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particularly in some of the Southern African producer states and in
user countries. Hong Kong as a major user faces particular problems,
The Hong Kong Government have rigourously followed the CITES
procedures for trading in ivory. They, as we, recognised that more needed to be done to protect the African Elephant and they supporte
action to protect At Afrium Regtets it our call for
They also support in principle the
upgrading of the African Elephant to CITES Appendix I but are concerned over the implication is busting legally married
As you know these
are considerable (Hong Kong's latest estimate is 670 tonnes, worth
over US$128 million).
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their next stops
The Hong Kong Government will need to decide how they wish to
approach the bulk of the problem where they see what emerges from
the resolution of the African Elephant Working Group at the end of
it August. In the meantime, now might be the time to look again into
an issue which the Hong Kong Department raised in their letter to
your department of 16 June, prior to the EC CITES meeting on 22 June. This concerned the raw ivory Hong Kong imported before the
import ban from the EC for working in Hong Kong and subsequent re-export. The Hong Kong authorities. estimate this the 100 tonnes
worth imported from the EC at US$18 million). We do not know how much of
this was intended for re-export to the EC.
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The Commission's draft regulation will be discussed
The possibility at the next EC CITES Meeting on 27 July.
of exceptions to the regulation will also be discussed and obviously it would be in Hong Kong's interest if
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