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143 Mr Tony Banks (Newham North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign W and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will give details of the sale by tender by the Hong Kong authorities of confiscated items permitted for commercial trade under CITES; what items were sold; to whom they were sold; and what amount was raised in each case.

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There has been no sale by tender of confiscated items permitted for commercial trade under CITES since February 1988. In January 1989 the Hong Kong authorities proposed to seek tenders for such a sale but the sale was subsequently cancelled.

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