21.   Russian shipments have been halted since December amid bureaucratic disputes over the issuing of export licenses.

22.   Russia halted all shipments of the metal for the first half of the year, which helped push platinum to a two-year high in August.

23.   Russia this month resumed exporting palladium and platinum, another precious metal, after halting shipments for seven months because of disputes over which agency controls export licenses.

24.   Shipments were halted because of disputes over control of export licenses.

25.   Shipments were halted in December by bureaucratic and political disputes in Russia.

26.   Switzerland suspended contracts over the weekend, halting shipments of spent fuel rods to be reprocessed at Sellafield.

27.   That has been taken as a threat to halt shipments.

28.   Technically, they can be the last notice before regulatory action, which can include shutting down production of a product, halting shipments or assessing civil penalties.

29.   The company decided earlier this month to halt shipments of the cars.

30.   The company soon decided to halt shipments of that book to Germany.