Nothing unnecessary is to be imported from abroad, whether for the service of the Gods or for the use of man--neither purple, nor other dyes, nor frankincense,--and nothing needed in the country is to be exported.
These things are to be decided on by the twelve guardians of the law who are next in seniority to the five elders.

Arms and the materials of war are to be imported and exported only with the consent of the generals, and then only by the state.

There is to be no retail trade either in these or any other articles.

For the distribution of the produce of the country, the Cretan laws afford a rule which may be usefully followed.
All shall be required to distribute corn, grain, animals, and other valuable produce, into twelve portions.

Each of these shall be subdivided into three parts--one for freemen, another for servants, and the third shall be sold for the supply of artisans, strangers, and metics.