With looting on the rise worldwide, according to Interpol, the number of countries requesting import restrictions is only likely to grow, and the clash between archaeologists and collectors will continue.
Apple has already lodged a massive lawsuit against Samsung, and has swung approval of its requested import ban of HTC products.
The French who live in London, many of them working in finance, aren't here for the Neal's Yard bath products and Marks & Spencer digestive biscuits (although, according to a French woman I know, these are hotly requested imports for the folks back home).
The Ministry of Agriculture (Direction de la Production et des Echanges Internationaux) has calculated figures based on importer requests for import certificates from third countries.
To this day it has never failed to grant an initial request for import controls.
The United States Department of Agriculture has rejected a New York restaurant's request to import Kobe beef, saying that Japanese slaughterhouses fail to meet the Government's standards.
In August 2013, the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service sided with critics in denying the request to import the whales, which are reportedly still being held in Russia.
Samsung has filed another complaint against Apple, according to the International Trade Commission website, this time to request an import ban against the iPhone, iPad, and iPod.
The Georgia Aquarium's controversial request to import 18 wild beluga whales captured in the Sea of Okhotsk for display and breeding is expected to get its first formal airing on 12 October.
Prior to placing an order for eyed eggs, the FISHAID Project had to request an import permit from the PNG Department of Environment and Conservation and the National Agriculture and Quarantine Inspection Service (NAQIA, formerly DAL Quarantine).
