But the big profit is made in Asia. Thai Customs recently evaluated smuggled ivory as being worth $1,800 per kilogram—$18,000 per elephant—wholesale. The “street value” retail price of 10 kilograms of ...
“This is the best,” the Daxin Ivory Carving Factory’s Feng tells me, holding up a chunk of forest elephant tusk. Carvings made from forest elephant ivory sell out so quickly that customers ...
You can also import worked (carved) ivory acquired before Feb 4 ... The rules for importation of Asian elephant ivory are different still. (Confused yet?) Last September, Victor Gordon, the owner of ...
The US-based environmental organisation WildAid estimates that more than 30,000 elephants are killed every year in Africa for their tusks. The ivory is often carved into ornaments and jewellery ...