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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

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

The narrowed outlook reflects Altria’s expectation that it will get a greater benefit from cigarette import and export activity in the second half of the year compared with the first.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

The story is probably apocryphal, but its import isn’t.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Shipments to the U.S. rose a fifth consecutive months with an advance of 0.3%, and imports climbed 3% to the highest on record.

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

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

Exports likely grew 35.3% compared to a year ago and imports increased 48.7%, resulting in a trade surplus of $13.8 billion, said ANZ’s Vicky Xiao Zhou.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

As the angry American objections turned into boycotts of British imports like paper and tea, a famous Englishman named Dr. Samuel Johnson wrote a short pamphlet called Taxation No Tyranny.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

A chunk of what is going into the build-out, such as memory chips, is imported, so some AI spending isn’t directly boosting U.S. production, and therefore GDP.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

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

In the first five months of this year, for example, the U.S. imported about $90 billion in computer equipment, semiconductors and other electronic components from Taiwan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Rather, the fuel — overwhelmingly purchased legally in the United States — arrives at seaports and border crossings via ships, trains and trucks, part of the daily deluge of imported hydrocarbons.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

Colonists in Jamestown broke off from complaining about their Indian neighbors to complain about the depredations of the rats they had accidentally imported.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Waller had obliged, insinuating Warsh was importing outside authority to ratify long-held views and dressing them up as discovery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

Ferguson said Boeing's model of building with regional partners was intended to give countries greater control over the capability rather than simply importing a US system.

From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026

Because taxes are paid by importing companies, those businesses often pass the extra costs on to shoppers through higher prices.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 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

“This is cool. Look, Instant Darkness Powder, we’re importing it from Peru. Handy if you want to make a quick escape.”

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling