1.   Yoma, who was alleged to have demanded payments for import permits from the US Swift-Armour meat-packing company, resigned from his post.

2.   However, you do need an import permit to bring your pet back into the United States.

3.   In the letter, Small said Heredia provided import permits and assured him that none of the tribal art contained endangered species.

4.   Thirty senators led by Dianne Feinstein of California have urged President Clinton to use his executive authority to suspend the import permits.

5.   Australian wheat exporters will require an import permit and declare shipments free of pests and disease.

6.   He was speaking after the two nations signed a quarantine protocol that will allow Thai authorities to issue import permits for Australian citrus.

7.   Last June, all EU nations except France refused import permits for the genetically engineered corn.

8.   The decision came a day after Dresden zoo director Hubert Luecker filed the complaint against cancellation of an import permit by Environment Minister Juergen Trittin.

9.   The next step for U.S. officials is to obtain an import permit from the Fish and Wildlife Service.

10.   The Russian Agriculture Ministry announced last week that it had stopped issuing import permits for U.S. chicken and other poultry and would impose a full ban Sunday.