ERRONEOUS JUDGEMENT

Months of
international dispute may be set at
rest with the US Court of
International Trade agreeing to
resume imports of shrimp from
India, Pakistan and China. The US
customs service was directed by the
court to allow the entry of shipments from these countries with
immediate effect. The court ruled
that the US law banning shrimp
imports from countries using
shrimp trawlers without turtle
excluder devices was applicable
only to trawlers operating in the
Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea and
western Atlantic.