Put that way we can see that what we actually want is to have the maximum amount of imports at the very lowest prices that we can.
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Since July, 2005, the yuan has appreciated by 21 percent against the dollar, yet this has had no impact on either the amount of imports from China or the U.S. trade deficit with the country.
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For one thing, the nation only contains 11 million people, meaning that there is a ceiling on the amount of agricultural imports it can handle.
America, of course, still imports a massive amount of foreign oil and runs a substantial energy-related trade deficit.
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Thus, applying CVD duties and antidumping duties against imports from NME countries double counts the amount of the subsidy and results in a double tax on imports.
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Of that amount, less than half reflected the actual costs of Chinese imports.
The taxpayer with a traditional paper filing at least must sign the return before mailing, and that imports a certain amount of due diligence.
But the Freedonian Food Reserve (popularly known as the Fred), the state monopoly that controls food distribution on Freedonia, imports the same amount of food each week regardless of the season.
The central bank, which has kept interest rates high to offset lax fiscal policy, is in a policy bind: even higher rates might attract a destabilising amount of speculative capital, while lower rates would fuel domestic demand and imports, pushing the current-account deficit higher.
The U.S. Department of Energy says in the seven years that hybrids have been available here, the total amount of gasoline saved adds up to less than the amount the United States imports every day.
China only produces about 4 million barrels per day, and imports the remaining amount, making the Asian giant the second largest importer of oil, says the EIA. The largest importer of oil in the world has been the U.S., with an intake of 8.7 million barrels per day, according to the EIA. Japan imports the third most oil, at 4.3 million barrels per day.
Basic price is the amount receivable by the producer for a unit of a good or service excluding any taxes on products and imports, but including subsidies on products and imports.
It accounts for 15% of the U.S.'s crude-oil imports, less than half the amount the U.S. imports from Canada, Mexico and Venezuela.
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