1.   Also, government officials were known to expect payments for import licenses and government contracts.

2.   And, despite a new agreement to restore import licenses, the dispute between the United States and Russia over American chicken exports still persists.

3.   Balchem hired an agent, based in Thailand, who helps out with cultural differences, language, and import licenses.

4.   China, he says, did not live up to promises to open up government contracts to foreigners or abandon import licenses and other trade restrictions.

5.   He got an import license from the Palestinian Authority.

6.   The British signed the import license.

7.   The bureaucracy is so torpid that it can take weeks to get permission to make simple customs transactions or receive import licenses.

8.   Urged by the IMF, it has also eliminated import licenses, squeezed the money supply and liberalized trade.

9.   Pewex also failed to get an import license, Kucinski said.

10.   Parallel import licenses would be valid for up to a year but could be renewed.