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Aside from the unexpected slump in non-rural goods, we note that imports are still strong in capital, so the business investment theme is still alive and well.

Aside from the effects of high oil prices, growth in imports in general can be interpreted as a sign that domestic demand is robust, another reason to say the Japanese economy is on the right track.

Crude stocks should show a sizable increase as an expected further recovery in imports toward 10 million barrels a day more than negates the impact of additional refinery restarts.

Crude inventories are at extraordinarily high levels, due in part to a steady flow of imports in recent months, giving the market a thick buffer against potential supply disruptions.

There was a larger-than-expected draw in crude-oil stocks and imports fell, which was surprising given that ports had reopened. The size of the distillate draw wasn't spectacular but is disconcerting given that we are approaching the heating season.

There's a feeling that oil prices will work higher still. The U.S. is more dependent on foreign imports than it has been in a while, and with oil prices on the rise, buyers moved quickly into oil stocks and energy related stocks,

The trade surplus will continue to shrink because of higher oil prices and sluggish exports. The direct effect of high oil prices on Japan is negligible and domestic capital spending is strong which is also causing imports to rise.

The trade deficit will gradually narrow, but you'll still see a reasonably firm clip continue in imports as investment is going to remain strong.

The trend is not going to be that great if imports are picking up in momentum.

The United States has means to wound Latin American countries deeply, chiefly by altering trade policies to cut imports in ways that would throw thousands out of work.

The wider-than-expected deficit is due to high oil prices, which have now peaked. The growth in the value of imports will not last as we expect crude prices will cool later this year.

The risk would be very low, if proper precautions are strictly followed, ... And even if imports are resumed, we must consider halting (imports) once again if those conditions are not met.

These data indicate that wholesale deliveries to retailers are falling quickly, responding to the slowing pace of retail sales. However, deliveries from manufacturers and imports have not slowed as sharply. Unless retail sales revive, wholesalers will continue to cut their orders from manufacturers and imports, maintaining the downward pressure on the factory sector.

The situation is only getting worse. We started to notice it in July when imports really started to increase.

The short-term situation in the U.S. is not good. With the refinery turnaround season, products should be tight but crude imports are higher and there is warm weather.

The surprising fall in gasoline stocks and the approach of the cold are sending us higher. Also, imports contracted and gasoline demand rose.

The surplus will begin to moderate at some point relatively soon, partly because of some slowing in U.S. growth and partly because Japanese imports will begin to catch up a bit to the export surge.

The narrowing trade surplus reflects some weakness in electronics exports and rising commodity imports but it's unlikely to be enough to relieve pressure from the U.S. in the short term.

A few more refineries going on scheduled maintenance and a tapering off on imports will bring stock levels back to that seen about a year ago.

The old business model was that bigger plants gained economies of scale -- the more cars you made, the more profitable you became. The new buzz word is flexibility. The successful manufacturers will be the ones that can react quickly and make subtle changes. ... That's something the imports have perfected, but Ford is really grappling with.

The most-researched vehicles list makes it clear that the import manufacturers are doing a better job than the domestic makers in conceiving and producing high-volume vehicles. The Big 3 automakers used to dominate the top sellers, but this list is another indication that imports are mainstream vehicles to a broad cross-section of Americans.

Oil prices should be supported by renewed imports into China, while multiples remain low in the sector.

Oil prices should be supported by renewed imports into China. The banks, however, should see some moderation in their very strong earnings momentum.

Oil is an important culprit. But it is much more than that. Non-oil imports rose by 0.6 percent.

Oil imports and the dark cloud they cast over this country requires dramatic and immediate attention. When that prolonged oil crisis occurs, Americans will pay anything because they will have no choice. Why wait until a catastrophe strikes to get truly serious about addressing the problem?

Action taken by Japan today to halt U.S. beef imports is an unfortunate temporary setback to U.S. cattle producers, particularly in light of recent success to re-open the market. The vertebral column found in the shipments does not pose a health risk since the animal was less than 30 months of age.

An increase in oil imports means more demand out of Japan for the dollar to buy them.

The bottom line, however, is that, while immigration and imports can significantly cushion the consequences of the wealth effect and its draining pool of unemployed workers for awhile, there are limits,

The bottom line: we have lost a significant share of our natural gas supply, and imports cannot offset this loss. The result will be higher natural gas prices this winter.

The CAFTA region currently imports $15 billion annually of U.S. agriculture and manufactured goods.

As long as energy prices are high, the trade surplus is going to shrink. The volume of imports is starting to pick up, so it's consistent with the domestic demand recovery.

You need to figure that out because that's what the Customs Bureau uses to figure out exports and imports to our country.

This is not over. It is not just about gas. Russia over the last two weeks has taken decisions on limiting the exports of meat (to Ukraine), limiting the imports of metal products and has increased tariffs on oil exports.

The U.N. Security Council would be hurting the world more than it was hurting Iran if it restricted Iranian oil exports. The United Nations might restrict other Iranian exports or limit Iranian imports of military equipment, but I don't see the U.N. Security Council imposing sanctions on Iranian oil.

This fear is unfounded, ... We are capable of preventing unnecessary imports and can impose import duties or increase existing duties as required.

Although the trade surplus declined for the ninth straight month, both exports and imports were up strongly in December.

Americans depend upon imports to fill the gap.

This morning Russian imports fell 24%; that's 6% of our total imports.

The report of the best industry job gains in over 11 years is more evidence that strong actions taken by the administration last year to slow the flood of predatory-priced imports from China are having positive effects on domestic producers.

They're denied almost all imports except under tight control. They don't really trade with the world any more in any particular way. Their bank accounts are frozen. So on economic grounds, we've essentially done the worst we can do with Iraq, and so far they've survived.

They have not actually suspended all the imports (to Hong Kong) as I far as I know.

There is uncertainty over the trend of imports of IT (information technology) goods in the US, where IT investment is running at a historically high level,

It's a respectable number for the wrong reasons. It's still oil that's driving imports whilst electronics, which are the No.1 export, are still down. We will surely see some slowdown in exports.

It looks like a temporary move lower. It appears that imports were affected by the timing of holidays in Asia.

It's a pretty big drop. It shows that we didn't have a large flow of imports and we know anecdotally that those cheaper imports, especially for the Christmas season, are coming.

It's going to be hard in the near term to do anything more than slow the rate of deterioration in the deficit. Imports are just too large compared with exports.

It's quite disappointing. It's up substantially. It's pretty worrying given the list of the imports against the exports.

Even with the Canadian dollar appreciating some 6 U.S. cents through the year, both exports and imports in 2005 surged to record high levels.

The borrowing paid for the imports that the United States bought from countries that were suffering from deep recessions and pulled them out of those recessions.

The availability of low-cost imports also affects retail prices, which have declined by more than 35 percent since 1997, with much of that decline coming in the last six months. As a result, we are no longer able to make an adequate profit manufacturing bicycles in North America.

It's very easy to talk about limiting imports of bedding or shoes or whatever, but once you do it and prices shoot up, then you will get a backlash.

It will not be possible to apply safeguards if the data on legal imports shows nothing untoward.

The U.S. now imports over half of its oil supply from the Middle East. This dangerous dependence on foreign energy sources is an issue of national security.

They are observing the increase of our cropland and may become important suppliers, as Brazil imports over 50% of its needs.

Serbia produces wheat and so - understandably - they want to protect their farmers from imports of cheap wheat and bread. But we have our own port and think that we should give our people the cheapest prices for bread, no matter where we import it from.

The international community cannot force the Iraqi regime to spend its money on its own people. Only the regime can do that. What we can do is force them to spend all the money they receive from the outside world for permitted imports on their own people.

I'm expecting builds across the board. Imports should continue to arrive at a high rate, which will raise crude stocks, and refineries continue to return, which should do the same for the products.

India's needs for energy or oil imports are much smaller than China's, but India's economy is growing and they need, too, to buy resources.

I'm really surprised this has become so troublesome. The U.S. depends on imports for many textile categories, so the two sides should be able to find more common ground.

Imports seem to have continued to grow rapidly, reflecting higher energy prices. The near-term outlook for exports remains positive.

Imports remain a concern with the currency holding at $US0.75 cents and cost pressures persist, in particular for power and transport.

Imports on the other hand are up because of rises in oil prices. Still, on a volume basis exports are growing more than imports.

Imports into the U.S. are going to continue to be high until at least the end of the year.

Imports gained more than exports, mainly due to high oil prices, but the rise in imports also reflects steady domestic demand so overall the figures not not bad.

Imports from IEA countries are almost completed. The demand-supply balance is a little tighter.

Imports are up as well as refinery runs. The hurricane season is, cross your fingers, almost over. I expect $56.00 by the end of next week.

Imports are extremely strong because there's a lot of demand from consumers for goods. The increase in oil prices played a large role in that but, it still points to an extremely strong economy.

Imports are coming in pretty much as fast as they can. Even if it takes a while to get production back, it's really not an issue.

Imports are about twice as large as exports, so just to stabilize the deficit, exports have to grow twice as fast. That's a pretty tall order. Then you throw oil on top of it.

Imports and transplants have eaten Detroit's lunch and are beginning to nibble at its dinner as well.

Imports and transplants are again the big winners in 2005, and will close out the year with about 40.5 percent of the market, up from 38.8 percent in 2004.

If you are talking about downtown, regular people won't be able to live there. For a city that already imports half its workforce, that's a problem. What we have is a growing affordability gap.

In addition to huge nuclear expansion in China, India and Eastern Europe, President Bush continues to promote the expansion of U.S. nuclear power -- a goal we note would help to alleviate a growing U.S. dependency on imported petroleum. Imports of crude & refined products now represent almost 60% of U.S. petroleum consumption - up from 30% in the mid-1980s. Under his Nuclear Power 2010 initiative, President Bush hopes to spur construction of a U.S. greenfield nuclear power plant by the end of the decade.

High global commodity prices should have helped to underpin the import value of raw materials, but imports of capital goods probably remained subdued.

Canada's subsidized imports of softwood lumber harm the U.S. lumber industry.

Changes in certain crops can affect imports and exports.

By 2010, Africa could be providing the United States with as many oil imports as the Middle East.

By that point, most of the refining capacity was back on line. You were getting very significant imports from Europe. These are things that knock the legs out from under a market.

By Monday, our gas imports from Russia have fallen by over 40%.

Gasoline will continue to lead other energy contracts until Gulf-area refineries return and European imports start to arrive.

Gasoline has led us higher this week and that should continue to be the case. There is a small supply deficit, a lot of refineries have scheduled maintenance early next year and imports are beginning to trail off. The gasoline market is going to shine in 2006.

Gasoline has led the way lower. High imports and expectations of a switch to gasoline production have led to concerns that supplies will swell as we go into the summer driving season.

Gasoline demand is low enough and imports high enough to have another stock build.

Most of our imports come from other countries

We are getting more and more imports from abroad.

More and more of our imports are coming from overseas

However, it is not all bad news as the slide was largely driven by a strong 27.3% rise in imports. While this reflects oil prices, to some extent, underlying imports are rising, which bodes well for the economy.

However, in spite of our best efforts, our fine relationship has been strained by Japan's continued ban on imports of U.S. beef.

Creativity is an import-export business.

The things of God are of deep import; and time, and experience, and careful and ponderous and solemn thoughts can only find them out.

The major issue here is the huge build in gasoline stocks. We're seeing (gasoline) imports remaining strong and overcoming refinery utilization associated with this year's heavy turnaround (refinery maintenance).

These are difficult decisions impacting mills with a significant history for our company, ... However, the strong dollar has continuously weakened our export business in containerboard, while increasing imports of coated paper.

The E.U. imports more agricultural goods from developing countries around the world than does the U.S., Canada and Japan, combined.

The increase may seem small but the fact that imports rose despite the high prices and a jump in domestic production showed that China's consumption grew well.

The goal of reducing Middle East imports is a meaningless goal.

The domestics have been suffering and the imports have been gaining. The real question is: What's going to happen in 2006?

The dollar's weakness stems from many factors. The China news is one of them, ... It is great electioneering rhetoric, but the import quotas will not stem the tide of Chinese textile imports... nor any other imports from China.

The gains in imports are a sign of strong domestic demand and show how resilient the economy is now. With growth in the U.S. and other export markets set to accelerate, exports will be strong for some time.

The figures on Chinese textile imports that we have from Customs and Excise and the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) show no major increase.

And if this slowdown took place in 2004, it would be offset by an acceleration of Japanese imports from the region and higher global trade growth,