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This inflated import costs for resource-poor Japan, especially for oil at a time when the war has strangled supplies from the Gulf.

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

But import duties generate between $20 billion and $30 billion for the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

In their circle, it was held to be no disgrace to import goods illegally, but rather sharp practice was accounted a sign of canny business acumen.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

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

Its electricity tracker includes only the energy that is produced in state, not imports from Arizona, for example.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

The US plan could turn Croatia into a major transit point for fuel imports, including oil, beyond the Balkans into other parts of Europe.

From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026

At the same time, China has managed to reduce its oil imports during the war thanks to its vast oil inventories and massive rollout of renewables and electric vehicles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

The fourth was a gesture toward the northern interests, authorizing Congress to levy a tax on slave imports designed to discourage the practice without prohibiting it.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

The company is counting on a 25% tariff on imported appliances to force its foreign competitors to raise prices, too.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

But the petroleum products are masked in manifests — labeled waste material, lubricants, residues and other items not subject to the high taxes that Mexico levies on imported fuel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

Once health authorities confirmed multiple cases had been imported from DR Congo, they activated a specialist Ebola treatment centre at Mulago hospital, in the capital city, Kampala.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

If the Strait of Hormuz remains impaired and China continues restricting phosphate exports, nitrogen producers with secure, low-cost inputs should remain better positioned than phosphate producers dependent on imported sulfur.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026

It was expensive stuff, white cream laid, imported from England; the best they had at the store in town.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

Despite wartime disruptions at Middle East shipping chokepoints, China has found ways to continue importing oil from the region.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

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

The precise nature of Jimmy Zizmo’s importing business was thus revealed.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides