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In 2017, a BBC investigation found councils in Scotland were importing chicken from Thailand and turkey from Brazil for school dinners.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

In Brazil they couldn’t grow wheat for a time, and before they were importing it, they were relying on cassava flour everywhere.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2025

Smith noted, for example, that some of the chemical analyses could have been interpreted as evidence that Egyptians were importing plants found in the present-day Americas.

From Washington Post • Feb. 1, 2023

Baltic neighbors Latvia and Estonia are also heavily dependent on Russian gas but the operator of Latvia’s natural gas storage said none of the three Baltic states were importing Russian gas as of April 2.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 3, 2022

We were importing relatively less and less of manufactured and finished products, and more of raw materials; and we were exporting less and less of raw materials and more of finished products.

From Modern Economic Problems Economics Volume II by Fetter, Frank Albert