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CITES: RESERVATIONS

APPENDIX I OF CITES

HKCISI/I

ECEIVED IN REGISTRY

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DESK ORICER

INDEX

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The Department of the Environment have told have heard unofficially from the CITES Secretariat that six entered Reservations other countries apart from the UK have

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China

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Botswana

South Africa

Malawi

2. Of these countries only China has a domestic market Large enough to help the African producers and Hong Kong.

3. The most notable omission from the list is Burundi which indicated at the CITES Conference that it was intending to enter a Reservation.

cc Mr Holroyd HKD

Mr Innes EAD

Mr McGinley SAFD Mr

Chilcott

CAfD

Mr Voysey

FED

Julian Evans MAED

23 January 1990