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There are two types of ivory markets: raw ivory markets, which
sell full tusks, cut tusks, and worked ivory markets, which sell
finished items such as jewellery, figurines, trinkets, signature
seal blanks, etc. Worked ivory is traditionally sold in retail crafts
or antiques markets, in outlets ranging from expensive antique
stores, through knick-knack shops to hotel boutiques, and on
the Internet. Raw ivory markets tend to be less open. It is rare
to see tusks displayed in a retail outlet, and they are more often
sold by middlemen traders, operating behind closed doors or
on the Internet, to end-user craftsmen or factories.
IVORY MARKETS
Kinshasa, DRC, has an active illegal ivory industry, with raw and worked ivory commonly smuggled out to other African and
intercontinental markets.