And after banning American beef for several years because of concerns about mad cow disease, Japan and South Korea are now permitting imports.

A bill that permits imports only from Canada may not allow Americans to save much on drug costs, the letter signers say.

The vote to permit imports for personal use was 324 to 101.

The bill permits imports from Canada if the secretary of health and human services certifies that they pose "no additional risk" to public health.

And the attorneys general of 19 states pleaded with federal officials to permit imports of drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

But it permits imports of processed food containing rice if other ingredients constitute at least 20 percent of the total weight.

For the time being, these regulations permit imports, provided that they do not endanger the regime for protecting species.

They have a ban with derogations, while we may permit imports, but on a case-by-case basis.

Partly because of such concerns, the United States does not permit imports of fresh beef from Brazil.

During the war Agnar did his best to continue acquiring weapons despite the unwillingness of British occupational forces to permit such imports.