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OF 18170OZ JUNE 90
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27 Jun 1998
YOUR TELNO 1796: IVORY PQS
YOUR DRAFT ANSWER TO QUESTION 2411 RELATES TO LICENSED EXPORTS BUT UNTIL REVISION OF THE EXEMPTION ORDER JUST PRIOR TO
1.
THE CITES CONFERENCE IN OCTOBER 1989 ONLY RAW IVORY REQUIRED EXPORT LICENCES SO THE FIGURES QUOTED IN TUR ARE NOT STRICTLY
COMPARABLE.
2.
ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPT PUBLICATION, HONG KONG TRADE STATISTICS, EXPORTS OF IVORY TO THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA WERE AS FOLLOWS:
WORKED IVORY
RAW IVORY
SITC 899111
SITC 291162
1988
VALUE HK DOLLARS 1,019,713 RE-EXPORTS
NIL
46,308
1989
VALUE
RE-EXPORTS
675,738 72,004
460 KG, VALUE HK DOLLARS 407,596 (RE-EXPORTS)
3. WE THEREFORE PROPOSE THE FOLLOWING REPLY:
BEGINS THE FOLLOWING AMOUNTS OF RAW ELEPHANT IVORY WERE EXPORTED FROM HONG KONG TO THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (SOUTH KOREA):
1988
NIL
1989 460 KG, VALUE HK DOLLARS 407,596
IN ADDITION, HONG KONG EXPORTED WORKED IVORY TO SOUTH KOREA AS FOLLOWS:
VALUE IN HK DOLLARS
1988
HONG KONG
EXPORTS
1,019,713
RE-EXPORTS
46,308
1989
HONG KONG EXPORTS
675,738
RE-EXPORTS
72,004