In Our World of International Trade...

Why are some products still not available to all countries?

I was looking at the Hohner harmonica section of their website today to see what collector's harmonicas I don't have yet and what I could obtain for not too much money. I decided to take a look at the children's harmonicas since I don't have any of those. It's kind of interesting because they tend to have less holes and interesting things about them that make them different. So I just thought I'd check them out and then find one.

Of course, my desires drift towards what I cannot have... so I look and instantly see the "Melody Star" harmonica and I want it bad! It actually doesn't even have a description or really show it on the United States site. It's just that it is in the photo for the children's harmonicas section. So I go onto the German site, and see that it is offered there. The description is in German. Then I go online to look for it on Ebay, in stores etc. It seems to be as easily to obtain in Germany as a children's song flute is in the United States. Yet I cannot get one!

This is going to drive me crazy. I didn't want the thing before because I never even knew about it. But now that I can't have it, I want to see if I can get someone from Germany to get this for me. It seem like it's fairly cheap too over there, but I can't find a place to ship it here.

I think that thing would totally be popular here, so why doesn't Hohner offer them in the United States? I wonder what other products countries are keeping from us.