Then, in Montreal for the 10th anniversary of the Protocol, Parties accelerated methyl
bromide phaseout and introduced an import / export ban.
Methyl
bromide was to be phased out by 2005 — however the United States «championed a significant loophole in the ozone regime that allows parties to continue using methyl
bromide for «critical agricultural uses» even after the
phaseout date» (Chasek et al 169).