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4. AS REGARDS JAPAN, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE JAPANESE IVORY INDUSTRY DEPENDS ON LARGE AND GOOD QUALITY TUSKS. IT HAS BEEN A LONG STANDING PRACTICE FOR JAPANESE TRADERS TO RE-EXPORT SMALL TUSKS AND CUT PIECES/SCRAPS OF INFERIOR QUALITY OR IVORY WASTES TO HONG KONG WHICH HAS A CHEAPER LABOUR FORCE AND MORE SKILLED WORKERS TO WORK ON SUCH INFERIOR IVORY MATERIALS.
5. THERE HAVE BEEN NO/NO EXPORTS SINCE THE RESERVATION WAS ENTERED.
6. AS REGARDS THE DATA BASE SEE MIFT IN RESPONSE TO YOUR TELNO 362.
WILSON
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
21
LIMITED
HKD
NNNN
DISTRIBUTION
21
MAED
MR MCLAREN
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