The UK's export controls of objects of cultural interest are aimed to strike a balance between the need to protect the heritage, the rights of owners and the encouragement of a thriving art market. This is the seventh annual report on the operation of export controls on objects of cultural interest which covers the period 1 May 2010 to 30 April 2011. As well as the Reviewing Committee report, it includes descriptions of individual export cases that were referred to the Committee by expert advisors.

The UK's export controls of objects of cultural interest are aimed to strike a balance between the need to protect the heritage, the rights of owners and the encouragement of a thriving art market. This is the fourt annual report on the operation of export controls on objects of cultural interest which covers the period 1 May 2007 to 30 April, 2008. As well as the Reviewing Committee report, it includes descriptions of 18 individual export cases.