The mercury for the thermometers was imported, primarily from the United States, and finished thermometers were exported to markets in the United States and Europe.
As much as half of the timber and much of the paper pulp consumed by China is imported, primarily from tropical nations or nearby Siberia.
Increased reliance on imports began in the 1970s, and by the beginning of the 21st century about three-fourths of Italy's natural gas was imported, primarily from Algeria, Russia, and the Netherlands.
Domestically available coal offers predictability and peace of mind at a time when renewable energy is still at the very beginning of its development, a potential nuclear power plant is still in discussion stages, and the majority of natural gas consumed in Poland needs to be imported from abroad, primarily from Russia.
More than four-fifths of Missouri's electricity is supplied by coal-fired power plants, with coal imported primarily from Wyoming.
In 2012, the U.S. was a net importer of natural gas, with approximately 2 trillion cubic feet of natural gas imported primarily from Canada.
Brahman are indicine cattle developed in the US as a composite of Nelore, Gir, Guzerat and Indu Brazil cattle originating in India but imported primarily from Brazil.
Frogs in these shops are imported live primarily from farms in Taiwan, Brazil and Ecuador and sold as food for their legs.
Because a competent intermediate host is present and schistosomes can be imported by migrants and travelers returning (primarily) from sub-Saharan Africa, autochthonous foci of schistosomiasis could become established throughout susceptible Mediterranean areas in southern Europe.
