The less we import, the more control we have over what happens at the pump.

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That pattern met the needs of centralised political control and the policy of import substitution pursued until 1982.

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The two organizations work like a massive corporate conglomerate and have major control over the export-import components of both the official and the unofficial economy.

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The Portuguese had no will to resist this costly expansion of government control, so they complied with those directives, and now the Portuguese people have to import seafood and orange marmalade.

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He and Mr Krajisnik have allegedly made fortunes through their control of companies like Centreks and Selekt-Impeks, which have a near-monopoly on the import of petrol, cigarettes, coffee and alcohol to Serb areas.

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