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Item often illegally exported from country without coast (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ivory

'item often illegally exported' is the definition.
(ivory is often traded illegally)

I don't understand how the remainder of the clue works.

(Other definitions for ivory that I've seen before include "Yellowish white - material from tusks" , "Key perhaps" , "Creamy-white colour" , "on either side of trunk" , "Jumbo's dentine" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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