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Written question asked by James Paice (Conservative) on Thursday, 27 October 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 31 October 2005. It was answered by Lord Knight of Weymouth (Labour) on Thursday, 3 November 2005 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.


Bird Trade

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species-listed birds were traded into the UK in each year since 2000.
Answer

The number of CITES-listed birds imported into the UK is given in the table.

Number
2000 11,120
2001 32,228
2002 86,738
2003 88,375
2004 18,897

The number of birds so far recorded as imported in 2005 (to date) is 4,534.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
23808; 438 c1275W;438 c1273W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Birds Imports