11.   They have rejected U.S. arguments that a ban on importing war materials provides justification enough.

12.   As a result of the problems, Thailand has to import its materials from further afield, such as Europe and Africa, which leads to higher costs.

13.   Companies had to have dollars to import some materials and repay their foreign loans.

14.   He called on the industry to buy local building materials to save on foreign exchange, rather than importing the materials.

15.   In the meantime, Israel has barred the Palestinians from importing building materials, such as special rocks from a West Bank quarry.

16.   It also will pay to import construction materials to rebuild the damaged infrastructure.

17.   Iraq denied Thursday the allegation that it had attempted to import German material for making heavy-caliber guns.

18.   It might even give start importing construction materials for buildings to replace the container villages.

19.   Maquiladoras import materials duty-free and assemble them for export.

20.   Still, Japan has concentrated on setting up factories along the border, importing materials from the U.S. and re-exporting manufactured products.