Sentence examples for be a net importer from inspiring English sources

Consumers in vine-free bits of Europe hop around the world as they browse supermarket shelves for wine (70% of wine drunk in Ireland is imported into the European Union, and the union may soon be a net importer of wine by volume).

We will be a net importer of jobs into the UK.

Energy experts project that China, with its increasingly restrictive policies, may no longer be a net importer by 2015.

Britain is usually the EU's third biggest wheat grower but it will be a net importer for the first time in 11 years.

During a conference call Tuesday, Kraft executives reiterated that the company would keep a strong presence in Britain and would be a "net importer" of jobs in the country.

Many economists argue that because China has a relatively high return on capital, it should be a net importer of capital ie, it should run a current-account deficit, not a surplus as it does now.

Florida, for example, whose demand for electricity is growing at about 3.7% a year, is a net importer of energy.

And besides importing petrol, Mexico is a net importer of natural gas from the US.To reverse this course, Pemex needs to explore for new reserves in its deep waters in the Gulf of Mexico, but lacks the financial resources and expertise to do so.

In 2000, China was a net importer of steel with 13% of world imports and 16% of global output.

He said: "It is time to acknowledge that whilst the policy does mean that a significant amount of fee grant is being paid to Welsh students studying at institutions in England, it is also important to consider that Wales is a net importer of students from other parts of the UK.

Australia is a net importer in forest products of around $2 billion per annum, comprising mostly imports of paper and paperboard from China and sawn timber from New Zealand.