41.   Other companies can import refined oil products directly but only if they secure a special permit from the government.

42.   Russia has established itself as a major energy provider, and the United States is anxious to import more oil from such friends and less from unstable Mideast exporters.

43.   Tanker trucks import Iraqi oil to Jordan under an annual protocol.

44.   The Bush administration has information that suggests Syria was importing Iraqi oil outside the U.N. sanctions regime, but the U.S. official did not say how much.

45.   The former Soviet republic imports natural oil, phosphates, light industry goods and pharmaceutics from the three nations.

46.   The United States has cautioned Syria about importing illicit oil from Iraq, State Department spokesman Richard Bouhcer said Thursday.

47.   Vaclav Junek, a prominent foreign trade official under the Communists, now imports Russian oil.

48.   However only two received long sentences, including the man who imported the oil.

49.   Indonesian President Suharto called Tuesday for the state-oil and gas firm Pertamina to seek new reserves and delay the day when the country must import oil.

50.   Cuba uses one third of its foreign currency earnings to import oil.