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The elimination of import quotas, taxes and other trade restrictions has led to an "avalanche" of imports that have been like a body blow to Kioshi, Fernandez said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
Under this proposed scheme, about 30 million pounds of canned vegetables—or the total import volumes in 2024—can enter Canada duty free before facing a surtax of between 40% and 50%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
In a separate interview with Canadian broadcaster CBC, Greer cautioned against retaliation and suggested the US might hit back by banning the import of some Canadian products.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
The British businessman told the Press Association he had to "surrender" the weapon he travelled with as he did not have the right documents to correctly import it.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
They had to import food, as well as raw materials and fuel.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
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The Global Port Tracker from the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates projects that September could be the busiest month of the year for U.S. imports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Mandates can encourage deployment, but they can also inflate electricity prices, due to supply-and-demand imbalance, and stimulate imports.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
In 2016, Myanmar supplied nearly 500,000 metric tonnes of tin ore and concentrate to China, accounting for more than 99 percent of such imports, Beijing's customs data shows.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
Gallo Saidy, the Nawec chief, also appealed for patience, saying reduced electricity imports from the regional grid had contributed to the shortages.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Like Japan, which exports consumer electronics and imports beef from the United States and wheat from Australia, Chichen Itza apparently traded its way through the drought.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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Do you like the imported marble floors and silk window treatments?
From Slate ● Sep. 12, 2026
Citi economists, however, expect the central bank to stand pat, partly because imported energy costs remain heavily subsidized.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
This means that if there is an extreme heat event in Southern California, energy from a cooler area such as the Pacific Northwest can be imported to help meet regional demand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
According to the Budget Lab at Yale University, current tariffs — including the just-imposed tariffs on goods imported from Canada — will raise about $1.9 trillion over the next 10 years.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
In most other places it was instead imported, in the form of crops and livestock that had been domesticated elsewhere.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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It also is scrambling to repair damage done to its refineries during the war and faces difficulties importing gasoline through the blockade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
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
"We get none of the value chain, we are just importing tools from someone else and we become just a user."
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Marra said the issue was "finely balanced" but he believed oil and gas could be produced in a cleaner way in the UK rather than by importing from abroad.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
There have been rumors that wealthy people in the Philippines who own private estates in the rain forest have been importing African animals illegally, releasing them into the Philippine jungle, and hunting them.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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