§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list for each of the last three years imports, by value and volume and by country of origin, of ivory and ivory products.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe available information is given in the following tables. Data on unworked ivory are not available before 1988.
Table 1 United Kingdom imports of worked ivory 1986–87 1986 1987 KG £ KG £ Hong Kong 374 156,128 436 188,287 India 690 58,626 91 18,658 China 551 12,495 — — Kenya — — 84 11,168 United Kingdom 1 6,890 4 6,462 Central African Republic 41 6,255 — — Burundi — — 14 3,210 United States of America 51 3,188 1 1,022 Zimbabwe 63 2,864 12 2,647 Sudan — — 5 2,677 Switzerland — — 10 2,430 Thailand 1 2,136 — — Tanzania — — 143 2,117 South Africa — — 12 1,773 Singapore 3 1,255 — — Japan 5 631 — — Ivory Coast 5 616 — — Cameroon 12 483 30 483 496W
Table 2 United Kingdom imports of worked ivory 1988 KG £ Hong Kong 237 111,492 China 214 28,448 India 1,531 25,263 Federal Republic of Germany 2,453 10,194 South Africa 26 6,390 Malaysia 1,286 6,211 Italy 1,358 4,917
KG £ Philippines 916 4,369 Japan 9 4,157 Kenya 15 3,610 United Kingdom 1 2,500 New Zealand 1 833
Table 3 United Kingdom imports of unworked ivory 1988 KG £ South Africa 7,766 243,507 Zimbabwe 853 105,061 Zaire 1,026 42,318 Malawi 234 32,690 Kenya 293 19,349 Central African Republic 84 8,401 Belgium-Luxembourg 83 8,078 Tanzania 1,800 5,147 Mozambique 13 3,409 Ethiopia 9 1,983