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4 JUL1977
PQ: MR TOM ARNOLD `MP.
HKK 154/1
FIGURES FOR JANUARY DECEMBER 1976 ARE AS FOLLOWS:-
(A) UNWORKED RAW IVORY: TOTAL IMPORTS OF 1,585,388 POUNDS, VALUED AT HONG KONG DOLLARS 113,080,204.
(B) WORKED IVORY AND IVORY ARTICLES:- TOTAL IMPORTS VALUED AT HONG KONG DOLLARS 13,496,874 (NO ESTIMATE OF VOLUME AVAILABLE)
2. FIGURES FOR JANUARY MARCH 1977 ARE AS FOLLOWS:-
(A) UNWORKED RAW IVORY: TOTAL IMPORTS OF 289,103 POUNDS VALUED AT HK DOLLARS 27,526,683.
(B) WORKED IVORY AND IVORY ARTICLES:- TOTAL IMPORTS VALUED AT HONG KONG DOLLARS 1,745,686.
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