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YOUR FAX TO CLARK ESB: IVORY: PQ'S
1. YOU MAY CARE TO DRAW ON THE FOLLOWING IN FRAMING YOUR REPLIES:-
(A) SINCE 1 JUNE 1989 THE FOLLOWING AMOUNT OF IVORY HAS BEEN
EXPORTED:
COUNTRY
RAW IVORY (TONNES)
WORKED IVORY (TONNES)
CHINA
12.56
MACAU
0.42
INDIA
0.06
TAIWAN
5.12
0.87
SINGAPORE
6.
11
0.11
JAPAN
26.
36
KOREA
0.02
SPAIN
3.56
MEXICO
0.17
TOTAL
50.63
4.73
THESE FIGURES DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM THOSE GIVEN IN PARA 1(C) OF OUR TELNO 288 BECAUSE OF EXPORTS SINCE THAT DATE, AND ROUNDING. THERE ARE TWO CHANGES FROM THE LIST OF DESTINATIONS GIVEN IN TELNO 288. FIRST W. GERMANY SHOULD BE DELETED (THE LICENCE ISSUED WAS, IN FACT, NOT USED). SECOND, SPAIN COULD BE INCLUDED. IT WAS OMITTED FROM OUR EARLIER LIST IN ERROR.
(B) 0.23 TONNES HAS NOW BEEN EXPORTED AS OF TODAY (THERE HAS BEEN
SOME MOVEMENT SINCE WE REPORTED LAST WEEK).
(C) MID MARCH.
(D) SEIZURES ARE, BY THEIR NATURE, OF SMUGGLED OR ILLEGALLY HELD ITEMS. WE RARELY KNOW THEIR ORIGIN THOUGH THE IMMEDIATELY PREVIOUS
COUNTRY OF EXPORT IS USUALLY AVAILABLE FROM SHIPPING DOCUMENTS. ON
THIS BASIS SEIZURES HAVE BEEN MADE FROM THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES OF
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