21.   Exports were halted because of internal disputes over control of export licenses.

22.   Export licenses for archaeological artifacts are exceedingly rare.

23.   Exports ended in December when the government stopped issuing export licenses, and supplies of both metals now are critically low, traders said.

24.   Exports of palladium from Russia were halted for the first seven months of the year by bureaucratic wrangling over control of export licenses.

25.   For a time, Washington fought the spread of such technology, refusing to grant export licenses.

26.   If a U.S. company wins, the State Department would have to file an export license with Congress.

27.   If it did, the firm would have to apply for an export license.

28.   If they had been shipped from Britain, Border Technology would have needed an export license, which the British government might have been reluctant to issue.

29.   In January the Norwegian Ministry of Fisheries announced that it approved of whale exports in principle, and this month it approved regulations and procedures for issuing export licenses.

30.   In response, new Mines Minister Rodrigo Villamizar ordered the suspension of new export licenses, pending a review.