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Sir Jim backed those calls, saying it was "absurd" to import more energy than necessary.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Until recently, Africa's largest crude oil producer had no refining capacity and had to import the finished product.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Retail sales rose a bigger-than-expected 1.2% for August, and import prices for the month rose 0.7%, which was higher than forecast.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

"Vietnam also wants to import more electricity from Laos to increase its leverage over Laos," part of a wider contest with China for influence in Vientiane, he said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026

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

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

Other suppliers lagged far behind: the UAE accounted for 10.8% of India's July imports, Saudi Arabia 9.6%, Venezuela 6.3%, Brazil 5.5%, Oman 5.3% and the US 2.9%.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Iran imports large quantities of its wheat, corn and cooking oil from Russia, according to commodities data provider Kpler and Iranian trading websites.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Total imports and exports hit $400.8 billion in January through August this year, Chinese customs data shows, a 5.4 percent rise from the same period in 2025.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

Crude oil imports rose by 234,000 barrels a day to 7.1 million barrels a day, and exports rose by 1.4 million barrels a day to 4.8 million barrels a day.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 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

Chinese car companies have avoided expanding to the U.S. by and large because of the software ban and tariffs in excess of 100% on imported EVs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

The "Semicon 2.0" initiative builds on a programme launched in 2021 to reduce India's reliance on imported chips and attract investment into the sector.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

The US imported about $104bn of goods from India in 2025, while two-way US-India trade in goods and services was roughly $240bn, according to the US Trade Representative.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

In 1767, Bowen received a British patent for his method of producing soy sauce, a fermented condiment resembling the soy sauce already imported from Asia.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

Until the Chinese-style plow was imported in the seventeenth century, farmers in France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and other states labored to shove what amounted to a narrow slab of metal through the earth.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

To ease the crisis, Russia began importing gasoline from as far away as India—an ironic move for one of the world’s biggest crude producers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

Yet while Canadian provinces stopped importing American wine and spirits, Ottawa hasn’t imposed new tariffs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

US importing businesses, particularly those close to the Canadian border, will likely feel the pinch from higher costs, Knightley of ING said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

"So they begin importing from around the world, hundreds of tonnes of PCBs."

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

“Just a way of speaking,” said Lina, who knew more about her husband’s importing concern that she’d been letting on.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides