11.   Canada is not alone in restricting intellectual imports from the United States.

12.   Catfish growers in Southern states have persuaded Congress to restrict imports of similar fish from Vietnam.

13.   Europe has fought to win more rights to restrict imports for environmental reasons and to make it easier for companies to invest around the world.

14.   Europe wants to give a special break to some of its former colonies by restricting banana imports from other Central American nations dominated by US corporations.

15.   Hong Kong Livestock Industry Association chairman So Ying-yiu said the move was welcome and the Government should also restrict pig imports as other animals might spread BSE.

16.   In February, Vietnam restricted the import of a number of consumer goods, including bicycles, footwear and household appliances.

17.   In July, Russian border guards began to enforce a tough new law restricting alcohol imports.

18.   In the United States, demand for fresh litchi nuts exceeds supply, but Agriculture Department regulations have restricted imports for fear of foreign fruit flies.

19.   Indeed, one argument American industry makes against the Biosafety Protocol is that it is not needed because countries already can and do restrict agricultural imports.

20.   In the wake of the bird flu scare, a number of countries including Japan and Saudi Arabia have restricted poultry imports from China.