But most food comes from imports. Before the earthquake, the Haitian government and private groups were working to improve agriculture.

VOA: special.2010.04.13

The people who collected customs -- taxes on imports -- could keep part of the money they collected.

VOA: special.2010.03.11

These proposed putting an end to the independent treasury, the establishment of a new national bank, and a tax increase on imports.

VOA: special.2009.01.29

Joseph said his brother felt strongly that American products should be protected against competition from foreign imports.

VOA: special.2009.03.05

China,in turn,said this week that it will investigate imports of American chicken products and auto parts.

VOA: special.2009.09.18

The aim is to stop what American officials call a "harmful" increase in tire imports.

VOA: special.2009.09.18

That meant rice farmers were not only earning less but facing greater competition from imports.

VOA: special.2010.03.23

For manufacturers, it proposed a new tax on imports to protect American industry.

VOA: special.2009.07.09

The high tariffs protected American goods from competing with lower-priced foreign imports.

VOA: special.2010.05.27

They were down 6% from October - but imports were down 12%.

VOA: special.2009.01.16

Once, he spoke in New York about the tax on imports.

VOA: special.2009.01.01

Most of the money came from tariffs -- taxes on imports.

VOA: special.2010.04.29

They demanded even higher taxes on imports to further reduce competition.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

President Harrison had approved very high taxes on imports.

VOA: special.2010.06.17

As a southerner, the president opposed taxes on imports.

VOA: special.2009.02.05

First,he wanted to reduce the tax on imports.

VOA: special.2009.03.05

High tariffs -- taxes on imports.

VOA: special.2010.05.20

China retaliated with a tariff of its own, and has also launched probes of U.S.imports of chicken and auto parts.

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

While much of that wood is produced in American forests, The U.S.imports about $40 billion worth of timber each year.

VOA: standard.2010.05.28

Overall,Indonesian exports to China more than doubled from January to March, while imports from China rose by about 50 percent.

VOA: standard.2010.05.13

(Sound) Like in the summer of 2008, when demonstrations against American beef imports made the front pages of newspapers around the world.

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

Proposals to sanction Iran's gasoline imports, which account for 40 percent of its needs, have been advocated by various lawmakers in recent years.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

Analysts say the country needs to adopt the 2010 budget to resume cooperation with the IMF and pay for natural gas imports from Russia.

VOA: standard.2010.02.14

U.S.exports fell by more than one percent, while imports were up by about three percent.

VOA: standard.2010.08.11

Exports in December rose nearly At the same time, imports leapt nearly 56 percent.

VOA: standard.2010.01.11

India is already Sri Lanka's top source of imports, totaling $3.5 billion annually.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

The World Gold Council says, in the first half of the year, India's gold imports slumped by 26 percent, dropping to their lowest level in six years.

VOA: standard.2009.09.19