CoP17 Prop. 62

Amendment of the listing of Bulnesia sarmientoi in Appendix II
Amend Annotation #11with underlined text: Logs, sawn wood, veneer sheets, plywood, powder andextracts. Finished products containing such extracts as ingredients, including fragrances, are notconsidered to be covered by this annotation

Proponent: United States of America
Summary: Bulnesia sarmientoi is a tree species occurring in the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Paraguay,Argentina and a small part of Brazil. It was included in Appendix II in 2010. The wood of B. sarmientoi isheavy, very strong and decay-resistant, even underground, because of its resin content, which also gives it
aromatic properties. It has a wide range of uses including furniture, flooring, lathe work, manufacture ofpropeller shaft bearings for ships, and fence poles. The essential oil derived from B. sarmientoi wood, known
as “Guayacol”, “Guajol” or “Guayaco”, is used in the perfume cosmetics industry and in mosquito repellents.
Palo santo resin, derived from the residue of the distillation process can be used to produce dark varnishes
and paints. The tree is also used for charcoal production and the leaves have been used for medicinal
purposes.
The listing currently has annotation #11 covering “Logs, sawn wood, veneer sheets, plywood, powder andextracts”.
A working group set up at CoP16 to review annotations concluded that finished products containing extractsof B. sarmientoi could be excluded from the listing with minimal impact on the conservation of the species.
The proposed new annotation would ensure that extract, which is routinely exported, continues to be coveredby the listing but that finished products containing extract are not. The wording does not specify that, in order
to be exempted from CITES controls, finished products should be “ready for retail trade”. This reflects thefindings of the Annotations Working Group, based on consultation with the personal care products industry,that there are many different commodities along the production chain that are not yet packaged and ready forretail trade but whose trade has minimal conservation impact1.
The CITES Trade Database shows that, along with timber, extract (including oil) is a key commodity ofB. sarmientoi exported by range States – some 1000mt is reported as having been exported in the period
2010-2014. It is not clear to what extent “finished products” are exported from range States as these havenot been reported as a separate term.
Analysis: According to Res. Conf. 11.21 (Rev. CoP16) annotations should concentrate on thosecommodities that first appear in international trade as exports from range States and include only thosecommodities that dominate the trade and the demand for the wild resource. Extracts (including oil) are clearlysignificant commodities in trade from range States. Although information is sparse, there is little indicationthat finished products are a major commodity exported by them.
The proposed amendment would closely align the annotation for this species to that for Aniba rosaeodora(annotation #12), which is similar in trade. The only difference is a reference to powders in the annotation forBulnesia. This reference appears technically redundant, as powders are covered by the current definition ofextracts (as solid – fine or coarse particles)2.
References:
Information not referenced in the Summary section is from the Supporting Statement.
1 CITES (2016) SC66 Doc 25, paragraph 41. https://cites.org/sites/default/files/eng/com/sc/66/E-SC66-25.pdf. Viewed on

24th June 2016.
2 Interpretation of the Appendices (2016) See definitions in paragraph 8 of thehttps://www.cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php Viewed on 24th June 2016.

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