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CITES key trade terms (50 CFR 23.5) — 'Commercial', 'Captive-bred', 'Species', 'Specimen' as applied to exotic pets

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CITES key trade terms (50 CFR 23.5) — 'Commercial', 'Captive-bred', 'Species', 'Specimen' as applied to exotic pets

Verbatim first-hand facts extracted from eCFR 50 CFR Part 23 (CITES) and 50 CFR 17.11 (ESA endangered/threatened wildlife listing), retrieved via Tokyo relay and tag-stripped. All bullets are exact substrings of the cited source and C1-substring verified.

Verbatim regulatory facts (C1 substrings of source_file)

> Commercial means related to an activity, including actual or intended import, export, re-export, sale, offer for sale, purchase, transfer, donation, exchange, or provision of a service, that is reasonably likely to result in economic use, gain, or benefit, including, but not limited to, profit (whether in cash or in kind). > Captive-bred means wildlife that is the offspring (first (F1) or subsequent generations) of parents that either mated or otherwise transferred egg and sperm under controlled conditions if reproduction is sexual, or of a parent that was maintained under controlled conditions when development of the offspring began if reproduction is asexual, but does not meet the bred-in-captivity criteria (see § 23.63 ). > Species means any species, subspecies, hybrid, variety, cultivar, color or morphological variant, or geographically separate population of that species. > Specimen means any wildlife or plant, whether live or dead. This term includes any readily recognizable part, product, or derivative unless otherwise annotated in the Appendices.

Source: pdf-raw/exotic-regulation/us_cites_50cfr23.txt (first-hand eCFR regulation text, retrieved via relay and tag-stripped).

Claims (verified C1 substrings of source_file)

  • Commercial means related to an activity, including actual or intended import, export, re-export, sale, offer for sale, purchase, transfer, donation, exchange, or provision of a service, that is reasonably likely to result in economic use, gain, or benefit, including, but not limited to, profit (whether in cash or in kind).
  • Captive-bred means wildlife that is the offspring (first (F1) or subsequent generations) of parents that either mated or otherwise transferred egg and sperm under controlled conditions if reproduction is sexual, or of a parent that was maintained under controlled conditions when development of the offspring began if reproduction is asexual, but does not meet the bred-in-captivity criteria (see § 23.63 ).
  • Species means any species, subspecies, hybrid, variety, cultivar, color or morphological variant, or geographically separate population of that species.
  • Specimen means any wildlife or plant, whether live or dead. This term includes any readily recognizable part, product, or derivative unless otherwise annotated in the Appendices.

Sources

CITES key trade terms (50 CFR 23.5) — 'Commercial', 'Captive-bred', 'Species', 'Specimen' as applied to exotic pets
Source document: 50 CFR Part 23 (CITES) / 50 CFR 17.11 (ESA) — eCFR, U.S. National Archives, authentic
eCFR (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration)50 CFR 23.1-23.5 / 50 CFR 17.11retrieved 2026-07-28

Verification file: pdf-raw/exotic-regulation/us_cites_50cfr23.txt