2014 Event Rising Asian demand for Champagne will represent increasing export growth, with Japan currently the fourth-largest export market after the U.K., the U.S. and Germany 2013 Event In the midst of an increasing industrial slowdown, China institutes business tax breaks and export liberalization in an effort to boost its economic growth 2010 Event Russia's worst drought in history prompts Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to temporarily ban the export of flour and wheat 1993 Death Lambert Fokkema, founder Dutch Export Combination, dies at 80 1968 Event Canadians must get government permission to export silver 1964 Event Dutch government gives Indonesia export guarantees 1935 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an act prohibiting export of U.S. arms to belligerents 1864 Event 1st export of goods from Burrard Inlet, BC to a foreign country 1752 Event Dutch States-General forbid export of windmills 1336 Event English King Edward III endswool export to Flanders 743 Event Slave export by Christians to heathen areas prohibited