Sentence examples for widens imports from inspiring English sources

Trade: D- US slightly widens imports of certain Cuban products, such as cigars, however its globally condemned trade embargo remains biggest obstacle to normalised ties; Republican-controlled US Congresisted resisted Obama's calls for it to be lifted.

The trade deficit widened, as imports grew even faster than exports, increasing 16.4%.

That pushes up the lira, encourages spending on imports and widens the current-account deficit.

Net trade continued to drag on GDP growth as the gap between exports and imports widened further in the second quarter.

The shortfall between exports and imports widened from £8.6bn in the third quarter to £10.4bn, fuelling concerns that UK's deteriorating trading position will be a drag on GDP growth this year.

China, considered to be the world's biggest ivory market, has widened restrictions on imports and announced its plans to take "significant and timely steps" towards ending all ivory trading.

According to figures just released, our trade deficit on oil imports widened in March for the first time in eight months.

Lax policy stokes too much demand, sucking in imports and widening the current-account gap.

"The total trade deficit disappointingly and unexpectedly widened in December as imports rose more than exports.

Another report showed that the United States trade gap widened in October as imports surged to a record level, reflecting strong demand in the recovering economy.

The trade deficit - the difference between the value of Britain's exports and imports - widened to £9.6 billion in the fourth quarter, up from £8.1 billion in the previous quarter.