Foreign investment is also declining, and local production is paralyzed, necessitating expensive imports.

So for now, the world must hope that Americans continue gorging on foreign imports.

Domestically, they have to compete with imports, new foreign investors and expanding large domestic firms.

Like guest workers, outsourcing imports labor services, but the foreign workers stay in their own backyards.

Competition from foreign firms is everywhere through imports, inward FDI and non equity forms of participation.

It was foreseen that the necessary foreign exchange would be generated through savings on fuel imports.

It is possible that, before the end of the decade, China s current account surplus will move into deficit, as the country imports more than it exports and spends its foreign investment income on imports rather than on foreign securities.

And lowering administrative barriers to imports might redirect more spending toward foreign goods than the authorities intend.

Agricultural policy describes a set of laws relating to domestic agriculture and imports of foreign agricultural products.

18. Foreign exchange constraints will continue to severely limit the imports of other basic foodstuffs and feedgrain.

17. Finally, for sustained economic growth, African countries must earn foreign exchange in order to pay for essential imports.

Imports

Imports

Exports Imports

quot Imports

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has agreed to review the situation with respect to vehicle imports to try to find a solution.

The United States also owns one fourth of foreign direct investments and imports 22 per cent of goods traded the world over.

(c) Imports exports

Illegal Imports Detected

Mining equipment imports

Cancelled imports 858

Total imports (c.i.f.)

b Imports f.o.b.

Chapter 4. Finance measures Measures that regulate access to and the cost of foreign exchange for imports and define the terms of payment.

US consumers buy imports rather than American made goods because imports are cheaper.

( Normally dutiable imports include imports taking place under preferential terms as well as imports taking place under less preferential terms or MFN terms.

Now, it imports rice.

Imports of military equipment

Total imports Total exports

d Excluding NAAFI imports.

Let's take food imports.

(b) Unusually high imports in 2003, compensating for unusually low imports in previous year

Japan imports oranges from California.

Imports of military equipment X

Agricultural imports (billions of dollars)

Imports (billions of dollars) c

Cancelled imports without compensatory contracts

Imports of military equipment X

Imports data submitted 32 28

Imports and exports have increased.

Exports perfume and imports bananas.

While US imports are declining sharply, German imports are holding up without any economic stimulus plan.

Mozambique, for example, imports 60 of its wheat consumption, and Egypt imports 50 of its food supplies.

China imports oil from Sudan, and Sudan imports low cost items as well as armaments from China.

It is also helping to bring down the domestic cost of imports and is thus stimulating imports.