1.   Grain futures fell amid concern that financially strapped Asian nations will import fewer U.S. agricultural products.

2.   The nation must import the rest of its energy needs, and about half its imported crude comes from Russia.

3.   The nation imports refined petroleum as well, including gasoline and home heating oil.

4.   The nation now imports about half of what consumers use.

5.   With the nation already importing half its oil, and domestic production falling, the independents see themselves as the bulwark against even greater foreign domination.

6.   European nations imported raw materials and technology from the United States to get their own nuclear industries off the ground.

7.   If the nation will not import any European cattle, Red Cross blood banks should follow a similar donor policy, she said.

8.   Last week, President Thabo Mbeki rejected calls to declare a state of emergency to allow the nation to import cheaper generic drugs to deal with its AIDS crisis.

9.   The nation imported mainly technical equipment and agricultural and industrial items, the report said.

10.   The United States suggested a compromise solution which would allow the central African highland nation to import a limited amount of military hardware, the diplomats said.