1989-08-24 09:32
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For Japan only
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[7.
We understand that the Japanese authorities have
decided to impose a moratorium on all ivory save raw ivory
from African producing countries and that it will submit a
reservation at the CITES meeting in October to enable it to
continue this trade should the African elephant be up-listed
to Appendix I. While Hong Kong shares Japan's concerns about
the conservation of the African elephant and understands the
motivation behind these decisions, we hope that the Japanese
Government will reconsider its decision with relation to the
strictly limited stocks of worked and raw ivory currently held
in Hong Kong. As has been explained these stocks were all
imported from CITES approved sources. For its part Hong Kong
will ensure that existing stocks are strictly controlled."
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