### Question
What does ivory quota mean?


### Answer
**Ivory quota** has the following meaning in *16 U.S.C. § 4244*:

> a quota submitted by an ivory producing country to the CITES Secretariat in accordance with the CITES Ivory Control System

#### Citation:
  - *16 U.S.C. § 4244*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 62-AFRICAN ELEPHANT CONSERVATION > SUBCHAPTER III-MISCELLANEOUS**

