HC Deb 29 July 1988 vol 138 cc721-2W
Mr. Tony Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Newham, North-West of 25 July, if he will identify by country of origin the endangered species seized by the Hong Kong authorities in the first six months of 1988.

Mrs. Chalker

The Hong Kong authorities can only identify seizures by country of export rather than origin. The 143 seizures during the first six months of 1988 were exported from:

Number
Belgium 1
Bahrain 1
Canada 2
China 67
West Germany 3
United Kingdom 2
Guyana 1
Indonesia 13
Italy 7
Japan 3
Korea 3
Macau 2
Malaysia 4
New Zealand 1
Philippines 4
Republic of South Africa 2
Singapore 5
Thailand 6

Number
Taiwan 5
United Arab Emirates 5
United States of America 6
Total 143