(Importer: Palm Bay Imports, Boca Raton, Fla).
Cotton cultivation, moreover, encroached on grain production, transforming the country from a net exporter to a net importer, thus undermining its food security [ 8, 9].
The Department of Homeland Security has failed to confirm whether most of the 36 ports and 5,000 importers it certified have tightened security, agency records show.
And if China does become a large importer of wheat — it imports a lot of soybeans but tries to be essentially self-sufficient in rice and other grains for national security reasons — then it could push up world prices and make it harder for poor countries to afford food imports.
The world's major oil exporters and importers have a joint interest in its security.
A Peace Corps veteran and former steel importer-exporter, Staab, 74, lives on Social Security and a pension.
Because China is not a great importer or exporter of fish, the food-security implications are limited to the region.
Sounds nice, but when it comes to implementing cargo security measures, why would a big importer or shipper go with Motorola over one of the more established players in the government and technology business?
Security might also be a factor: energy importers may want a proportion of their needs met by sources over which they have control.Nuclear fans point to Finland where a private consortium seems to have managed to finance a new power plant without government subsidy.
While the US is no longer a major importer of Saudi oil, Saudi Arabia still needs the US for its security.
