	Largest Shipment	Total Animals	Average Shipment Size
Argentina	36	150 Pseudemys nelsoni	1,554	43
Austria	35	1,000 Trachemys scripta troostii	12,892	368
Belgium	132	20,000 *Pseudemys sp.*	298,269	2,260
Canada	18	80 *Chrysemys picta*	678	38
Chile	23	7,500 *Pseudemys sp.*	77,010	3,348
China	129	5 shipments of 100,000 Trachemys scripta elegans	1,365,687	10,587
Croatia	18	4,000 Trachemys scripta elegans	31,900	1,772
Czech Republic*	142	12,000 Trachemys scripta elegans	288,673	2,033
Denmark	61	2,000 Trachemys scripta troostii	13,916	228
El Salvador	13	250 *Trachemys scripta gaigeae*	974	75
France	329	10,000 Pseudemys nelsoni	219,346	667
Germany	999	9,000 Trachemys scripta scripta	287,023	287
Great Britain	347	2,000 Trachemys scripta scripta	44,145	130
Hong Kong	1,392	250,000 *Trachemys scripta elegans*	13,625,673	9,788
Honduras	15	3,000 Pseudemys sp.	17,050	1,137
Hungary*	93	7,500 Trachemys scripta elegans	64,119	689
Indonesia	44	18,000 Pseudemys sp.	59,228	1,346
Italy	341	29,075 *Trachemys scripta scripta*	858,971	2,519
Japan	2,222	115,000 *Pseudemys sp.*	1,527,771	687
Korea	343	10,000 Trachemys scripta elegans	237,654	699
Malaysia	39	20,000 *Pseudemys sp.*	239,798	6,148
Mexico	464	110,000 Pseudemys sp,	3,478,257	7,496
Netherlands	217	24,377 *Pseudemys nelsoni*	297,968	1,373
Panama	19	30,00 Trachemys scripta elegans	13,440	707
Poland	22	2,800 Graptemys sp.	13,111	596
Portugal	89	7,000 Graptemys sp.	178,960	2,010
Romania	19	6,000 *Pseudemys sp*.	57,300	3,015
Russia	17	16,000 *Pseudemys sp*.	153,000	9,000
Singapore	82	3 shipments of 30,000 *Pseudemys sp*	945,257	11,527
Spain	359	2 shipments of 10,000 *Graptemys sp.*	596,965	1,662
Sweden	26	2,000 *Trachemys scripta scripta*	9,331	359
Switzerland	57	2,500 *Trachemys scripta scripta*	7,919	139
Taiwan	465	200,000 *Trachemys scripta elegans*	6,238,300	13,416
Turkey	23	21,000 *Pseudemys sp*.	191,004	8,304

All Other Countries	234		362,298	1,548


World Total	8,828		31,813,887	3,603

*Czech Republic and Hungary joined the EU in 2004, No Trachemys scripta elegans imports after that point.

Species Section
- Species will be listed alphabetically
- If possible links will be provided to pertinent information about the species on this site. Supplying care information should not be construed as support for this trade.
- If there is a conservation status for this species it will be noted
- The numbers of live animals exported between November 02, 2002 and November 26, 2005 will be supplied for each species, detailing the total numbers of animals as well as the number and the percentage of the total for each year which were wild caught.
Total Numbers
- Yearly Totals - all species combined exported in each year with the number of wild caught and wild caught percentage calculated. The totals will be presented in the same manner for the entire time period for which we have data.
- Monthly Totals - totals broken down by month for the entire time period
Ports of Export
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Discussion
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