The Labor Department revised November's import increase to 1.5% and reported that import prices gained 4.8% overall in 2010, instigated by higher fuel prices since October.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Tim Murphy, a Pennsylvania congressman, is championing a bill that would give Congress power to review presidential decisions on whether or not to increase import duties in the face of sudden dislocations.

ECONOMIST: Economic nationalism rears its ugly head

The fact that a 21 percent increase in the value of the Yuan was met with a 38.7 percent increase in import value means that the quantity of Chinese imports demanded increased by nearly 15 percent after the price change.

FORBES: Economists Ignore the Facts in Supporting Chinese Currency Legislation

This month it has sought to douse the ardour with a sharp increase in the import tariff on gold.

ECONOMIST: India��s golden tariffs

The raising of the value of the Yuan can make it less expensive for China to import oil and other commodities but can also increase the price of oil to the U.S. consumers as the value of the dollar continues to decline.

FORBES: China Momentum Continues, But What Does It Mean?

Inflation will increase as higher energy, food and import costs feed through to consumer prices.

ECONOMIST: Economic woes

Ordinarily, a question of whether to reauthorize the U.S. Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im) and to increase its loan limit would be about asuncontroversial a proposition as one could find on Capitol Hill.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Fund But Verify the Export-Import Bank

In Germany, import prices rose 1.6% last month, the third increase of more than 1% in four months.

BBC: The demon is out there

Farming in the rest of the world will continue to get more efficient, Europe will import more and more food and the burden of supporting Europe's farmers will increase.

ECONOMIST: Food and science

For example, you didn't mention that the recent interest-rate rise on January 31st followed both an unexpected increase in the cash reserve ratio by the central bank and cuts to import duty on several items by the government in order to check inflation.

ECONOMIST: Is India still shining?

According to the report, a surge in the petroleum import bill and a decrease in the surplus on income accounted for the deficit's increase.

FORBES: Worst Of Both Worlds

The President of the Export-Import Bank, in consultation with other members of the Export Promotion Cabinet, shall take steps to increase the availability of credit to SMEs.

WHITEHOUSE: Executive Order 13534 - National Export Initiative