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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

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

"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

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

OTTAWA—Canada’s goods-trade surplus with the world widened slightly in June as a softer currency helped drive the value of exports and imports to all-time highs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Exports of Canadian goods increased 0.4% to C$77.79 billion in the latest month, while imports nudged up 0.2% to C$73.63 billion, the national data agency said.

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

Because Athenian bulk exports to Egypt would have been far more limited than her imports, Alexandrian cargo ships would come home far higher in the water than when they set out.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

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

He is accused of heading a company that routinely mislabeled shipments to evade taxes on fuel imported from Texas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

The furniture was imported from abroad, along with all the other comforts—silverware, silk-covered chairs, white christening gowns, porcelain washing bowls.

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

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

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

Under the restrictive measures, EU individuals and companies are prohibited from purchasing, importing or transporting gold originating in Sudan.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 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