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Mr. Tony Banks: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much ivory has been exported from Hong Kong in the last six months: to which countries it was exported; and how much of such ivory was (a) worked and (b) raw.

Mr. Waldegrave [holding answer 22 January 1990]: Since 1 June 1989, Hong Kong has exported 4-8 tonnes of worked ivory and 50 tonnes of raw ivory. The principal destinations were China, Macau, Singapore. Taiwan, Japan. India. Thailand. South Korea, the Federal Republic of Germany and Mexico.