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Background
1. Hong Kong informed us on 27 July that there had been no sales of
confiscated items permitted for commercial trade under CITES since
1988.
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2. In January 1989 Hong Kong told us they had called for tenders
for such a sale and this information was used in the answer of 10
January 1989 to a question also tabled by Mr Tony Banks. We
therefore checked the position again with Hong Kong who have
confirmed that the proposed sale to which the January answer
referred had been cancelled.
Hong Kong Department
28 July 1989