Sentence examples for costly import from inspiring English sources

The new restrictions range from higher tariffs to costly import licences and customs controls.

Chinese companies, by producing all or a large part of their products within the expanded union, could avoid costly import duties.

Profits slid just a bit in China, where TCL had a particularly strong franchise, and in other poor countries, where bizarre and costly import restraints favour clever manufacturers who are willing to ship televisions disassembled to precisely the level required under the law.

Costly imports are still required.

It requires no costly imports of oil from countries that breed terrorists.

Although much of the population remained engaged in farming, too little food was produced, requiring increasingly costly imports.

The coffin lids, made of a costly imported hardwood, turned out to be the researchers' Rosetta stone.

Britain's balance of trade improved (see chart 1), but not nearly enough to offset the hit to household finances from more costly imports.

A weaker dollar, more costly imports, and an outflow of capital could restrain the economy just as a strong dollar, cheap imports and a seemingly endless bounty of foreign capital once unleashed it.

And, when treated properly, it is a far better vegetable than the costly imports from the southern hemisphere that currently gobble up aviation fuel to take their place on supermarket shelves.

Mr. Sesto said that, despite delays and costly imported materials, he expected to finish the job at a cost close to the approximately $78 million that has been approved so far.