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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

Countries that need gas and don’t have enough of it can either import it via expensive pipelines or as liquefied natural gas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

Savvy operators within these organizations diverted trucks and colluded with smugglers to import fleets of secondhand cars, vans, and buses from China.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden

The modest rise in June imports was led by computers and computer peripherals, without which inbound shipments would have fallen 1.3% for the month.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

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

The imports increased solar’s share in the mix that Ember tracks, Fulghum wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

Early in the war, British warships swept German shipping from the seas and clamped a total blockade on German seaports, cutting off most of Germany’s imports.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

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

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

But Dora says imported goods could also be affected, particularly wine from countries such as France, which has also faced severe high temperatures.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

Mozeliak imported nine prospects, only one of which will report to the major-league team.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

Everybody understood that it was a word imported from the law courts, and with it came an established set of standards for judging the reliability of testimony.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

"Simply importing an AI model does not mean it will work well locally."

From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026

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

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

Indeed, that very same year Congress passed a law forbidding Americans from being involved in importing slaves.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson