HC Deb 25 October 1993 vol 230 c414W
Mr. Morley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many import permits have been allowed over the last three years for products derived from(a) Asiatic black bears, (b) any other bear listed under appendix 1 of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species and (c) any bear listed under appendix 2 of CITES.

Mr. Yeo

No import permits have been issued in the last three years for products derived from the Asiatic black bear —Selenarctos thibetanus—or any other species of bear listed in appendix I of CITES. Seventy-four import permits have been issued for products derived from species of bears listed in appendix II of CITES.

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