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China to phase out commercial ivory processing, sales

Xinhua, December 31, 2016 Adjust font size:

China will gradually stop the processing and sales of ivories for commercial purposes by the end of 2017, according to the central government website on Friday.

The decision came after the country imposed a three-year ban on ivory imports in March this year in an escalated fight against illegal trading of wild animals and plants.

The move will affect the country's 34 processing enterprises and 143 designated trading venues, with dozens to be closed by the end of March 2017, according to an official with the State Forestry Administration.

Before that deadline, law enforcement agencies will continue to clamp down on illegalities associated with the elephant's tusk, the official said. Endi