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In return, Canada will import 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles under a preferential tariff rate.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

The U.S. will import 80% of its needed large power transformers this year and half of its distribution transformers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

A wholesaler will import a shipping container of disposables and then sell the contents to smaller distributors, who then sell the products to local stores out of vans or trucks.

From Washington Times • Jun. 27, 2023

The closure of the ovens, which means British Steel will import coke, has been seen as a concerning indicator about the health and future of the UK steel industry.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2023

We will import Polish grain, and sell it permanently at thirty-six or forty shillings a quarter;" but it says, "we will open our harbours to the Polish farmers who can do so.

From Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 365, March, 1846 by Various