Ivory Imports

HC Deb 27 July 1988 vol 138 c284W

Mr. Tony Banks

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what information he has on imports into the United Kingdom of worked ivory, by weight and value, in each year since 1979.

Mr. Alan Clark

The information is given in the table:

United Kingdom Imports or Worked Ivory 1979–1987
	m/tonnes	£000
1979	22.8	382
1980	17.2	487
1981	3.0	238
1982	4.6	263
1983	4.7	311
1984	2.9	455
1985	1.1	267
1986	1.8	252
1987	0.8	241

source: Overseas Trade Statistics.

Note: 1987 figures provisional.