Hoverboards – also known as self-balancing scooters, e-boards or swegways – are selling fast in the run-up to Christmas, but there have been reports that poor quality imported versions are fire hazards.
The futuristic gadget – also known as a self-balancing scooter, eboard or swegway – is selling fast in the runup to Christmas, but there have been reports that poor quality, imported versions are a fire hazard.
The pill was Tramadol, a mild opioid painkiller of poor quality imported through the tunnels from Egypt.
Over the past year, small cross-border traders have been slowly shut out by higher tariffs and new bureaucratic requirements, presented as measures to reduce smuggling and stop poor-quality imports from China.
It has set up an international-standard manufacturing facility for the production of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) – the only such facility in sub-Saharan Africa outside of South Africa – in order to increase self-sufficiency of drug production for the region, and to counter the fact that there are a large number of poor-quality imports.
Though detailed data are not available, medical imaging equipment for ultrasonography, CT scan or MRI existing in the 1990s appeared to have been on the whole both scarce and of poor quality (equipment imported second-hand).
Several previous Shabab statements accused the agency of undermining local agriculture, as well as importing poor quality food.
If the main ingredient is noted for poor quality, country C will import less product from country B, and the B-C trade will decrease.
"Made in Russia" has meant poor quality for so long that most seek imported goods when they want high technology.
Many imported safety matches were of poor quality and often failed to ignite when scratched against the side of the box.
Stanley acted upon a remark made by his father in 1854 about the high cost and poor quality of English drawing instruments compared to those imported from France and Switzerland, and started a business making mathematical and drawing instruments.
