1.   ...imported goods from Mexico and India.

2.   The Customs Service claimed that this was to prevent commercial traders evading duty by importing goods as private individuals.

3.   Grocers, confectioners and tobacconists imported exotic goods in bulk and haberdashers, apothecaries, ironmongers and booksellers catered for growing local demand.

4.   The Administration has, however, insisted that the agreement will not allow goods to be imported which fall below US safety standards.

5.   The more productive country would still benefit from specialisation in those goods it produces best, and should then import those goods it is comparatively worse at producing.

6.   As the United States imports more goods, foreign businesses reap more dollars.

7.   Barcia said the United States has been more interested in importing goods than exporting them.

8.   Beneficiaries include retailers like Wal-Mart Stores Inc., which will be able to import goods more cheaply.

9.   A rising dollar also reduced the U.S. currency cost of importing goods and helped keep inflation in check.

10.   A shrinking trade gap means Japanese are buying more dollars to import goods, thus increasing demand for the U.S. currency.