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4 JUL1977

PQ: MR TOM ARNOLD `MP.

HKK 154/1

FIGURES FOR JANUARY DECEMBER 1976 ARE AS FOLLOWS:-

(A) UNWORKED RAW IVORY: TOTAL IMPORTS OF 1,585,388 POUNDS, VALUED AT HONG KONG DOLLARS 113,080,204.

(B) WORKED IVORY AND IVORY ARTICLES:- TOTAL IMPORTS VALUED AT HONG KONG DOLLARS 13,496,874 (NO ESTIMATE OF VOLUME AVAILABLE)

2. FIGURES FOR JANUARY MARCH 1977 ARE AS FOLLOWS:-

(A) UNWORKED RAW IVORY: TOTAL IMPORTS OF 289,103 POUNDS VALUED AT HK DOLLARS 27,526,683.

(B) WORKED IVORY AND IVORY ARTICLES:- TOTAL IMPORTS VALUED AT HONG KONG DOLLARS 1,745,686.

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PS/LORD GORONWY ROBERTS

PS/MR LUARD

MR CORTAZZI

MR MURRAY

MR HAWLEY

COPIES TO:

MR S T KIDD

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE

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