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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

U.S. import duties generate $20 billion to $30 billion monthly, making the revenue difficult for a future president to forgo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

While luxury stores, miraculous finance companies, exotic restaurants, and import business were flourishing, the unemployed lined up outside factory gates waiting for a chance to work at the minimum wage.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

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

Economists at ING expect both exports and imports to remain robust, forecasting export growth of 28% and import growth of nearly 34%, resulting in a trade surplus of $112.6 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 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

Back then, the U.S. government temporarily fended off Japanese companies by restricting imports.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

“I mean, hers isn’t twelve feet tall. But she imports stuff...from China. We’re Chinese.”

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

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

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

Food prices are likely to remain the main source of volatility as El Nino conditions strengthen, while sustained rupiah weakness could gradually feed into imported inflation, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 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

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

For others, such as certain businesses with older imports or companies importing low-cost goods that used to enter the U.S. duty-free, the timing of any payouts remains unknown.

From The Wall Street Journal ● 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

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

To her, Mr. Edwards was in the importing business, and even if she had known—which she probably did—what business he was really in, she would not have believed it.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck