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YOUR TELNO 1796: IVORY PQS

YOUR DRAFT ANSWER TO QUESTION 2411 RELATES TO LICENSED EXPORTS BUT UNTIL REVISION OF THE EXEMPTION ORDER JUST PRIOR TO

1.

THE CITES CONFERENCE IN OCTOBER 1989 ONLY RAW IVORY REQUIRED EXPORT LICENCES SO THE FIGURES QUOTED IN TUR ARE NOT STRICTLY

COMPARABLE.

2.

ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPT PUBLICATION, HONG KONG TRADE STATISTICS, EXPORTS OF IVORY TO THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA WERE AS FOLLOWS:

WORKED IVORY

RAW IVORY

SITC 899111

SITC 291162

1988

VALUE HK DOLLARS 1,019,713 RE-EXPORTS

NIL

46,308

1989

VALUE

RE-EXPORTS

675,738 72,004

460 KG, VALUE HK DOLLARS 407,596 (RE-EXPORTS)

3. WE THEREFORE PROPOSE THE FOLLOWING REPLY:

BEGINS THE FOLLOWING AMOUNTS OF RAW ELEPHANT IVORY WERE EXPORTED FROM HONG KONG TO THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (SOUTH KOREA):

1988

NIL

1989 460 KG, VALUE HK DOLLARS 407,596

IN ADDITION, HONG KONG EXPORTED WORKED IVORY TO SOUTH KOREA AS FOLLOWS:

VALUE IN HK DOLLARS

1988

HONG KONG

EXPORTS

1,019,713

RE-EXPORTS

46,308

1989

HONG KONG EXPORTS

675,738

RE-EXPORTS

72,004