Better Science 25,000+ Primates Imported to U.S. in 2007 China leads monkey export market May 22, 2008 - According to recent figures, China again dominates the monkey export market and is officially listed as the country of origin for about half of all monkeys imported to the US. Each year the International Primate Protection League, requests the Law Enforcement Management Information Service (LEMIS) spread sheet showing total primate imports for the previous year. For the spreadsheet, visit: http://www.ippl.org. Total number of primates imported in 2007: 25,703 Species: Crab-eating macaques: 24,086** Rhesus macaques: 1,021 African greens: 417 Dwarf marmosets: 95 Bolivian squirrel monkeys: 36 Red-handed tamarin: 19 Pied tamarins: 10 Tufted Capuchin: 6 White-cheeked gibbon, silvery leaf monkey, and baboon: < 5 each: Countries of origin: China, 14,858 Vietnam 3,600 Mauritius 3,790 Indonesia, 1,189 Philippines 900 Cambodia, 720 Saint Kitts and Nevis, 354 Barbados, 63 Peru, 36 Guyana, 25 **Most of the crab-eating monkeys are imported from China, yet China has NO native crab-eating macaques.

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