One Zimbabwean economist, Brian Child, estimates that Zimbabwe has lost about US $ 4 million per year during the period of the ban. Thus Zimbabwe has applied to the World Trade Organization asking for compensation.
辛巴威一位經濟學者估計，禁售期間辛國每年短少四百萬美金收入，因此去函要求「世界貿易組織」補償辛國損失。