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Mr. Tony Banks
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what are the reasons for not keeping statistics on the import of raw ivory.
Mr. Channon
In order to be separately identified in the overseas trade statistics, the volume or value of trade in a commodity must be of sufficient size to warrant the cost of collection and publication of the information. This has not been the case with raw ivory.