1.   A stronger local currency has helped Vietnam import capital equipment it needs to modernize its backward factories and repay its heavy state bank debt at favorable prices.

2.   Chinese officials have said Beijing will remove the current duty exemption enjoyed by foreign-funded companies importing equipment during next year.

3.   In April last year, China removed an exemption on import duties for foreign companies importing equipment.

4.   Kluger married a Catholic woman from Ireland, settled in Rome and started a business importing heavy equipment.

5.   Manufacturers who locate there can import equipment duty-free.

6.   Seif said he will continue to import the equipment, he said, and he will not stoop to turning his back on his Israeli acquaintances.

7.   The company imports photosensitive equipment used in scientific devices, including HIV blood tests.

8.   The government had promised television by June, but a deal to import used equipment from Malaysia fell apart.

9.   Through this group, bin Laden recruited fighters from around the world and imported heavy equipment such as bulldozers to build roads and shelters.

10.   Until the FDA is satisfied, National Medical Care is barred from importing dialysis equipment made at the plant.