sentences:  Typically there will be legislation that causes potential exporters of controlled items to make a request to a local government department, and that department will assess the desired exports and either grant or deny licences as appropriate.Export control has been in place in the USA since the time of the American Revolution, although the modern export control regimes can be traced back to the "Trading with Enemies Act" in the USA in 1917, and the "Import, Export and Customs Power (Defense) Act" of UK in 1939 A significant piece of legislation was the USA Export Control Act of 1940 which "inter alia" aimed to restrict shipments of material to pre-war Japan.In most export control regimes, there is legislation that lists many items which are deemed 'controlled', and lists destinations to which sending items is restricted, by different degrees.