HC Deb 05 May 1983 vol 42 c145W
29. Sir Anthony Royle

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many animals such as civet cats, badgers, barking deer, foxes and pangolins on the listed or endangered species list were imported into Hong Kong from China during each of the past five years.

Mr. Rifkind

Statistics on import of exotic animals (including endangered species) from China in the last five years are:

Year Number
1978 1,326
1979 3,885
1980 3,163
1981 9,634
1982 4,496