61.   Italian imports were more than four times that.

62.   Japanese imports of raw materials are more costly to transport than its exports of finished goods, economists said.

63.   Leading imports were petroleum products, steel, clinker, motorbikes and urea.

64.   Leading imports are automobiles and auto components, steel, urea fertilizer, petroleum products, cement and motorbikes.

65.   Longer loan terms for imports also are financing the current account deficit, said Lopes.

66.   Meanwhile, imports are at record levels thanks to American consumers, flush with cash, or at least quick with credit cards.

67.   Moreover, rising imports are a sign of consumer strength.

68.   None of the Americans had seen such a stamp before, yet its import was unmistakable.

69.   Net imports are from the U.S. and Germany.

70.   Or to rationalize their position by insisting that Japanese imports are passe.