2012. Review of Significant Trade - Cites

Pandinus imperator
Threats: No information was located.
Trade: According to data in the CITES Trade Database, the only reported trade originating
in Côte d’Ivoire between 2000 and 2010 was the re-export of one pre-Convention body from
Germany to the United States in 2003 for commercial purposes. Côte d’Ivoire’s annual
reports for 2006 and 2010 have not yet been received.
The CITES MA of Côte d’Ivoire indicated that the species was not subject to significant trade
from the country (J. Zouzou pers. comm. to UNEP-WCMC, 2011).
Management: No information was located.
GHANA
Distribution in range State: Occurrence in Ghana reported by Lourenço and Cloudsley-
Thompson (1996), Kovarik (1997), Prendini et al. (2003), Prendini (2004) and Ineich (2006).
The maps in Lourenço and Cloudsley-Thompson (1996) and Prendini (2004) suggested it is
distributed in the southern parts of the country.
Population trends and status: Ineich (2006) noted that exporters considered the species to be
very abundant in Ghana.
Threats: No information was located.
Trade: According to data in the CITES Trade Database, trade in P. imperator reported by
Ghana 2000-2010, consisted almost entirely of wild-sourced, live specimens traded for
commercial purposes (Table 3). Ghana has not reported exports of ranched specimens since
2005.
Trade reported by importers (766 244 live, wild-sourced specimens and 2800 live, ranched
specimens) was higher than trade reported by Ghana. The seizure or confiscation of live
specimens was reported by the United Kingdom in 2000 and 2001 and by the United States
in 2002 and 2008. With the exception of 2006, all annual reports have been received from
Ghana for the period 2000-2010.
Indirect trade in P. imperator originating in Ghana 2000-2010 primarily comprised live, wildsourced
specimens traded for commercial purposes, with 51 130 reported by re-exporters
and 68 006 reported by importers over this period. The re-export of 1012 live, ranched
individuals and 175 live, captive-bred individuals were also reported by re-exporters, with
importers reporting smaller quantities.
Management: Reported to be collected from the wild in Ghana (Ineich, 2006), where
exporters considered that captive-breeding or ranching the species would not be costeffective
(Ineich, 2006).
Ineich (2006) reported that the facilities Grey Head Enterprise and Safari Pet Supply
exported wild-sourced P. imperator specimens.
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