The UN Security Council passes Resolution 1051, recognizing the need for Iraqi imports and exports to be monitored by UNSCOM and the IAEA.

The city port is experiencing major expansion as a lot of Iraqi imports come through the port of Tartus to aid reconstruction efforts in Iraq.

Other provisions would suspend sanctions on some other Iraqi imports, but with tight financial controls and renewable periods of four months or so, conditional upon Iraq's compliance.

AB maritime chosen as the agent for land and maritime Iraqi imports from Jordan.

"It would hurt American farmers who are now getting the benefit of Iraqi imports, because Iraq could find many other markets to get what it needs," he continued.

Mr. Eckhard also said there was nothing illegal or improper about such payments or the awarding of the multimillion dollar contract to Cotecna to monitor Iraqi imports.

Prohibitions on most Iraqi imports had for all practical purposes disappeared as soon as American and British forces defeated the government of Saddam Hussein.

The plan General Powell promoted concentrates on blocking Iraqi imports of arms and materials that can be used to make them.

Given the long border between Iran and Iraq, the worldwide embargo against Iraq could be thwarted if Teheran allowed its territory to become a transit route for Iraqi imports.

Before the international embargo imposed against Baghdad in the present crisis, the Yemeni port at Aden was a major transhipment point for Iraqi imports and exports, including oil.