Ivory
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Wholesale price of ivory:
- 1990s: $100 per kilogram
- 2004: $200 per kilogram,
- 2006: to $750 per kilogram
- 2007: to $850 per kilogram
Most ivory importation has been a crime in the U.S. since 1976, and there has been an international ban on ivory trade since 1989. Ivory more than 100 years old can be legally imported and ivory obtained with a proper hunters permit can be legally imported.