Criteria met: High volume (globally threatened), sharp increase
Principal trade term to the EU: skulls
Percentage of global trade to the EU: 100%
Principal source: wild
Top EU importer: Germany
Top Trading Partner: Mongolia
CITES Appendix: I
IUCN Status: Endangered (assessed as Equus hemionus)
EU-reported imports in 2010 comprised 50 wild-sourced skulls imported by Germany directly from Mongolia for scientific purposes. The only other trade in E. hemionus hemionus to the EU over the ten-year period 2001-2010 was the import of 250 wild-sourced skulls by Germany from Mongolia in 2004, also for scientific purposes.