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Automakers have hit the skids because of the Middle East conflict pushing up raw materials costs and snarling up shipping routes, as well as US import tariffs and Chinese rivals gaining market share.

From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026

China is mostly mentioned in agribusiness over concerns about farmland ownership or import commitments on soybeans and beef.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026

"Australia's import requirements for dogs are based on biosecurity risk, not the intended use of the animal," Australia's Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry told a Senate inquiry in June.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

Countries that need gas and don’t have enough of it can either import it via expensive pipelines or as liquefied natural gas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

Virtually nothing of social or academic import occurred at the school without his involvement.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

U.S. imports totaled $388 billion in June, down 1.8% from May, while exports were $314.7 billion, down 0.9% from May.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

OTTAWA—Canada’s goods-trade surplus with the world widened slightly in June as a softer currency helped drive the value of exports and imports to all-time highs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Japan also faces a decades-long slide in its working-age population, low productivity and a heavy reliance on energy imports that are priced in US dollars.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

The imports increased solar’s share in the mix that Ember tracks, Fulghum wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

The old Ford looked odd, out of place among the expensive imports, sports cars, and 4 x 4s.

From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor

The U.S. imported millions of used tires in the 1970s and ’80s, largely from countries where the mosquito is indigenous.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026

But Dora says imported goods could also be affected, particularly wine from countries such as France, which has also faced severe high temperatures.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

Yen weakness is great for tourists and Japanese exporters, but painful for households facing quickening inflation on imported goods.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Wong continues to expect one additional 25bps rate hike in 3Q, primarily to support the rupiah and contain imported inflation rather than respond to broad-based domestic price pressures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

The first automobiles imported to San Francisco had so little power that they rarely made it up the hills.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

Eugene Kim designed the interior of the spa, importing nearly all the materials and most of the furniture from Korea.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

Without Russian diesel, importing countries have turned in large part to U.S. diesel, which has helped push U.S. domestic prices higher, Mills said.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026

Extracting a tonne of coal now costs nearly twice as much as importing it, and domestic production no longer fully covers the country's needs.

From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026

"For anybody importing goods the scenario changes completely in terms of the paperwork that one is going to have to present to get the goods in," he says.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

He was bringing in more artists to paint murals around town and was even importing bicycles for the tourists.

From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm