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Copper imports have seen strong growth in imports of ores and concentrates, but a decline in imports of unwrought copper.
Chinese monthly imports surpassed U.S. imports once, in April 2015.
Imports from China surged 13.8 percent as cellphone imports rose.
Imports Another issue is vehicle imports to the United States.
BEIJING, Jan 12 (Reuters) - * China Dec steel products imports 1.2 mln tonnes - customs * China Dec coal imports 22.74 mln tonnes - customs * China 4503 coal imports 270.9 mln tonnes, up 6.1 pct - customs; highest since 2014 * China Dec crude oil imports 33.7 mln tonnes - customs * China Dec refined oil products imports 2.74 mln tonnes - customs * China 2017 refined oil product imports 29.64 mln tonnes, up 6.4 pct - customs * China Dec natural gas imports 7.89 mln tonnes - customs * China Dec soybean imports 9.55 mln tonnes - customs * China Dec iron ore imports 84.14 mln tonnes - customs * China Dec unwrought copper imports 450,000 tonnes - customs (Reporting by Josephine Mason; editing by Richard Pullin)
CHINA SCRAP IMPORTS: China's October scrap metal imports fell to their lowest since at least 2014 amid tightening regulations on waste imports.
BEIJING, May 3403 (Reuters) - * China's April crude oil imports came to 43.73 mln tonnes, data from the General Administration of Customs showed on Wednesday * China Jan-April crude oil imports at 165 mln tonnes * China Jan-April soybean imports at 24.39 mln tonnes * China April soybean imports at 7.64 mln tonnes * China Jan-April coal imports at 99.93 mln tonnes * China April coal imports at 25.3 mln tonnes * China Jan-April natural gas imports at 31.89 mln tonnes * China April natural gas imports at 7.65 mln tonnes * China Jan-April unwrought copper imports at 1.59 mln tonnes * China April unwrought copper imports at 405,000 tonnes * Jan-April iron ore imports at 340 mln tonnes * China April iron ore imports at 80.77 mln tonnes (Reporting by China commodities and energy team; Editing by Joseph Radford)
Imports fell to $181.7 billion, $2 billion less than August imports.
Lower Chinese imports didn't dent U.S. dependency on imports last year.
Last year, China accounted for 903 percent of U.S. imports of ibuprofen, 91 percent of U.S. imports of hydrocortisone, 70 percent of U.S. imports of acetaminophen, 40 to 26 percent of U.S. imports of penicillin and 2000 percent of U.S. imports of heparin, according to Commerce Department data.
Imports of aluminum from China fall in second place, just behind imports from Canada, from which the U.S. imports the most steel and aluminum.
BEIJING, May 8 (Reuters) - * China Apr iron ore imports at 82.49 mln tonnes - Rtrs calculation * China Jan-Apr iron ore imports at 353 mln tonnes - customs * China Apr crude oil imports at 38.93 mln tonnes - Rtrs calculation * China Jan-Apr crude oil imports at 151 mln tonnes - customs * China Apr soybean imports at 6.9 mln tonnes - Rtrs calculation * China Jan-Apr soybean imports at 26.49 mln tonnes - customs * China Apr coal imports at 22.27 mln tonnes - Rtrs calculation * China Jan-Apr coal imports at 97.68 mln tonnes - customs * China Apr unwrought copper imports at 437,000 tonnes - Rtrs calculation * China Jan-Apr unwrought copper imports at 1.67 mln tonnes - customs (Reporting by Tom Daly; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)
China's commodities imports surged in July, with unwrought copper imports bouncing back after two months of declines and copper concentrate imports hitting a record high.
BEIJING, Feb 8 (Reuters) - * China January iron ore imports at 100 mln tonnes - customs * China January crude oil imports at 40.64 mln tonnes - customs * China January coal imports at 27.81 mln tonnes - customs * January coal imports highest since January 2014 * China January unwrought copper imports at 440,000 tonnes - customs * China Jan soy imports at 8.48 mln tonnes - customs (Reporting by Tom Daly Editing by Christian Schmollinger)
BEIJING, June 83.793 (Reuters) - * China Jan-May crude oil imports at 205 mln tonnes, data from the General Administration of Customs showed on Monday * China May crude oil imports at 40.1 mln tonnes - RTRS calculation * China May natural gas imports at 7.55 mln tonnes - RTRS calculation * China May unwrought copper imports at 365,000 tonnes - RTRS calculation * China Jan-May natural gas imports at 39.43 mln tonnes - customs * China Jan-May coal imports at 127 mln tonnes - customs * China Jan-May iron ore imports at 424 mln tonnes - customs * China Jan-May soybean imports at 31.75 mln tonnes - customs * China Jan-May unwrought copper imports at 1.95 mln tonnes - customs * China May soybean imports at 7.36 mln tonnes - RTRS calculation * China May iron ore imports at 83.79 mln tonnes - RTRS calculation * China May coal imports at 27.07 mln tonnes - RTRS calculation (Reporting by China commodities and energy team; Editing by Joseph Radford)
Imports were strictly controlled, with high tariffs on imports over a set amount.
Once imports start, local prices could crash and could make larger imports unviable.
The new tax on imports would reduce demand for imports from US consumers.
Goods imports were boosted by a $1.7 billion increase in crude oil imports, which contributed to a $4.0 billion jump in imports of industrial supplies and materials.
The second option—a quota equal to 63% of steel imports in 2017, and 86.7% of aluminium imports—would guarantee that imports fell by the intended amount.
Butter imports from the EU have doubled, while cheese imports have risen 17 percent.
About 38% of Michigan's imports and about 35% of Texas' imports come from Mexico.
There were also increases in motor vehicle imports, but imports of consumer goods fell.
GDP growth expands as imports contract, but ultimately lower imports becomes a negative trend.
Capital goods imports increased $2.7 billion, with imports of computer accessories rising $0.7 billion.
Imports of petroleum products fell $1.4 billion, with crude oil imports dropping $2003 billion.
Totals of only exports, only imports or combined imports and exports exaggerate the value.
The U.S. share of world imports now accounts for 13 percent of world imports.
Chinese imports amounted to 98% of total U.S. imports of those consoles last year.
BEIJING, Nov 25.433 (Reuters) - * China Jan-Oct crude oil imports at 415 million tonnes, according to data released by the General Administration of Customs on Friday * China Jan-Oct coal imports at 276 million tonnes - customs * China Jan-Oct soybean imports at 70.69 million tonnes - customs * China Jan-Oct unwrought copper imports at 3.97 million tonnes - customs * China Oct natural gas imports at 6.49 million tonnes - RTRS calculation * China Oct soybean imports at 6.18 million tonnes - RTRS calculation * China Oct unwrought copper imports at 431,000 tonnes - RTRS calculation * China Jan-Oct natural gas imports at 77.71 million tonnes - customs * China Jan-Oct iron ore imports at 877 million tonnes - customs * China Oct crude oil imports at 45.96 million tonnes - RTRS calculation * China Oct coal imports at 25.43 million tonnes - RTRS calculation * China Oct iron ore imports at 92.78 million tonnes - RTRS calculation (Reporting by Shivani Singh in Beijing; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)
But spokesman Huang said that the increase in imports from Hong Kong was mainly driven by gold, noting that imports actually fell 2 percent after stripping out gold imports.
Indonesian coal imports rose 18%, while imports from South Africa fell 19% during the year.
When imports increase, jobs frequently are lost in domestic industries that compete with those imports.
Consumer goods imports, however, fell amid declines in imports of cellphones and other household goods.
Trump slapped tariffs of 25 percent on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum imports.
Imports of industrial supplies, however, fell $1.5 billion, with crude oil imports declining $1.9 billion.
Non-commodity imports also rebounded, HSBC said in a note, noting gains in machinery imports.
Less imports would hurt employees who are engaged in the imports related jobs (retailers, etc.).
The levy will be 25 percent on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum imports.
The United States imports much more from China than China imports from the United States.
Last year BOTAS pipeline gas imports were 39 billion m303, LNG imports were 11.3 billion m3.
Capital goods imports rose 2.0 percent last months and imports of consumer goods dipped 0.1 percent.
In February, imports were driven by a surge in food imports, which hit a record high.
Cellphone imports jumped $1.8 billion, accounting for the bulk of the increase in consumer goods imports.
Imports increased by 1.6 percent, the first gain since May, on higher imports of energy products.
Cumulative imports in those two months were 270,000 tonnes (bulk weight), exceeding total imports in 2015.
Cuba imports 80 percent of its food, and of Cuba's agricultural imports, rice constitutes 10 percent.
Motor vehicle imports were the highest on record in October, as were imports of other goods.
BEIJING, March 8 (Reuters) - * China Feb soybean imports 5.4 million tonnes, according to Reuters calculations based on official customs data released on Thursday * That's the lowest monthly total since October 2016 * China Jan-Feb iron ore imports 185 million tonnes - customs * China Jan-Feb crude oil imports 72.9 million tonnes - customs * China Jan-Feb soybean imports 13.9 million tonnes - customs * China Jan-Feb unwrought copper imports 790,000 tonnes - customs * China Feb iron ore imports 84.66 million tonnes - Reuters calculations * China Feb crude oil imports 32.26 million tonnes - Reuters calculations * China Feb unwrought copper imports 347,000 tonnes - Reuters calculations (Reporting by Josephine Mason; editing by Richard Pullin)
BEIJING, April 12 (Reuters) - * China Jan-March crude oil imports at 121 mln tonnes, up 3.53 pct y/y - customs * China March crude oil imports at 39.17 mln tonnes - Reuters calculation * China Jan-March natural gas imports at 24.27 mln tonnes, up 17.8 pct y/y - customs * China March natural gas imports at 6.91 mln tonnes - Reuters calculation * China Jan-March coal imports at 74.63 mln tonnes, down 1.8 pct - customs * China March coal imports at 23.48 mln tonnes - Reuters calculation * China Jan-March soybean imports at 16.75 mln tonnes, down 14.4 pct - customs * China March soybean imports at 4.91 mln tonnes - Reuters calculation * China Jan-March iron ore imports at 261 mln tonnes, down 3.5 pct y/y - customs * China March iron ore imports at 86.66 mln tonnes - Reuters calculation Reporting by China commodities team; editing by Richard
China approved wheat imports from the Russian region of Kurgan and soybean imports from all parts of Russia, officials said, having all but halted U.S. soy imports as the trade dispute deepened.
His tariffs — 25% on most steel imports and 10% on most aluminum imports — initially pushed prices higher.
In any event, a 10 percent tariff on imports would certainly have the effect of reducing imports.
Imports previously had surged, likely as businesses stocked up in anticipation of further duties on Chinese imports.
Goods imports were the highest since May 2014 amid a $1.5 billion increase in crude oil imports.
Trump imposed a 25 percent tariff on steel imports and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum imports.
IMPORTS/PREMIUMS: China's imports of refined copper are likely to fall this year, research house Antaike found.
Meanwhile goods imports rose sharply, driven by a considerable growth in imports of chemical and pharmaceutical products.
Imports were unchanged at $257.5 billion in January amid declines in imports of cellphones and civilian aircraft.
Trump implemented a 25 percent tariff on steel imports and a 10 percent charge on aluminum imports.
In September, China's net monthly gold imports via Hong Kong fell 9%, while total imports dropped 8%.
Steel imports from those places will be taxed at 25 percent and aluminum imports at 10 percent.
The department said it imposed antidumping duties of 17.53 percent to 51.28 percent for imports from Australia, 68.97 percent to 134.92 percent for imports from Brazil, and 3.22 percent for imports from Norway.
China already has stiff tariffs on DDGS imports, and is investigating U.S. sorghum imports for possible antidumping penalties.
China has suspended all meat imports from Brazil, while the EU has suspended imports from four processing plants.
Mexico slapped tariffs on imports of U.S. pork after Washington implemented duties on imports of aluminum and steel.
In January, Ríos Piter offered a bill to replace imports of American corn with Brazilian and Argentine imports.
Higher concentrate imports should, all other things being equal, translate into lower demand for imports of refined metal.
Imports from other EU countries increased by 3.0 percent while imports from other regions fell by 1.1 percent.
Iron ore imports were the second highest on record, while crude oil imports were the third highest ever.
Capital goods imports dropped by $3.0 billion, driven by a $0.9 billion decline in imports of computer accessories.
Imports of coal, iron ore, and apparel fell, while there was no record of seafood imports, he added.
Imports of consumer goods fell $0.9 billion, pulled down by a $1.4 billion drop in imports of cellphones.
As imports become more expensive, Nigeria's companies should be looking for new ways to produce with fewer imports.
Trump is expected to announce tariffs of 25 percent on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum imports.
On Tuesday, Brazil announced a tariff-free quota for wheat imports and steps toward allowing U.S. pork imports.
Frozen beef imports made up more than half of the total beef imports in the last business year.
Higher concentrates imports should mean higher domestic production, reducing the need for imports of metal in refined form.
In the second year, it is 18% on the first 143 million imports, then 45% on additional imports.
Last week, Trump unexpectedly announced tariffs of 25 percent on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum imports.
The administration announced plans to impose 10 percent tariffs on aluminum imports and 25 percent on steel imports.
Brookings analyzed how reliant states are on aluminum and steel imports as a share of total state imports.
China's total gas imports, including liquefied natural gas (LNG) and pipeline imports, continued to ease ahead of summer.
It said in a statement that it also imposed countervailing duties of 14.78 percent for imports from Australia, 2.44 percent to 52.51 percent for imports from Brazil, and 100 percent for imports from Kazakhstan.
He said that while the situation with fuel imports had improved, commercial food imports had plummeted in December and he called on the government and others to allow unimpeded flow of imports including humanitarian aid.
The department said in a statement it imposed preliminary anti-dumping duties of 20.79 percent for imports from Australia, 56.78 percent to 134.92 percent for imports from Brazil and 3.74 percent for imports from Norway.
For example, U.S. imports of electronics and machinery from China would drop to 11.5 percent after the tariffs from about 22.1 percent of total imports, while the proportion of imports from other countries would rise.
Japan's government is fine with this trade-off of fuel imports for crude imports, said a senior trade official.
Imports of raw material and capital goods were all down, the bureau said, but imports of consumer goods rose.
Trump last month imposed a 25 percent tariff on steel imports and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum imports.
Imports from South Africa amounted to 31.15 million tons, or less than a sixth of all thermal coal imports.
The most recent batch, covering $32bn of imports from China, takes the total of newly taxed imports to $89bn.
Imports from South Africa amounted to 31.15 million tonnes, or less than a sixth of all thermal coal imports.
Rising imports from Thailand and Vietnam more than offset the drop in imports from China between 2015 and 2016.
The revised estimate for corn imports was mainly due to a significant reduction in U.S. sorghum imports, it said.
According to Mercer, China essentially stopped purchasing U.S. wheat imports in March and Mexico slowed imports of the commodity.
Both imports and exports declined but the drop in imports was more dramatic and caused the deficit to narrow.
Consumer goods imports jumped $2.4 billion, boosted by a $0.7 billion increase in imports of household and kitchen appliances.
"Poultry imports, and more recently, rapidly increasing sugar imports, have been adding pressure to domestic supplies," the company said.
Imports from South Africa amounted to 31.15 million tonnes, or less than a sixth of total thermal coal imports.
Further restrictions on the imports of American farm products and curbs on food and drink imports were also suggested.
Imports rose even as China's customs tightened coal imports at several ports by delaying or even halting customs clearance.
Imports from the United States rose 19.9 percent year-on-year as imports of U.S. aircraft and coal grew.
And with U.S. imports of Chinese goods totaling $500 billion, only about $50 billion of imports could be excluded.
The U.S. imposes tariffs of 2.5% on car imports, while the Europeans impose a 10% tariff on car imports.
Usually reliant on France for power imports, Britain will need high imports from all neighbouring countries, ENTSO-E said.
Steel imports were worth about $30 billion in 2017, and aluminum imports around $17 billion, according to government data.
Trump has said he is imposing a 25% tariff on steel imports and a 10% tariff on aluminum imports.
Trump is reportedly considering a 24 percent tariff on steel imports, and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum imports.
Last week, Trump floated a 25 percent tariff on steel imports and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum imports.
Imports dropped by 0.8 percent, in part due to lower imports of aircraft and other transportation equipment and parts.
In theory such elevated raw material imports should mean more domestic production, reducing the need for refined metal imports.
Trump announced this week a 25 percent tariff on steel imports and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum imports.
"Our country lives upon imports - imports for food, for raw materials to national manufacturers, for industry, agriculture, construction," he said.
In March, imports were held down by industrial supplies and materials imports which hit their lowest level since April 2004.
This would impose a 30 percent tariff on imports exceeding 0.5 gigawatts and 10 percent on imports below that level.
Unlike copper, rising refined metal imports contrast with falling mine concentrate imports, down 10 percent at 649,000 tonnes (bulk weight).
The USTR reported last year that steel imports increased by nearly 38 percent in 2014, although imports dropped in 2015.
Walmart imports 26% of its merchandise from China, UBS' Lasser estimated, while Target imports 34% of its products from China.
Capital goods imports dropped by $3.0 billion in January, led by a $0.9 billion decline in imports of computer accessories.
Tariffs, taxes on imported steel, or quotas, limits on the quantity of steel imports would reduce imports of foreign steel.
The deficit was met by imports, meaning Botswana will need to bring in significantly more imports of grain this year.
Canada currently allows tariff-free egg imports amounting to 2.98 percent of Canadian production, and chicken imports worth 7.5 percent.
Economists expect to see a widening in the gap between exports and imports, with imports outpacing exports by $40 billion.
Mr. Trump has proposed a 45 percent tariff on Chinese imports and a 35 percent tariff on imports from Mexico.
External demand — or exports minus imports — added 0.1 percentage point to first-quarter GDP, as imports slowed more than exports.
MEXICO ($1.13 billion in U.S. imports in 0003) Mexico has banned poultry imports from Tennessee, according to its agricultural ministry.
Crude oil imports have fallen sharply, and independently of RFS, since the mid-2000s, while imports of biodiesel have skyrocketed.
Italy imports around 90% of its gas demand and relies on imports from Russia to help fire its power plants.
Following two months of consecutive gains, imports declined 1.6 percent to C$50.9 billion, led by lower imports of gold.
External demand — or exports minus imports — added 0.1 percentage point to first-quarter G.D.P., as imports slowed more than exports.
Zimbabwe imports most of its annual requirement of 400,000 tonnes of wheat, but acute shortages of dollars have constrained imports.
Japan's pork imports are up 12 percent, but pork imports from the U.S. have declined 85033 percent since last year.
For coal, the record month of Chinese imports was February 403, when imports from the United States were 957,000 tonnes.
North Korean imports were 13,000 tonnes (bulk weight) in July — evidence that China's ban on imports has yet to bite.
"As long as coal meets standards, we don't forbid imports, but we are imposing controls on low-quality coal imports," said Zhi Shuping, head of the Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine which oversees imports safety.
Alongside high profile episodes — 25-percent tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, plus threatened tariffs on $250 billion imports from China and $200 billion auto imports — the president champions so-called "trade remedy" tariffs on multiple products.
Rate of growth of thermal coal imports from countries such as Russia and Australia were largely in line with an overall surge in imports, while coal imports from Mozambique outpaced overall growth, up 37.4% to 4.85 million tonnes.
China and India maintained their imports after November while South Korea halted imports for four months, resuming them over the weekend.
It wants to improve animal welfare by banning imports of factory-farmed products and ensure food imports meet higher Swiss standards.
This year, the United States has announced tariffs on steel and aluminium imports and an initial $34 billion of Chinese imports.
These are the first fresh egg imports from the U.S. to South Korea and the first fresh eggs imports since 1999.
Even the focus on imports is not as distinctive as billed: most Chinese trade fairs promote imports alongside exports these days.
IMPORTS: China's imports of nickel between Jan-March at 43,382 tonnes were down 2706 percent from the same period last year.
Tariffs on Chinese imports, as well as the threat of new duties on Mexican imports, will stifle job growth, Kiernan said.
China currently imports just over $120 billion worth of U.S. goods, while the U.S. imports $540 billion worth of Chinese products.
Imports of goods rose 0.9 percent to $212.2 billion in July, boosted by imports of food, industrial supplies and capital goods.
Apart from drawing more imports from China, imports from the European Union, Mexico and Canada increased to record highs in May.
NICKEL ORE AND NICKEL PIG IRON IMPORTS BOOM Refined nickel imports hit a 10-month high of 21,500 tonnes in June.
China suspended imports of North Korean coal in February, while imports of iron ore accord with relevant U.N. resolutions, he said.
Japan's imports of U.S. oil are still tiny compared with total imports of around 3.2 million barrels a day in 2017.
Still, food imports hit a record high in February and imports of capital goods were the highest in nearly two years.
This prompted the EU to remove duties on most biodiesel imports from the two countries, resulting in a surge in imports.
Supporters of the border adjustment tax that would exempt imports and tax imports more heavily are expected to be in attendance.
Consumer goods imports decreased $4.3 billion, pulled down by a $2.3 billion drop in imports of cellphones and other household goods.
Imports were up 1.3 percent to $225.1 billion, despite a drop in oil imports to the lowest level in 13 years.
For the first time ever, average U.S. tariffs on imports from Vietnam are lower than they are on imports from China.
Imports of consumer goods dropped $2.8 billion, weighed by a $2.2 billion decline in imports of cellphones and other household goods.
In early March, President Donald Trump unveiled a 25 percent duty on steel imports and 10 percent charge on aluminum imports.
Only about $2202 billion of those imports were in steel, and the aluminum imports that will face tariffs were $2628 billion.
While boosting overall imports, Mexico also banned chicken product imports from several U.S. counties, citing a reported outbreak of Newcastle disease.
They suggest that a solution would be increasing exports and reducing imports, but imports are not expendable commodities in an economy.
Imports of capital goods fell by $1.5 billion, weighed down by declines in imports of computer accessories, telecommunications equipment, and semiconductors.
Southeast Asia's largest economy has seen its exports and imports falling in recent months, except in June, when imports grew slightly.
The Trump administration targeted $22019 billion worth of Chinese imports, while Beijing fired back with reciprocal tariffs on American agricultural imports.
Oil imports cover more than three-quarters of total Chinese consumption, and half of China's imports originate in the Persian Gulf.
Trump announced last week a plan to impose 25 percent tariffs on steel imports and 10 percent tariffs on aluminum imports.
"Even with tariffs on one-tenth of total imports from China, overall imports from China would likely rise," Mr. Setser said.
However, China's imports of high-tech products from the U.S only make up 8.2% of China's total imports of similar products.
Japan has increased imports from the Middle East, Russia and the Americas as its Iranian imports fell, according to government data.
It keeps steel and aluminum tariffs on Mexican imports in place and allows for continued imports of light vehicles from Mexico.
Beijing has moved imports of higher-quality Category 6 copper scrap to the "restricted" list of commodity imports effective July 2019.
"Since beef imports are close to the safeguard level, it's hard to think imports from America will rise rapidly," Sugawara said.
Earlier this year, the administration levied a 25 percent tariff on steel imports and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum imports.
The country's frozen beef imports in the year ended March 2017 totalled about 290,000 tonnes, including about 90,000 tonnes from the United States, the Asahi said, adding that frozen meat imports accounted for about 54 percent of beef imports.
The EU's imports of fresh U.S. beef rose from $67 million in 2009 to $300 million in 2015, while EU beef imports from Canada have remained below $10 million per year, lower even than its imports of Canadian horsemeat.
It's worth noting that scrap imports in the January to May period were 1.51 million tonnes, while refined imports were 1.27 million tonnes, a reversal from 2016, when refined metal imports were 3.7 percent higher than those of scrap.
While the war on pollution had been expected to reduce raw materials imports, Friday's trade numbers showed commodity imports rebounded last month.
China had already banned coal imports from North Korea in April last year, but those restrictions allowed some imports for civilian use.
Crude oil imports jumped the most in over six years, with iron ore imports the highest since December, the news wire said.
Trump is enacting a 25% tariff on steel imports and 10% tariff on aluminum imports, which will come into effect March 23.
As imports fell more than exports, net exports - or shipments minus imports - added 0.4 percentage point to GDP growth, the data showed.
Imports of silver jewelry steadied in October at 185,663 kg, though year-to-date imports were up 8 percent, GFMS data showed.
The United States has traditionally supplied more than 95 percent of Mexicos corn imports and around 70 percent of its wheat imports.
Alcohol: The U.S. imports 183.8 million liters of tequila from Mexico each year, which accounts for 1.3 billion of total tequila imports.
The jump in imports of LNG shows how the super-chilled fuel is becoming more competitive with pipeline imports from central Asia.
Barack Obama imposed tariffs on Chinese steel imports in May 2016 and George W. Bush against EU steel imports in March 1.231803.
India's imports grew more than four-fold from a year earlier to 620,000 bpd, topping China's imports for a third straight month.
Approximately $85033 billion of auto imports would be affected if the Commerce Department determines that those imports are a national security threat.
"May imports would be much higher...if the government had not imposed tight scrutiny on imports," a Guangzhou-based coal trader said.
The same can be said of the many imports that transit to China, including its vital energy imports from the Middle East.
Iraq imports food, agricultural products, home appliances and more from Iran, totaling 15 percent of Iraq's total imports in 2017, Reuters reported.
The president's tweet came a day after he imposed tariffs of 25 percent on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum imports.
In December, China's imports climbed above 500,000 bpd for the first time in three months, while India's imports rose above 302,000 bpd.
At the same time, easing back on gas imports from Russia could mean more German imports of natural gas from American producers.
Put a tariff on imports and people will spend less on imports — but they will normally spend more on other things instead.
The strait provides passage for China's fuel imports from Africa and the Middle East, around 80 percent of its total fuel imports.
Trump in March announced he would impose a 85033 percent tariff on steel imports and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum imports.
The United States has traditionally supplied more than 95 percent of Mexico's corn imports and around 70 percent of its wheat imports.
Of course, the value of U.S. imports of Chinese goods isn't the same as the value of Chinese imports of U.S. goods.
Measures to control imports were also put in place since last year, including limiting imports of cars and components and increasing taxes.
The agreement averted U.S. duties on sugar imports from Mexico and retaliatory duties on Mexican imports of American high-fructose corn syrup.
CHINA IMPORTS: July imports of refined copper to China rose 20.8 percent to 23,0.73 tonnes while ore and concentrate rose 20.7 percent.
The $16 billion worth of imports will face 25% tariffs, the same rate slapped last month on $34 billion in Chinese imports.
S. allies that represent 47 percent of U.S. steel imports and 21 percent of U.S. aluminum imports, global markets could have adjusted.
The United States has also imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from the EU and threatened duties on European car imports.
Barack Obama imposed tariffs on Chinese steel imports in May 2016 and George W. Bush against EU steel imports in March 2002.
" While McNamara said there will likely be a "curving" of imports, "it's certainly not going to knock imports out of the market. ….
The Trump administration has said it plans to impose a 25% tariff on steel imports and a 10% tariff on aluminum imports.
SHRINKING IMPORTS On imports, analysts said companies may not be restocking inventories as much as usual due to concerns over the longer-term economic outlook and global trade, though an infrastructure push is likely to see imports of raw materials improve.
The sanctions include a limit on North Korean oil imports, a limit on imports of refined petroleum products, a ban on liquid natural gas imports, a ban on textile exports, and bar countries from allowing new work permits for North Koreans.
After Trump imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, Mexico imposed a 20 percent tariff on imports of U.S. apples, potatoes and cranberries.
So, there&aposs jobs being created from those imports coming in, but again, it&aposs US companies buying imports more than US consumers.
Over the past decade, not only have total oil imports declined but OPEC's share of imports has also dipped, according to the EIA.
Trump announced Thursday that he would soon impose a 25 percent tariff on steel imports and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum imports.
These were also a tiny part of China's total 2019 methanol imports at 22.50 million tonnes and MEG imports of 22.50 million tonnes.
Trump is threatening high tariffs on Chinese imports to get China to increase its imports of US goods and reduce the trade deficit.
Consumer goods imports increased by $1.6 billion in February, led by a $2.1 billion rise in imports of cellphones and other household goods.
These were also a tiny part of China's total 2019 methanol imports at 9.95 million tonnes and MEG imports of 9.03 million tonnes.
Imports of aluminum alloy from India jumped to 3,008 tonnes over the same period, while Russian imports fell 10 percent to 185,685 tonnes.
The sector was also hit hard by cheap chicken imports flooding in after punitive duties on U.S. chicken imports were lifted in 2015.
SARA EISEN: Can you give us any sense, Larry, of the likelihood of more tariffs, either on Chinese imports, on European auto imports?
The decision follows China's approval of soybean imports from all parts of Russia and wheat imports from a seventh region in the federation.
In February, imports of goods and services fell 1.8 percent to $236.4 billion amid declines in imports of cell phones and motor vehicles.
CHINA IMPORTS: China imports of copper scrap fell 21 percent to 213,2120 tonnes in January compared with the same period a year ago.
Higher domestic supply and rising imports from other suppliers, such as Spain and Brazil, has compensated for the slide in U.S. pork imports.
The United States imposed a 10 percent tariff on aluminum imports on March 23 along with a 25 percent duty on steel imports.
In the current campaign, Mr. Trump has proposed a 45 percent tax on Chinese imports and a 35 percent tax on Mexican imports.
Mr Macri's government scrapped a system that subjected all imports to licences, but left them in place for about a fifth of imports.
Under the Section 232 U.S. law, the president may impose tariffs on imports if he determines the imports are a threat to security.
Trump's plan to impose a 25 percent tariff on steel imports and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum imports caused a new rift.
Cell phone and other household goods imports fell $0.9 billion, accounting for the bulk of the $1.5 billion decrease in consumer goods imports.
While it is targeted at imports from China, Trump's tariffs apply to all imports, since Chinese manufacturers have moved operations to other countries.
Assuming China's steel output stays at robust levels, it's likely that coking coal imports will defy the trend toward lower overall coal imports.
Trump announced in March he would be putting a 25 percent tariff on steel imports and another of 10 percent on aluminium imports.
More than half of all imports are used as inputs by manufacturers; restricting imports is going to hurt companies that depend on them.
Imports of aluminium alloy from India jumped to 3,008 tonnes over the same period, while Russian imports fell 10 percent to 185,685 tonnes.
China's crude oil imports hit a record high in December, while copper imports were the second highest on record, according to customs data.
The competitiveness of coal may partially explain why Japan's thermal coal imports rose 4.8 percent last year while LNG imports fell 3.9 percent.
China's LNG imports cost an average $7.64 per mmBtu in December last year, while pipeline imports from Central Asia and Myanmar averaged $6.01.
Buyers will most likely lower their share of pipeline imports to the extent possible and will also reduce imports of spot LNG cargoes.
From 214 to 25.49, EU imports of Saudi crude oil stayed relatively stable, accounting for an average of 5% of total oil imports.
Trump has also hit European metal imports with tariffs and has threatened to curb car imports from Europe with a 20 percent duty.
President Donald Trump, citing national security concerns, placed tariffs of 25 percent on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum imports in March.
But crude imports hit a record high and copper imports were the second highest on record, tempering fears of a sharp growth slowdown.
Trump announced last week the U.S. will implement a 25 percent tariff on steel imports and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum imports.
On Monday, China imposed extra tariffs on imports of American goods including wine, in response to U.S. duties on steel and aluminum imports.
In addition, PDVSA's inability to pay for crucial imports means fuel imports are delayed, adding to the glut of tankers off Venezuela's coast.
So when a tariff drives up the price of imports to consumers, leading them to buy fewer imported goods, the welfare loss will be roughly Loss = fall in imports * ½ tariff rate Now, the U.S. currently spends 93 percent of GDP on imports.
The big winner from taxing Chinese imports is the people — in America, Vietnam, or wherever else — who make products that compete with Chinese imports.
The United Arab Emirates imports large amounts of Iranian fuel oil to power ships and Egypt imports oil from Iran for the Sumed pipeline.
The United States has put tariffs on steel and aluminium imports and has imposed 212.6 percent tariffs on some Chinese imports, drawing Chinese retaliation.
Goods imports gained $1.7 billion to $193.7 billion amid a surge in capital and consumer goods imports, which likely reflects the economy's underlying strength.
Net U.S. crude imports rose last week by 2662,1.23 barrels per day to 21.2 million bpd, the heaviest week for imports since mid-February.
First quarter imports surged by 36 percent to 1.11 million tonnes, while net imports rose by 0003,000 tonnes year-on-year to 1.07 million.
IMPORTS FALL WORST IN ALMOST 6.23 YEARS China's May imports were much weaker than expected, falling 8.5 percent, the sharpest drop since July 2016.
The drop in coal imports was a tiny 210,22018 tonnes, meaning that on a tonnes per day basis imports were actually higher in June.
The United States will find it harder to move away from Chinese imports than China will find it to move away from U.S. imports.
Imports of unwrought copper in June were up 22016 percent on June 22017, while cumulative first-half 22016 imports rose by over 16 percent.
Trump announced last month that steel imports will be taxed at a 25 percent rate, while aluminum imports will face a 10 percent tax.
Nigeria imports most from China, whose share of total imports accounts for more than double that of the U.S., according to the World Bank.
"The slowdown in imports in the third quarter is probably due to high imports for stockbuilding in the first half this year," Tee said.
The Trump administration imposed 25 percent tariffs on steel imports from most countries earlier this year, along with 10 percent tariffs on aluminum imports.
The move was in response to the White House earlier announcing a 25 percent duty on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum imports.
Imports were limited but tariffs were not applied on metal from South Korea, Australia, Brazil and Argentina, a combined 14 percent of steel imports.
India's oil imports during June fell 13.33% to $11.03 billion, partly due to low oil prices, while gold imports surged 13% to $2.70 billion.
Analysts have forecast that the pace of coal imports could slow in 2017 as the restart of domestic coal mines dampens demand for imports.
The United States imports over 650,000 barrels of crude per day from Mexico, about 10% of total crude imports, according to U.S. government data.
As China slapped retaliatory tariffs on $75 billion of American imports, Mr. Trump threatened to extend tariffs to $550 billion worth of Chinese imports.
And the 100,000 barrels a day of light oil it imports from the United States could be replaced by imports from Nigeria and Algeria.
Taiwan will "step up imports, including aircraft, agricultural goods and so on", one of the sources said, referring to imports from the United States.
The U.S. has already implemented tariffs on $34 billion of Chinese imports, as well as charges on steel and aluminum imports from other countries.
But, at present, the U.S. still imports a large share of the petroleum it consumes and relies on those imports to help meet demand.
Net imports (imports minus exports) stood at just 2.9 million barrels per day in October, according to the most recent Energy Information Administration statistics.
Imports of cell phones and other household goods fell $0.9 billion, accounting for the bulk of the $0.7 billion decrease in consumer goods imports.
Analysts says the fall of foreign currency reserves is a potential threat for debt payments and to imports of basic food and energy imports.
Trump and May also discussed Trump's recently announced plan to impose 25 percent tariffs on steel imports and 10 percent tariffs on aluminum imports.
Japan and South Korea have both said they want to expand future coal imports while reducing more expensive imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG).
While the action is targeted at imports from China, Trump's tariffs apply to all imports, since Chinese manufacturers have moved operations to other countries.
The United States has upset its closest allies by imposing a 25 percent tariff on steel imports and 10 percent tariff on aluminum imports.
The Trump administration added to its headaches in March by announcing plans for tariffs of 25% on steel imports and 10% on aluminum imports.
They're using Section 232, which is a trade law that says you can restrict imports if those imports pose a threat to national security.
The sanctions, approved by a unanimous vote, banned most military imports and exports, forbade future nuclear weapons tests, and banned imports of luxury goods.
China's quality chief Zhi Shuping told reporters on the sidelines of China's annual meeting of parliament that, although cosmetic and food imports do not account for a large percentage of China's imports from Taiwan, a large number of imports of those products were substandard.
A lot of the money we spend on imports actually stays in the U.S. and supports American jobs: over 22019 cents of every dollar's worth of Mexican imports and over 55 cents of every dollar's worth of Chinese imports go to American factories and farms.
The duties on seamless pipes range from 24.1 to 35.8 percent for imports from Russia and from 12.3 to 25.7 percent for imports from Ukraine.
Wires, cables and conductors The United States imports $12 billion worth of Mexican wires, cables and conductors: about 50% of America's imports in the market.
The country's March imports hit 333 million bpd, the second highest on record, with first-quarter imports 7 percent higher at roughly 9.09 million bpd.
At the time, the U.S. government also enacted "voluntary export restraint" programs which limited auto imports from Japan and global steel imports in the 1980s.
Over half of China's PX imports come from South Korea and Japan and the new capacity is expected to cut Chinese imports by about 50%.
The imports flow mainly through the Pajaritos, Tuxpan and Veracruz terminals on the country's Gulf coast, which have recently turned into bottlenecks for the imports.
With the latest round, the Trump administration will have imposed tariffs on $250 billion of Chinese imports, about half of all U.S. imports from China.
Overall Indian coking coal imports rose 10.3% to 2111.6 million tons, while imports of thermal coal - mostly used by utilities - rose 231.15% during 224-210.84.
Because Alcoa's production process is tightly integrated with Canada, from which it imports both finished products and "intermediate goods" (imports into its own production process).
Overall Indian coking coal imports rose 224% to 210.84 milion tonnes, while imports of thermal coal - mostly used by utilities - rose 193% during 219-237.4.
China's silver imports in July fell 36 percent year on year, customs data showed on Wednesday, while its platinum imports were down by nearly half.
Africa already imports more meat each year than does China, and the OECD's forecasters expect imports to keep growing by more than 3% a year.
America relies on imports for 70% of its lithium, and on imports and releases from the National Defence Stockpile for 75-80% of its cobalt.
Part of this was because China's imports of these commodities from the United States were never more than a small percentage of its total imports.
U.S. crude imports have fallen dramatically in recent years as domestic production has boomed, but the world's largest oil consumer still relies heavily on imports.
Ankara has decided to place 3 percent duties on U.S. cotton imports, saying in an announcement on Sunday that imports were hurting domestic cotton production.
Energy imports, including gas and oil, weighed on Morocco's trade balance with a rise of 28.1% to 32.2 billion dirhams - representing 15.4% of total imports.
American consumers depend on affordable imports to buy many goods and services, while millions of American workers owe their jobs to both exports and imports.
Trump has threatened a 45 percent tariff on imports from China and a 35 percent border tax on imports by U.S. companies shipping jobs overseas.
Cramer worries that the wine, beer, and spirits company, which imports beer from Mexico, could get hurt by a possible border-adjusted tax on imports.
Commodities imports were mixed, with copper purchases down 8.2 percent year-on-year by volume in December while coal and natural gas imports were up.
Some economists said the drop in cellphone imports was puzzling as they were not on the list of goods impacted by tariffs on Chinese imports.
However, the ship-tracking data doesn't cover overland imports, mainly from neighbouring Mongolia, meaning it's likely that 2119.74 imports will probably exceed those of 24.
Calling the crisis a "national shame and a human tragedy," Trump vowed to crack down on heroin imports from Mexico and fentanyl imports from China.
Much of the rise in imports from China in the past 30 years has been at the expense of imports from other U.S. trading partners.
The administration is looking for a reason to label auto imports a security threat, as it did with steel and aluminum imports earlier this year.
But China's LNG imports will still fall behind those of Japan and South Korea, which together account for almost half of global imports, ANZ calculated.
Chinese customs data last recorded imports from the United States in September and a search in its database did not show any imports in October.
The flood of imports is so big that the government in New Delhi is considering measures to control imports, Minister Chaudhary Birender Singh told Reuters.
In early March, Trump unveiled a 25 percent duty on steel imports and 10 percent charge on aluminum imports, essentially targeting suppliers such as China.
President Donald Trump imposed a 25 percent tariff on steel imports and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum imports, affecting the motorcycle company's manufacturing costs.
In all, U.S. imports of Venezuelan crude in the first six months this year totaled 655,000 bpd, or about 7.5 percent of all oil imports.
Consumer goods imports increased by $2.0 billion to a record high of $21 billion, boosted by a $2225 billion jump in imports of pharmaceutical preparations.
In 2016, then-candidate Donald Trump said the WTO was a "disaster" and proposed a 35% tariff on Mexican imports and 45% on Chinese imports.
Another Section 232 analysis, conducted in 85033, regarding crude oil imports and refined petroleum products, found that these imports threatened to impair the national security.
The United States imports only a small fraction of the value of its total economy, whereas Denmark and the Netherlands are highly dependent on imports.
The president has argued that auto imports pose a threat to national security, a rationale he used to raise tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.
A new investigation of whether imports of automobiles and parts constitute a national security threat could raise the value of sanctioned imports to $400 billion.
These were also a tiny part of China's total January-November 2019 methanol imports at 9.7 million tonnes and MEG imports at 9.03 million tonnes.
The idea was something like this: consider what happens if a country places a tariff on car imports, but not on imports of auto parts.
The trend of rising imports will continue, with SIA forecasting imports of 132 bcm will be required to meet 317 bcm of demand by 153.
But combined U.S. imports of steel and aluminum fell short of $50 billion in 2017, versus total imports of goods and services of $2023 trillion.
Daily imports in January averaged 22017 million tonnes, and if February's imports are around the ship-tracking estimate, they will be about 26 million tonnes.
Trade bodies, which expect textile imports from Bangladesh to rise further, have asked the government to introduce a rule of origin for duty free imports.
In early March, Trump unveiled a 22003 percent duty on steel imports and 225 percent charge on aluminum imports, essentially targeting suppliers such as China.
Imports grew by 1.0% as imports of metal and non-metallic products jumped by 9.4%, reflecting an increase in gold asset acquisitions by Canadian firms.
While agreeing to substantially increase imports of U.S. fossil fuels, China should demand that President Trump end threats to impose unilateral tariffs on Chinese imports.
CHINA SCRAP IMPORTS: China's scrap metal imports in 22 fell 2379.50% from a year ago, with the December intake sinking by 21.9%, customs data showed.
China announced hefty anti-dumping tariffs on imports of U.S. sorghum and measures on synthetic rubber imports from the United States, European Union and Singapore.
Tariffs will amount to 25 percent on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum imports, and could go into effect as early as next week.
White oil imports from the U.S. were 3,490 metric tons or worth only $8.7 million during the same period, roughly 6% of China's total imports.
The administration continues to threaten even higher tariffs on more Chinese imports, and vehicle imports from our key trade partners, including Japan, Korea and Germany.
Imports fell an annual 8.8 percent versus the median estimate of a 12.6 percent fall as imports of pharmaceuticals, oil and liquefied natural gas fell.
Consumer goods imports increased by $2.0 billion to a record high of $57.4 billion, boosted by a $1.5 billion jump in imports of pharmaceutical preparations.
Coresight Research said in a recent report that United States imports of women's elastic knit pants surpassed imports of women's blue denim pants in 2017.
The company is looking to India for more imports and is also considering imports of light crude if necessary to boost domestic production of gasoline.
Farmers noted that Mexican imports of American soyabean meal dropped by 15%, and imports of chicken by 11%, in the first four months of the year.
The electric carmaker, which imports all the cars it sells in China, said in October that tariff hikes on auto imports were hammering its sales there.
SHRINKING IMPORTS On imports, analysts said companies may not be restocking their inventories as much as usual due to concerns over the longer-term economic outlook.
It imports gas from Russia, but recently decided to construct a floating liquefied natural gas terminal in the northern Adriatic to diversify sources of gas imports.
COPPER SCRAP: China's imports of copper scrap rose 70% from March to 170,000 tonnes in April while alumina imports doubled to 60,000 tonnes, customs data showed.
The U.S. accounted for 19% of U.K. exports and 11% of imports, while Germany as a standalone partner represented 9% of exports and 12% of imports.
China's share of U.S. imports stood at 21.5 percent in 2015, while its portion of European Union imports amounted to 20.3 percent, according to official data.
But Iranian crude made up only 4% of Japan's total oil imports last year, dwarfed by imports from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar.
Traders said they were closely watching news that China approved soybean imports from all parts of Russia and wheat imports from the Russian region of Kurgan.
China's overall copper scrap imports were 73 million tonnes in the first half of 2017 versus refined copper imports of 1.54 million tonnes, customs data showed.
Lead concentrate imports fell in both 2017 and 2018 but this year has seen a sharp turnaround with imports up 46% at 754,000 tonnes (bulk weight).
Analysts at ANZ bank said China's crude oil imports year-to-date still looked impressive, even as imports fell in June for a second straight month.
Imports were unchanged at $257.5 billion in January amid a $1.3 billion drop in cellphone imports as well as a $0.9 billion decrease in civilian aircraft.
The first factor should be mildly positive for coal imports as keeping supply somewhat constrained and domestic prices relatively high will boost the competitiveness of imports.
Canola imports are likely to drop after the General Administration of Customs suspended the clearance of canola imports from Canadian agribusiness Richardson International on March 1.
The UAE, which also cut ties with Qatar, also imports smaller amounts of LNG from Qatar via Dubai, but imports large amounts of gas by pipeline.
Imports dropped 1.8 per cent to $236.4 billion as the flow of Chinese goods tumbled by $8.6 billion, led by a big drop in cellphone imports.
It's about $7,000 for Chinese imports of carbonate — the most traded form of the metal — but only $5,603 for U.S. imports, analysts at Macquarie Bank said.
Iranian goods imports to Iraq were worth about $6 billion in the year ending March 2018, or about 15 percent of Iraq's total imports for 2017.
Imports of goods and services increased 2.1 percent to $264.9 billion in December, likely as businesses stocked up in anticipation of further duties on Chinese imports.
The volume of each product supplied is equal to domestic production plus imports minus exports and minus stock changes (product supplied = production + imports – exports – stock change).
Imports increased by 2.5 percent to a record C$52.26 billion as imports of consumer goods such as clothing, footwear and accessories rose by 6.7 percent.
Trump has imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, which affect Japanese companies, and has also criticized Japan for its low number of U.S. auto imports.
Total solid waste imports fell 48 percent on the year in 2018, and China eventually aims to block all imports that have readily available domestic replacements.
The tariffs of 25 percent on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum imports will take effect at midnight Thursday, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross told reporters.
In addition to the tariffs the president has levied so far on Chinese imports, he has also applied tariffs on most imports of steel and aluminum.
The No. 1 source of imports in 2016, meanwhile, was NATO-ally Canada, which accounted for more aluminum imports than the next 11 biggest sources combined.
The restriction on imports of canola from a country with which links have worsened echoes moves by Chinese customs to slow clearing of Australian coal imports.
That "unprecedented shock" was much larger than that from the increase in Japanese imports in the 1980s or Mexican imports in the 1990s, Mr. Irwin said.
The country tightened imports by banning small ports from receiving foreign coal cargoes and delaying the process of issuing quality reports for imports from July 1.
Even a crackdown on imports of copper scrap that is expected to increase demand for other forms of the metal failed to keep unwrought imports buoyant.
According to California's energy commission, the state imports more crude oil from the Amazon than anywhere else, accounting for 38 percent of its imports in 2017.
Home's loss from the marginal good it no longer imports is the excess resources required for Home production as compared with imports, namely, the tariff rate.
Because tariffs apply only to imports, their application by definition would cause imports to be treated less favorably than domestic goods and would therefore be impermissible.
For example, the United States' trade with Russia is a rounding error — $17 billion worth of imports in 2017 (Chinese imports were 31 times that high).
It also halves 15 percent tariffs on $85033 billion of Chinese imports, but leave 25 percent tariffs on an additional $250 billion of imports in place.
Earlier this month, Trump unveiled a 25 percent duty on steel imports and 10 percent charge on aluminum imports, essentially targeting foreign suppliers such as China.
India's soyoil imports in November fell 19% from a year ago to 164,750 tonnes, while sunflower oil imports surged 59% to 2019,311 tonnes, the SEA said.
Previous administrations have also imposed tariffs on U.S. imports to protect domestic interests — President Bush did that with steel imports, and President Obama, with Chinese tires.
S. allies that represent 47 percent of steel imports and 21 percent of aluminum imports, they would likely only increase U.S. metal prices a "modest" amount.
Oil product imports in the eight-month period were estimated at 8.6 million tonnes, while the value of product imports rose 26.4 percent to $5.7 billion.
Germany mainly imports from Russia, Norway, the Netherlands, Britain and Denmark via pipelines while imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) are also increasing in the region.
The EU official journal said that aluminum product imports increased by 28 percent between 2013 and 2017, while prices of such imports fell by 5 percent.
European imports under quotas that predate CETA are on track for the year, suggesting something about the new quotas, which are allocated differently, is limiting imports.
China's imports are bound to grow as the country has only secured 43 million tonnes per year of imports and is expected to need 65 million tonnes per year of imports by 2020, rising to 87 million tonnes per year by 2020, according to SIA Energy forecasts.
Sanctions have crippled Iran's economy and forced it to resort to gasoline imports, and Qamsari said Tehran hoped to halt gasoline imports within a year, post sanctions.
According to recent Census Bureau data, US imports from Taiwan rose to 22% in the first four months of 2019, while imports from Vietnam are up 38%.
"Capital imports and raw material growth are not expected to slow down in the near term as imports feed the burgeoning economy," said ING economist Nicholas Mapa.
But Bombardier argues that Boeing's case is against full imports of airplanes, not parts, so it does not apply to imports of wings, fuselages and other pieces.
In Mexico, cheaper pipeline imports from the United States pushed out LNG, while Brazil cut imports by 60 percent as heavy rainfall replenished hydroelectric reserves, he said.
Unwrought copper imports are actually down 12.7 percent in the January-August period, although imports of copper ores and concentrates are higher by a modest 270 percent.
On January 22nd he approved broad and punitive duties, of up to 30% on imports of solar panels and up to 50% on imports of washing machines.
SolarWorld and Suniva claim that imports are the main culprits: solar-panel installations in America climbed by 350% from 2012 to 2016, but imports rose by 500%.
Crude oil imports from China fell in June for a second straight month, but analysts at ANZ bank said China's imports year-to-date still looked strong.
With crude imports remaining sluggish, net crude imports have fallen to less than 6 million barrels per day from almost 8 million barrels per day in August.
By contrast, because the United States imports significantly more from China, tariffs on the same amount of products make up roughly one-ninth of its Chinese imports.
RUSSIAN IMPORTS HIT BY SANCTIONS Total U.S. imports of primary aluminium fell by 103 percent last year to 4.08 million tonnes, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Other OPEC producers also saw their share of Chinese imports grow by more than overall January imports, with Iraq up 43.2 percent and Venezuela by 80.1 percent.
RUSSIAN IMPORTS HIT BY SANCTIONS Total U.S. imports of primary aluminum fell by 103 percent last year to 4.08 million tonnes, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
China's October iron ore imports were the lowest since February, while imports of copper, a key material used in building construction, fell to a 21-month low.
The restriction on imports of canola from a country with which links have worsened echoes recent moves by Chinese customs to slow clearing of Australian coal imports.
China's pork imports in July were at 88,163 tonnes while sugar imports in the same month increased more than 300 percent to 250,000 tonnes, the data showed.
Make that ALL Chinese imports: In an interview with CNBC, President Trump said he is "ready to go" with $500 billion in tariffs on *all* Chinese imports.
There is no logical or economic limit to providing protection against imports until a country has almost zero imports and, as a result, much lower living standards.
These two countries supplied about 43 percent of China's total imports last year, with imports from Australia alone being almost three times more than third-ranked Mongolia.
Last week, Trump increased tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports, before drawing up a list of potential tariffs on an additional $300 billion of imports.
The Trump administration put tariffs of 25 percent on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum imports from Canada, Mexico and the European Union earlier this month.
In response to this Chinese backtracking, the United States moved forward with the previously-announced rate increase on Chinese imports and announced tariffs on additional Chinese imports.
The latest action builds on similar penal duties imposed on imports of Chinese foil and the broader "Section 232" tariffs on all imports of aluminium and steel.
Trump has imposed tariffs on steel and aluminium imports, which affect Japanese companies, and has also criticized Japan for its low level of imports of American vehicles.
Crude oil imports surged 9 percent in 0.33 as prices slumped, boosted by strategic stockpiling and a relaxation of controls on crude imports and refined fuel exports.
China's imports of U.S. motor vehicles totalled $10.6 billion in 2017, about 8 percent of the country's overall U.S. imports by value, according to U.S. government data.
IMPORTS STILL CONTRACTING China's imports in August likely contracted 6% from a year earlier, worsening slightly from a 5.6% decline in the preceding month, the poll showed.
Imports of goods and services dipped 0.1 percent to $237.7 billion in August, with imports of industrial supplies and materials hitting their lowest level since November 2016.
This new tax would sit atop Mr. Trump's tariffs on aluminum and steel imports, and Mr. Trump's tariffs on Chinese imports, and the bill is adding up.
So you can compare what happened to the tariffed imports to the de facto control group of untouched imports; this tells you the impact of the tariffs.
Another concrete example: Brazil and India are paying 80 percent of their imports in dollars, whereas just a fraction of the imports hail from the U.S. itself.
Last week, India slapped curbs on imports of refined palm oil and informally asked traders to halt all palm imports from Malaysia, the world's second biggest producer.
The deal also leaves in place tariffs on almost two-thirds of American imports from China, and more than half of Chinese imports from the United States.
China's imports of U.S. motor vehicles totaled $10.6 billion in 2017, about 8 percent of the country's overall U.S. imports by value, according to U.S. government data.
Since the imposition of tariffs, Trump said, imports of steel and aluminum have declined but imports of derivative products, like steel nails and aluminum cables, have increased.
MORE (R) on Thursday issued a statement condemning the Trump administration's move to implement 25 percent tariffs on steel imports and 10 percent tariffs on aluminum imports.
Trump has imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, which affect Japanese companies, and has also criticized Japan for its low level of imports of American vehicles.
President Donald Trump announced Thursday the U.S. will set tariffs of 25 percent for steel imports and 10 percent for aluminum imports as early as next week.
The tweet — on top of the imposition on Thursday of sweeping 25 percent tariffs on steel imports and 10 percent tariffs on aluminum imports — provoked deeper consternation.
Last month, imports of goods increased $7.8 billion to $214.7 billion, boosted by a surge in imports of motor vehicles, capital goods, industrial supplies and consumer goods.
The White House has attempted to link exemptions for steel and aluminum imports from the EU to a reduction of tariffs on car imports by the bloc.
Because it both taxes imports and subsidizes exports, it is designed to cause a full currency adjustment, rather than the partial one caused by only taxing imports.
European Union Imports Exports 169 Mexico Imports Exports 13 Canada Imports Exports 20 Trade balance between the United States and select countries, 2018 China 200 400 Imports Exports $419 billion The trade deficit is the value of imported goods less the value of exported goods European Union Imports Exports 169 Mexico Imports Exports 82 Canada Imports Exports 20 Note: Figures are not seasonally adjusted | Source: The United States Bureau of Economic Analysis By The New York Times While Mr. Trump sees the trade deficit as a sort of economic scorecard for which country is on top, most economists disagree with this perspective, viewing trade deficits not as a sign of economic strength or weakness, but as a function of macroeconomic factors like investment flows, fluctuations in the value of currency and relative growth rates.
America imports much more from China than China imports from the U.S. And while U.S. consumers and businesses would be hurt in a full-blown trade war, China stands to lose out on a big portion of the $462 billion in goods and services America imports from that nation.
Emerging markets' imports have shrunk by 3.6 percent in volume terms over the last year while advanced economies' imports are up by 2.1 percent, according to the CPB.
Mexico is our largest supplier of fresh produce, accounting for around 70% of vegetable imports and nearly 40% of fruit imports, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Washington has imposed tariffs on imports of EU aluminum and steel, and Trump has threatened to slap a 20 percent tariff on all imports of EU-assembled cars.
Likewise, year-to-date imports from Indonesia have surged more than four-fold to 5503,706 tonnes, giving the nation a 70 percent share of Chinese imports of ferronickel.
The U.S. and China have ramped up their trade conflict, with Beijing this week announcing new tariffs against U.S. imports after Washington ramped up levies on Chinese imports.
Imports from the U.S. reached a total of $8.2 billion to 14 percent of all Israeli imports in 2014, according to the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs website.
So far, the United States has accepted imports of cooked poultry from China and in turn, China has agreed to drop a 14-year ban on beef imports.
One of the largest drops in imports measured by the data was crude oil; imports of crude dropped nearly 20 percent in 2019, sitting now at $85033 billion.
Before the ban, imports accounted for half of all the cheese sold in Russia and the bulk of those imports came from countries now on the sanctions list.
In May, India's oil ministry asked refiners to prepare to limit imports of Iranian oil while Turkey said had no intention to halt its oil imports from Iran.
Refined copper imports fell by 12% to 83 million tonnes in January-June with net imports sliding harder by 16% thanks to slightly higher exports relative to 2018.
Imports from China contain around 4 percent of content from the U.S., while imports from Mexico contain about 40 percent, and even more in products like medical devices.
The White House has slapped tariffs on steel and aluminum and on $34 billion of imports from China, and several companies have hit U.S. imports with retaliatory duties.
Dick's Sporting Goods (DKS), for example, imports 51% of its merchandise from China, while Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) imports 53% of its goods from China, according to Lasser.
Data: Bureau of Economic Analysis Why it matters: Both exports and imports are on the rise, but imports are rising more quickly, reflecting a rebound in domestic demand.
CHINA SCRAP: China provided the first detail of a ban on scrap imports, saying it would still allow imports of some kinds of steel and non-ferrous scrap.
Imports erupted: The announcement of the investigation ignited a surge in U.S. steel imports, as buyers sought cheap steel before tariffs were enacted and U.S. trade partners retaliated.
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - China's November sugar imports rose 221.6 percent from the year before to 160,000 tonnes, customs data showed on Saturday, while corn imports tumbled 30.5 percent.
Imports gained 1.5 percent to a record C$51.82 billion, as imports of aircraft soared six-fold from December, reflecting the arrival of airliners from the United States.
Likewise, year-to-date imports from Indonesia have surged more than four-fold to 390,706 tonnes, giving the nation a 5503 percent share of Chinese imports of ferronickel.
Safeguard tariffs can be imposed on imports of a particular product if a country's own industry is at risk of serious damage from a sudden surge of imports.
Japan's imports rose 15.8 percent in March from a year ago, the largest increase since March 2014, as higher oil prices pushed up the value of energy imports.
Trump last month imposed a 25 percent tariff on steel imports and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum imports that have been in place for about three weeks.
The three have threatened to retaliate on imports of a number of American goods after Trump imposed tariffs on their steel and aluminum imports after briefly exempting them.
That import figure, which includes goods and services imports, is up 1.6 percent on the September figure, and up 7 percent on the year-earlier October imports figure.
Trump used the statute to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from around the globe and has threatened to do so to limit imports of foreign cars.
The Trump administration also put tariffs of 25 percent on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum imports from Canada, Mexico and the European Union earlier this month.
The Trump administration also put tariffs of 25 percent on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum imports from Canada, Mexico, and the European Union earlier this month.
Given several options to address this threat, Trump chose the most punitive reaction: a 25 percent tariff on steel imports and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum imports.
The U.S. at the end of May imposed tariffs of 25 percent on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum imports against Canada, Mexico and the European Union.
"Imports of manufacturing goods account for more than 50% of total gross global imports, but only make up 20% of total world value added," the ECB Bulletin argued.
Natural gas imports, including liquefied natural gas (LNG) and pipeline imports, were 7.52 million tonnes last month, the customs data showed, easing from 7.56 million tonnes in May.
Combined exports and imports fell around 25 percent from 2013 through 2017, with imports dropping to $11.3 billion from $15.6 billion during that period, according to the government.
Copper imports came in close to the record seen in 2014, dipping just 0.3 percent on the year, although the total dollar value of imports fell 18.4 percent.
The goods element of Iranian imports to Iraq was about $6 billion for the 12 months ending March 2018, about 15 percent of Iraq's total imports for 2017.
Instead of bringing jobs back to America and fighting off imports, the tariffs led to more jobs shipped abroad and more imports of final, rather than raw, goods.
American producers also benefit from more affordable imports: A 2013 Chamber of Commerce study found that 60 percent of American imports are bought by American factories and farms.
The Indian rupee fell to the lowest in 16-months on Friday, making imports expensive for consumers in India, which fulfils nearly all of its demand from imports.
A US Department of Commerce investigation determined that in 2017, imports of steel and aluminum goods totaled nearly $48 billion, or about 2 percent of total US imports.
The United States will maintain 25% tariffs on $250 billion of Chinese imports, but cut tariffs in half to 7.5% on $120 billion in imports, the USTR said.
Between 2015 and 2016, South Korea's U.S. LPG imports more than doubled to about 3.4 million tonnes, according to KNOC, making up almost half its total LPG imports.
After President Trump announced new tariffs on $50 billion worth of Chinese imports, China's Commerce Ministry said it might slap tariffs on $3 billion worth of US imports.
China's imports from the United States, badly hit by the prolonged U.S.-Sino trade war, were nearly halved in 2019 to 6.35 million tonnes, with no December imports.
Gold imports in December dropped 403% from a year ago to 60 tonnes, the source said, adding that in value terms, December imports fell 4.3% to $2.46 billion.
Imports, meanwhile, rose 28503 percent in the second quarter, about half the pace at the start of the year, with goods imports slowing to a 22019-percent pace.
The Chinese market imports relatively few foreign-made vehicles, the various trade barriers that have infuriated the Trump administration effectively limiting imports to specialty and high-end models.
Trump made the announcement on Thursday, saying the U.S. will implement a 25 percent tariff on steel imports and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum imports next week.
Trump has also suggested imposing a 35% tariff on imports from Mexico, a 45% tariff on imports from China, and pulling out of the World Trade Organization (WTO).
It resumed some imports in December, but purchased just 1 million barrels, a minute portion of the more than 300 million barrels of total imports, Refinitiv data showed.
Tokyo had worried that Trump could demand a reduction in auto imports from Japan or that he could impose steep tariffs on such imports on national security grounds.
"We are expecting Mexico's imports from the U.S. to increase to an average of 900,000 barrels per day (bpd) in 2017... imports would surpass 1 million bpd at times in 2017 if private imports become significant after price liberalization," said Robert Campbell, head of oil products research at Energy Aspects.
China imposes tariffs on U.S. imports of polysilicon, a key element to make solar panels that REC Silicon produces, while the United States imposes tariffs on solar panel imports.
U.S. Department of Energy Deputy Secretary Dan Brouillette downplayed China's lower imports of American LNG and other energy products following the imposition of tariffs on imports by both sides.
China's purchases of U.S. soybeans have plummeted since Beijing imposed tariffs on imports in response to an array of duties slapped on Chinese imports by U.S. President Donald Trump.
The tariffs of 25 percent on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum imports is just one example of the Trump administration taking aim at foreign countries' trade practices.
The administration's tariffs of 25 percent on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum imports took effect June 1, two-thirds of the way through the calendar second quarter.
Russia had imposed duties of 29.6 percent on German van imports and 23 percent on imports from Italy in 2013, claiming they were unfairly priced to undermine Russian producers.
Trump signed an order on Thursday that imposed 25 percent tariffs on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminium, in a bid to counter cheap imports, especially from China.
Pemex still buys most of the imports from the U.S. Gulf refiners, but private imports are expected to grow in 2017 with further liberalization and improved cross-border infrastructure.
Washington said Monday it will impose preliminary anti-subsidy duties averaging 20 percent on imports of Canadian softwood lumber, a move that affects some $5.66 billion worth of imports.
President Trump imposed 10 percent tariffs on aluminum imports and 25 percent tariffs on steel imports in June and has threatened to impose tariffs on autos and other products.
The high refinery runs will add to China's crude oil imports, currently on track to top United States' imports this year for the first time on an annual basis.
Dalian will ban imports of all Australian coal indefinitely and limit coal imports from all sources to 12 million tonnes in 2019, a port official told Reuters on Thursday.
Dalian will ban imports of all Australian coal indefinitely and limit coal imports from all sources to 13 million tonnes in 2019, a port official told Reuters on Thursday.
A large depreciation of the pound could eventually boost exports and reduce imports, but significant order changes for exports and imports could take 12 to 18 months to occur.
The government maintains a fixed rate of 10 to the dollar mainly for imports of food and medicine, a wildly unrealistic level that stymies essential imports and fosters corruption.
Hungary, which relies on Russian imports via Ukraine for nearly all of its gas use, has sought to diversify its imports geographically as well as by supplier for years.
Year-to-date, LNG imports were 33.13 million tonnes, compared with 26.15 million in the same period of 2016, pointing to 2017's imports setting a full-year record.
NEW DELHI, July 27 (Reuters) - India's thermal coal imports rose 8 percent while coking coal imports rose about 13 percent for the year ended March 2018, government data showed.
It also wants to limit purchases of foreign petroleum to gas imports from Bolivia, considered cheap at a price of $3.2 per million BTU, and gasoil imports for winter.
The result: Congressional districts that were more exposed to Chinese imports were more likely to elect ideological extremists to office than districts that were less affected by Chinese imports.
The Commission previously ordered customs authorities to register imports of cold-rolled flat steel from mid-December, meaning duties would apply to imports from China and Russia from then.
Imports gained 1.5 percent to hit a record C$51.82 billion, as imports of aircraft soared six-fold from December, reflecting the arrival of airliners from the United States.
"Recently China customs frequently detected hazardous pests in imports of Canadian canola, and in one company's imports the problem was particularly serious," Lu said during a regular press briefing.
On a barrels per day basis, imports were up 21.35% from a year ago, but were flat versus April when China's total crude oil imports hit a monthly record.
A wide range of businesses were directly impacted when Trump slapped tariffs of 25 percent on imports of steel and 85033 percent on imports of aluminum earlier this year.
Exports to Russia went from 2.76 percent of total Italian exports to 1.61 percent, while Italian imports from Russia went from 85033 percent of total imports to 2.9 percent.
When the United States imposed a 35 percent tariff on Chinese tires in 2009, imports of tires from China declined while imports from Indonesia, Mexico and Thailand rose sharply.
A dozen countries, including Brazil's largest trading partner, China, have suspended imports of Brazilian meat as a precaution, and eight others have stopped imports from the plants under investigation.
In the absence of Iranian oil imports, South Korea's imports from the United States almost tripled to 1.91 million tonnes in July, or 463,922 bpd, from the year before.
One Republican senator, who asked not to be identified, complained Thursday about President Donald Trump's decision to impose the tariffs, 25% on steel imports and 10% on aluminum imports.
Indian solar cell and module manufacturers said cheap Chinese imports were hurting the domestic industry, while Chinese manufacturers say imports are helping India accelerate its renewable energy adoption program.
In 2754, Chinese imports of Australian wine leapt 267 percent by volume, the biggest increase on record, while imports from France grew 26 percent, according to Australian government figures.
Recently, the Commerce Department investigated imports of autos and auto parts on the same basis, examining whether imports of these products undermine the national security of the United States.
Since then, the first round of U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, as well as on Chinese imports, has gone live, prompting angry responses from around the world.
The Trump administration imposed 10 percent tariffs on $200 billion of imports from China this week, and Beijing hit back immediately with tariffs on $60 billion of U.S. imports.
Germany, for example, not only received a surge of Chinese imports, but also experienced an onslaught of imports from Eastern European countries after the collapse of the Soviet bloc.
In the first quarter, U.S. imports accounted for less than 1 pct of China's total beef imports, but a pick-up in purchases would challenge Australia, Brazil and Uruguay.
China imports 60 percent of the oilseed traded worldwide to make meal for its massive livestock herd, with about a third of its imports typically from the United States.
When the U.S. slaps another country with taxes on imports, it effectively increases the price Americans pay for foreign goods and decreases the volume of imports as a result.
President Donald Trump threatened on Monday to hit $200 billion of Chinese imports with 10 percent tariffs if China retaliates against his previous targeting of $50 billion in imports.
SMM-CUYP-CN CHINA IMPORTS: China's refined copper cathode imports fell 5433% year-on-year in May to 243,056 tonnes and were also down 15% from the previous month.
The USGS puts the value of U.S. rare-earth compounds and metal imports last year at $150 million, with China making up 78 percent of imports over 2013-16.
China's May crude oil imports jumped the most in over six years, iron ore imports were the highest since December and copper purchases were up more than 29.6583 percent.
China's General Administration of Customs, which approves new imports, also recently gave the green light to imports of soymeal from Argentina, following decades of talks between the two countries.
Bangladesh mainly imports agriculture products, such as rice and livestock products from Vietnam while it imports textiles and cloths, leather and leather products, plastic products and medicine from Bangladesh.
Under TPP, Japan imposes a tax of 26.6% on beef imports up to around 600,000 tonnes annually and the rate goes up to 38.5% when imports surpass that amount.
In 2016, the Obama administration imposed duties on some Chinese steel imports by more than 500 percent, causing Chinese imports to the U.S. to drop by almost two-thirds.
While the U.S would likely replace some of its duty-free imports with its own production, it will still need to rely on more expensive imports, the report said.
This means that, assuming net imports remain steady, Trump could release 1 million bpd from the SPR for about two months without dipping below 90 days net imports cover.
Nomura's research, which considers steel imports from the European Union collectively, ranks South Korea and Japan as the overall fourth and eighth largest sources of U.S. steel imports, respectively.
Imports of products needed to produce memory chips clipped a 211.9 percent expansion in September, while imports of crude oil gained 17.8 percent on-year, according to the government.
Combined exports and imports fell around 25 percent from 2013 through 2017, with annual imports dropping to $11.3 billion from $15.6 billion during that period, according to the government.
A Reuters analysis that compared listed products with 2017 Census Bureau import data showed $3.9 billion in flat-panel television imports, and $1.4 billion in vehicle imports from China.
Trump signed an order on Thursday that imposed 25 percent tariffs on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum, in a bid to counter cheap imports, especially from China.
In 2016, the value of imports of tool chests and cabinets from China totaled $230 million, while imports from Vietnam were valued at $77 million, Commerce Department data shows.
The affected food imports from Japan will be relatively minimal, as only about two tonnes are returned out of about 190,000 tonnes of total Japanese food imports annually, Lee said.
Meanwhile the National Food Authority (NFA), a government agency that oversees rice imports and is supposed to ensure the stability of food prices, has delayed rice imports at the border.
European milk farmers are struggling with a slump in prices caused by the European Union ending quotas last year, Russia's ban on Western food imports and weak Chinese dairy imports.
Japan is the last of the four biggest Iranian oil buyers in Asia to resume imports after receiving a waiver from U.S. sanctions on crude imports that started in November.
The monthly drop was fuelled by a rise in imports, a senior central bank official said, adding that the reserves were sufficient to cover about nine months' worth of imports.
"A farmer's biggest enemy is imports," said Suwarno, 34, as he took a cigarette break next to his rows of shallots, adding that he believes Prabowo will stop food imports.
While vehicles were the main imports from Canada and Japan, more than half — $46.8 billion of the automotive-related imports from Mexico — were vehicle parts in that 10-month period.
A possible rise in U.S. tariffs on Japanese auto imports would also hurt Subaru, given that it imports half of the vehicles it sells in the United States from Japan.
The nation's December diesel imports climbed 166.1 percent from the same month a year earlier to 110,000 tonnes, while kerosene imports fell 2.3 percent on the year to 290,000 tonnes.
U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Monday to hit $200 billion of Chinese imports with 10 percent tariffs if China retaliates against his previous targeting of $50 billion in imports.
Washington is investigating aluminum imports from China under the rarely used section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 that allows restrictions on imports for reasons of national security.
President Donald Trump last month announced a 25 percent tariff on steel imports and 10 percent tariff on aluminum imports to counter what he has described as unfair international competition.
Trump imposed the 25-percent global tariffs on steel imports a year ago to protect the industry from imports, citing national security grounds under a Cold War-era trade law.
Pipeline imports are normally around 810,000 bpd, meaning that imports so far this month are running at around 9.25 million bpd, some 13 percent below what was achieved in April.
Tianjin is the biggest port in China in terms of parallel car imports, bringing in around 70 percent of country's overall parallel car imports, according to a Commerce Ministry report.
U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said a 25 percent tariff on steel imports and a 10 percent levy on aluminum imports from its allies would come into effect on Friday.
President Donald Trump threatened on Monday to hit $63 billion of Chinese imports with 26 percent tariffs if Beijing retaliates against his previous announcement to target $22016 billion in imports.
In late May, the Trump administration announced tariffs of 25 percent on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum imports, prompting retaliation from top trading partners including Canada and Mexico.
Trump threatened on Monday to hit $200 billion of Chinese imports with 10 percent tariffs if China follows through with retaliation against his previous targeting of $50 billion in imports.
On Monday, President Donald Trump threatened to hit $200 billion of Chinese imports with 10 percent tariffs if Beijing retaliates against a previous announcement to target $50 billion in imports.
Mercosur has resisted a European proposal for a proposed tariff of 98 euros per ton on sugar imports and a quota on ethanol imports that they say is too small.
China's General Administration of Customs said Tuesday that refined copper imports in December rose 34 percent year-over-year, for the fourth consecutive month of strong imports, Dow Jones reported.
Imports from Japan's number two supplier, the UAE, fell from 884,057 bpd in December to 752,973 bpd in January, while imports from Russia rose to 214,498 bpd from December's 46.303,285.
This implies that growth in imports in year-on-year terms may moderate in coming months, but doesn't yet point to a reversal in the overall trend for rising imports.
If Chinese imports devastated certain communities in the United States, an obvious response would be to reverse the policies that allowed Chinese imports into the country in the first place.
China has this year tightened impurity thresholds on waste imports, which have since fallen dramatically, and has banned imports of 16 scrap and waste products from the end of 2018.
The ministry also reminded companies about the ban on imports of copper, silver, the other metals and statues, but imports which had already arrived in China would not be affected.
Imports for power plants at the port of Mundra, in western India's state of Gujarat, made up 42% of all imports by Indian utilities during the first half of 2019.
Official figures for June crude imports will be released this week, but Refinitiv has estimated that China's seaborne and pipeline imports were 39.55 million tonnes, or about 9.62 million bpd.
The administration is set to impose tariffs of 22019 percent on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum imports, targeting allies who had previously received temporary exemptions on that score.
In a Section 201 case, American industries or unions facing serious injury from imports may seek broad tariffs on imports from around the world rather than from a particular country.
On another front, EU leaders are questioning whether the tariffs of 25 percent on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum imports are really over concerns about U.S. national security.
U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross announced at a news briefing Thursday that tariffs of 25 percent on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum imports will take effect from midnight.
The drop in refined imports has been somewhat offset by an 8.8 percent gain in imports of nickel ores and concentrates to 25.96 million tonnes in the first nine months.
President Donald Trump threatened on Monday to hit $200 billion of Chinese imports with 10 percent tariffs if Beijing retaliates against his previous announcement to target $129.893 billion in imports.
President Donald Trump threatened on Monday to hit $200 billion of Chinese imports with 10 percent tariffs if Beijing retaliates against his previous announcement to target $50 billion in imports.
The Nordic country, which depends largely on Swedish and Russian power imports, saw industrial energy needs grow by 1.7 percent last year, while net power imports hit a record high.
China's agreement to limit imports of North Korean coal and iron ore came with a condition: It should be demonstrated that such imports would support the North's illicit weapons programs.
The tariffs on energy imports were mooted by the Chinese on June 15 as part of their response to the U.S. announcement of tariffs on $50 billion worth of imports.
"On the economic side, President Xi Jinping referred to enhanced imports of rice and sugar from India and spoke of possibility of greater imports of soymeal and rapeseed," he said.
In 2018, India's thermal coal imports rose at the fastest pace in four years, according to two industry sources, despite moves by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government to cut imports.
To do that, they have floated implementing a border adjustment tax, which would tax foreign imports and exempt exports, raising money because the US currently imports more than it exports.
Restoration Hardware, which is based in Corte Madera, California, imports 77 percent of its volume by dollars from Asia — with China accounting for a majority of those imports, Goldman said.
In the EU, Chinese imports of corrosion-resistant steel, which nearly doubled last year, steadied in the year to August just as imports from Vietnam surged from historically negligible levels.
Many companies have been shifting that final assembly to Vietnam, producing a surge in American imports from Vietnam this year even as American imports from China have begun to falter.
When Trump announced his plans to implement a 25 percent tariff on steel imports and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum imports in March, congressional Republicans loudly voiced their concerns.
Trump departed from his party's orthodoxy and embraced protectionist policies, walking away from the TPP and imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum imports and $250 billion of imports from China.
The real takeaway is that even though duty-exempt imports represented around 50% of total imports over the 2008-2017 period, everyone ends up paying the full 6% tariff anyway.
Last year's imports came in at a record 19.7 million tonnes (bulk weight) and imports in the first eight months of this year were up another 11% at 14.4 million.
Last year's imports came in at a record 19.7 million tonnes (bulk weight) and imports in the first eight months of this year were up another 11% at 14.4 million.
In the first year of his tariffs on washing machines, which took effect in 2018, the tariff was 20% on the first 1.2 million imports, then 50% on additional imports.
U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said a 25 percent tariff on steel imports and a 10 percent levy on aluminum imports from its allies would go into effect on Friday.
Fifteen percent tariffs on $120 billion of Chinese imports will be cut in half, but the 25 percent tariffs on an additional $250 billion of imports will remain in place.
In southeast Asia, nearly half of Indonesia's oil imports come from the Middle East, while almost all of Vietnam's crude imports to feed the country's second refinery are from Kuwait.
The marked slowing in natural gas imports growth is somewhat deceiving as it was improbable that China could continue to increase its imports at the breakneck pace of recent years.
Imports of steel and aluminum into the United States have declined since the tariffs went into place, he said, but imports of products made with those metals had 'significantly increased.
"While prospects for growth in the imports of Japan and South Korea are limited, Australian producers are expected to capture an increasing share of both country's imports," the department said.
Currently, Japan imposes a 38.5% tariff on U.S. beef imports and higher tariffs if accumulated quarterly imports of specific beef products rise more than 17 percent from the previous year.
Halfway through the event, Trump told the attendees he would impose tariffs of 25 percent on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum imports, the person in the room said.
However, the implied purity of those imports — calculated by cross-referencing the customs department's dollar value of imports against the copper price — jumped from 43 percent to almost 60 percent.
President Trump announced Thursday that the United States will impose a 25 percent tariff on steel imports and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum imports as early as next week.
Trump on Thursday announced that the United States will impose a 25 percent tariff on steel imports and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum imports as early as next week.
Since 297, the president has launched a series of higher and higher tariffs on Chinese imports into the US, and Beijing in return has done the same for US imports.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Commerce Department has prepared a report on imports of European automobiles that, according to the German press, concludes that these imports pose a threat to national security.
"The main reason for the fall in China's crude imports is the Iranian imports which fell sharply in May," said Seng Yick Tee, analyst at Beijing-based consultancy SIA Energy.
Late last week, after Washington imposed a tariff rate increase to 25% on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports, U.S. President Donald Trump ordered his trade chief to begin the process of imposing tariffs on all remaining imports from China, which would subject about $300 billion worth of Chinese imports to tariffs.
European Steel Workers Protest Cheap Chinese Imports | Thousands marched through Brussels to urge the European Union to keep protections against Chinese imports, which executives say are destroying jobs and the environment.
Trade tensions have taken center stage in recent weeks as Trump has increased tariffs on Chinese imports, threatened to raise tariffs on Mexican imports and removed preferential trade treatment for India.
Exports of aluminium rose just as the United States imposed a 10 percent tariff on imports of the metal on March 23 along with a 25 percent duty on steel imports.
The United States has imposed tariffs on European steel and aluminum imports and is conducting another national security study that could lead to tariffs on imports of cars and car parts.
The Trump administration said on Monday that the 25 percent tariff on steel imports and 10 percent tariff on aluminum imports from Canada and Mexico would be suspended until June 1.
The proposal would tax Mexican imports and exempt exports (Vox's Dylan Matthews explains this in greater detail), which counts as raising money because the US currently imports more than it exports.
The government in late October issued a notice to ban tilapia fish imports from next year, a move widely interpreted as targeting China, a major source of tilapia imports to Kenya.
Commerce Secretary  Wilbur Ross  said Thursday the U.S. will impose the 25 percent tariffs on steel imports, and 10 percent tariffs on aluminum imports, when a previous exemption expires at midnight.
Suniva's petition said the volume of imports rose by 24 percent between 2012 and 2016, while the value of those imports grew by 62.8 percent from $5.1 billion to $8.3 billion.
"Imports as a share of consumption will grow in July and August," the source said, adding that the precise volume of additional imports that may be needed is not yet known.
U.S. President Donald Trump announced a 25 percent tariff on steel imports and 10 percent tariff on aluminum imports last month to counter what he has described as unfair international competition.
ZINC AND LEAD IMPORTS SLOW China's imports of refined zinc and lead boomed over 22013 and early 21.9 as the country's smelters were hit by a global squeeze on mined concentrates.
However, net imports of 3,7643 tonnes in June were the lowest monthly tally since May of last year and it's worth noting this has coincided with accelerated imports of lead concentrates.
Industrial supplies and materials imports fell by $3.2 billion, which included a $1.4 billion drop in crude oil shipments into the U.S. Cellphones and related household good imports decreased $1.4 billion.
Oil imports hit a record despite a worse-than-expected 10 percent fall in Chinese exports and a 1.9 percent drop in imports that cast a gloomy outlook on its economy.
Drafters of the plan say a tax on imports would increase the value of the dollar, helping offset the cost of imports to U.S. manufacturers by giving them more purchasing power.
President Donald Trump on Monday said Washington would hit $200 billion of Chinese imports with 10 percent tariffs if Beijing retaliates against his previous announcement to target $50 billion in imports.
"In such a scenario, multiple options for sourcing coking coal imports would lead to cost advantage and choice," the ministry said, adding that Canadian coking coal imports were expected to increase.
Given that smaller refiners were behind much of the gain in China's crude imports in 2017, any sign that they may pull back on purchases would be bearish for crude imports.
The central bank said that the end-June reserves level of $119.8 billion was equal to 7.2 months of imports, higher than the international adequacy standard of 3 months of imports.
The United States has imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Canada, Mexico and the European Union and is weighing up the possibility of slapping additional duties on automobile imports.
Imports in June climbed 15.4 percent, the slowest annual pace in three months, due to a 15.8 percent drop in electronics imports, as global demand for its tech shipments remain sluggish.
Trump made the tariffs announcement on March 1 and a week later signed two proclamations levying a 103 percent tax on steel imports and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum imports.
But in an interesting shift, there has actually been an increase in India's oil imports from the US in recent months, outpacing imports from its traditional suppliers in the Middle East.
The declines followed customs data on Sunday that showed iron ore imports fell 2.2 percent in April from March, while copper ore and concentrate imports shed 8 percent on the month.
They require proof that a domestic industry has been "seriously injured" by imports, a harder test than the mere proof of "injury" from imports that is required for other trade cases.
The U.S. trade deficit rose another 8.6 percent in October, reaching $6900 billion as imports in the month hit $244.6 billion, an all-time record for imports in a single month.
Zinc imports surged by 440 percent in December after shipments nearly quadrupled in November and almost tripled in October, as galvanisers hoovered up cheaper imports ahead of this year's expected shortfall.
Gu Yu, first secretary of China's Ministry of Commerce, said there was no evidence that steel imports threatened U.S. national security, noting that dumping orders had sharply curtailed imports from China.
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey has reduced tariffs on some U.S. imports in response to a similar United States move to halve tariffs on Turkish steel imports, the official gazette showed on Wednesday.
China charges that the U.S. measure, in the form of a tariff-rate quota on imports of solar cells and an increase in duties on imports of modules, violates WTO rules.
In late May, the Trump administration announced tariffs of 25 percent on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum imports, prompting quick retaliation from top trading partners including Canada and Mexico.
U.S. President Donald Trump is considering imposing steel and aluminum tariffs on imports from China and elsewhere following a probe looking at whether imports of the metals threatened U.S. national security.
For example, imports from countries that are gross violators of labor rights, such as Pakistan or Vietnam, may face restrictions when those imports demonstrably threaten to damage labor standards at home.
U.S. imports of pharmaceutical products and ingredients from China in 6900 totaled $2628 billion, a mere 28503 percent of total U.S. imports in that category, according to the Department of Commerce.
The two sides traded back-and-forth tariff threats on $50 billion worth of imports on Friday, and then Trump on Monday threatened tariffs on another $200 billion worth of imports.
Some of the increase in light crude imports is unlikely to be sustainable, given that August's imports from the United States are expected to be the highest since June last year.
Should the president impose trade restrictions on steel and aluminum imports, this will hit imports not just from China, but also from allies, such as Australia, Canada, Japan and South Korea.
Trade tensions have taken centre stage in recent weeks as Trump has increased tariffs on Chinese imports, threatened to raise tariffs on Mexican imports and removed preferential trade treatment for India.
Last week, China exempted certain American imports including shrimp, fish meal, and cancer drugs, followed a couple of days later by US soy beans and pork imports, from its own tariffs.
Since the United States imports more goods and services than it exports, imposing extra taxes on imports while cutting them on exports would also raise net tax revenues for the Treasury.
China has said it will impose $28503 billion in tariffs on U.S. exports in response to Trump's announced duties of 22019 percent on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum imports.
JCI expects another $2.1 billion will come from 1 million metric tons of frozen pork and offal imports, while sorghum, corn and distillers' grains imports will reach about $1.8 billion each.
Out-of-quota imports already incur a 50 percent levy, and the protective measures added an extra 45 percent duty to those imports last year, taking the total to 95 percent.
In comment on the tariffs set up by President Donald Trump, Flannery said GE imports about $2.9 billion worth of goods annually from China, roughly 10 percent of total its imports.
The EU is considering applying 25% tariffs on $3.5 billion of imports from the US.It comes after Trump announced plans to slap 25% tariffs on steel imports, and 10% on aluminium.
U.S. imports of furniture from China fell 13.5 percent in the first quarter, which compares with a 37.2 percent increase in imports from Vietnam and a 19.3 percent rise from Taiwan.
Officials have not said whether U.S. President Donald Trump's plan for tariffs of 25 percent on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum products would include imports from Canada and Mexico.
Trump has imposed 25% tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports and has threatened to impose tariffs on another $300 billion worth of imports unless the countries reach an agreement.
U.S. Imports of Primary Aluminium - top 6003 suppliers: tmsnrt.
U.S. imports of primary aluminum - top 22016 suppliers: tmsnrt.
GRAPHIC: China vs Japan & South Korea LNG imports - reut.
BEIJING, June 23 (Reuters) - * China's scrap metal imports in May fell 27.7 percent on the year to 520,000 tonnes, customs data showed on Saturday * China's May scrap copper imports fell 33.3 percent to 210,000 tonnes and scrap aluminium imports fell 40.5 percent to 110,000 tonnes * China imported no waste plastic in May while waste paper imports fell 64.8 percent to 860,000 tonnes, the data also showed (Reporting by Dominique Patton and Yawen Chen; Editing by Stephen Coates)
However, there are increasing signs that China's crude oil imports are moving toward becoming a zero-sum game, insofar as much of the rise in imports is being exported as refined fuels.
"Japan imports all of its crude and if imports of oil products surged, that would not heighten the supply risk substantially," said a senior Japanese trade official who declined to be named.
Trade tensions have grabbed center stage for investors in recent weeks after Trump increased tariffs on Chinese imports, threatened to raise tariffs on Mexican imports and removed preferential trade treatment for India.
It also said it would press forward with countervailing duty investigations of imports of so-called CTL plate from China and Korea, while ending the countervailing duty investigation of imports from Brazil.
It would also make Egypt's exports less competitive, tilting the balance in favor of imports and thereby widening the current account deficit, the degree to which a country's imports exceed its exports.
Thermal coal imports rose in 2018 after two years of decline, despite moves by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government to cut the country's imports in a bid to reduce the trade deficit.
TRQs are two-level tariffs, with a limited volume of imports allowed at the lower 'in-quota' tariff and subsequent imports charged an "out-of-quota" tariff, which is usually much higher.
Gasoline imports are expected to dip to around 400,000 bpd, down some 17 percent, while diesel imports will fall to about 130,000 bpd, down nearly 30 percent from 2016, according to Volin.
On June 1st Mr Trump extended tariffs to countries that supplied 81% of America's steel imports and 96% of aluminium imports in 2017, arguing that this was necessary to protect national security.
The shipping data suggests that China's iron ore imports in September weren't actually a record high, but equally, the imports for October were nowhere near as weak as the customs data indicated.
The decline in crude oil imports was a surprise, given refineries normally ramp up output ahead of winter, although imports may have been affected by the smaller, independent refiners exhausting their quotas.
European dairy farmers are struggling with a slump in milk prices caused by oversupply after the European Union scrapped quotas last year, Russia banned Western food imports and Chinese dairy imports weakened.
In a pair of tweets late on May 200th he threatened to slap 25% tariffs on all Chinese imports, a rate that applies to only a much smaller portion of imports now.
On May 29th, days after tariffs on imports from China were supposedly put on hold, official word came that tariffs on $50bn of Chinese imports would be imposed "shortly" after June 15th.
China may well "agree" to lower tariffs on certain American imports, but secretly erect non-tariff barriers to keep those same imports from gaining more than a toehold in the Chinese market.
Wednesday's surprise deal suspends the imposition of a proposed U.S. 25 percent levy on auto imports, with Washington and Brussels to hold talks over tariffs on imports of European steel and aluminum.
China accounts for 3.6 percent of U.K. exports and 7.0 percent of all U.K. imports, making China the seventh largest export market for the U.K. and the third largest source of imports.
The move is likely to soothe fears of an escalating trade war in the wake of Trump's decision to slap a 25 percent tariff on steel imports -- 10 percent on aluminum imports.
Delays in clearing imports as a result of the new rules has also been a problem for major manufacturers, adding to costs and creating bottlenecks, encouraging firms to cut back on imports.
China's July trade data, the first since the United States imposed tariffs on $34 billion of Chinese imports on July 6, showed a faster-than-expected rise in China's exports and imports.
On Friday, Trump imposed tariffs on $50 billion of imports from China, a move that came on top of hefty duties on steel and aluminum imports implemented at the start of June.
Thermal coal imports rose in 2018 after two years of decline, despite moves by Prime Minister Narendra Modis government to cut the country's imports in a bid to reduce the trade deficit.
China has banned imports of pigs, wild boar and products from Bulgaria and Belgium following outbreak of African swine fever, as well as imports from Japan after a regular swine fever outbreak.
China's crude imports are on track to post a second straight monthly record, with vessel-tracking and port data compiled by Refinitiv pointing to imports totalling 10.29 million barrels per day (bpd).
South Korea currently relies on imports for 60 percent of its beef needs, and imports have risen over the past 15 years as falling domestic cattle production has pushed up domestic prices.
Its net oil imports of 6.9 million barrels per day in 2040 will require $280 billion in annual outlay by 2040, making oil the largest chunk of projected imports, the agency said.
On Thursday, U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said a 25 percent tariff on steel imports and a 10 percent levy on aluminum imports from its allies would go into effect on Friday.
After President Obama imposed a safeguard of 3-year tariffs on Chinese tire imports, China retaliated by initiating anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigations on imports of U.S. chicken and automotive products.
A 25 percent tariff on steel imports and 10 percent tariff on aluminum imports will be imposed on the EU, Canada and Mexico from midnight (0400 GMT on Friday), Ross told reporters.
China said late on Sunday it will slap an extra 29 percent tariff on ethanol imports from the United States, part of its response to U.S. duties on aluminum and steel imports.
For tables and data of China's coal imports including lignite, please click on, for coal imports excluding lignite, please click on (Reporting by Meng Meng and Josephine Mason; Editing by Richard Pullin)
The news arrives months after the initial trade adjustment in March that imposed a 28503-percent tariff on steel imports and 22019-percent tariff on aluminum imports for many U.S. trade partners.
The tariffs of 25 percent on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum imports are slated to take effect at midnight Thursday despite Secretary of Defense James Mattis' recommendation of targeted tariffs.
The NBB has sought to stymie imports since the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 2771 allowed Argentine biodiesel imports to qualify for U.S. tax credits as part of the Renewable Fuel Standard.
President Donald Trump has been attacking what he sees as unfair trade on a number of fronts, including imposing tariffs of 25 percent on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum imports.
It is the first time that Brazil has taxed ethanol imports, with the government reversing its position of avoiding taxes on the biofuel's trade, following complaints from local producers about rising imports.
China's imports of solid waste fell more than half between January and mid-November compared with the same period a year earlier, as the country tightened a ban on solid waste imports.
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The two leaders were discussing the Trump administration's plan to impose a 25 percent tariff on steel imports and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum imports from the EU, Canada, and Mexico.
Reuters reported on Thursday that customs at Dalian has banned imports of Australian coal and will cap overall coal imports from all sources to the end of 2019 at 12 million tonnes.
For one, the United States imports much more from China than China imports from the United States, meaning that Trump's tariffs on Chinese goods would more drastically affect producers there, Cramer said.
The commission in a statement said it made a negative finding regarding critical circumstances regarding the mattress imports, which meant that such imports would not be subject to retroactive anti-dumping duties.
The plants have won crude oil import quotas totaling nearly 1.9 million barrels per day, and made imports equal to about 18 percent of China's total oil imports in the first quarter.
Reuters was unable to determine how the restaurant sources its ingredients such as pepperoni, although North Korea imports processed meats and cheeses from European countries and Southeast Asia - such imports are legal.
Oil product imports in the first half were estimated at 4.56 million tonnes, falling 35.4% from the same period last year, while the value of product imports fell 39.7% to $2.82 billion .
Instead, the White House took action on imports of washing machines and solar products based on requests by companies who said their operations in the United States were being harmed by imports.
The rise in refinery runs has paled in comparison to the jump in imports, particularly waterborne imports to the Gulf and West Coasts, said Matt Smith, director of commodity research at ClipperData.
The United States has levied tariffs on nearly half of its imports from China, while China has retaliated with tariffs on more than 70 percent of its imports from the United States.
Net U.S. crude imports fell by 1.51 million barrels per day to 2.9 million bpd, while imports in the Gulf Coast region dropped to their lowest on record at 1.2 million bpd.
Analysts also noted that the value of steel imports declined 26 percent from 2015 to 2016, though the White House noted that imports rose 20 percent between February 2016 and February 2017.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration has put curbs on palm oil imports from Malaysia in retaliation and officials have said it is planning to cut some imports from Turkey as well.
China's demand for imports of U.S. scrap aluminum, another product singled out by Beijing for higher tariffs, will likely soften now that the U.S. has imposed higher tariffs on Chinese aluminum imports.
Data from China showed unwrought copper imports in December rose to their highest level since March 2016, while iron ore imports last year rose to just below their all-time annual peak.
Global uncertainty On Sunday, the United States imposed a 15% tariff on $110 billion worth of Chinese imports, while Beijing retaliated with 5% to 10% levies on $75 billion of American imports.
Imports of Mexican oil have been in decline in recent years, but the United States still purchases more than 700,000 barrels of crude a day from Mexico, 8 percent of total imports.
Ting Lu, chief China economist at Nomura, said in a note Monday that he attributed the increase in imports to a low comparison base, more agricultural imports from the U.S. amid the trade negotiations, and potential front-loading of imports from the U.S. given China's plans to retaliate to American duties set to take effect Dec. 15.
China has attempted to increase its control over the features and waterways of the South China Sea where some 78 percent of its oil imports and 16 percent of natural gas imports sails.
"Vietnam will not be free of imports of refined fuels,(although) combined diesel and gasoline imports will halve from about 200,000 bpd in 2016," said Suresh Sivanandam, analyst at energy consultancy Wood Mackenzie.
Oil product imports in the period were estimated at 2.88 million tonnes, falling 35.2 percent from the same period last year, while the value of product imports fell 39.0 percent to $1.74 billion.
IMPORTS: China's refined copper cathodes imports rose to 2774,20.3 tonnes in March, up more than 21 percent from February, according to Reuters calculations based on data released by the General Administration of Customs.
IMPORTS: China's refined copper cathodes imports rose to 2766,20.6 tonnes in March, up more than 21 percent from February, according to Reuters calculations based on data released by the General Administration of Customs.
At the same time, Beijing imposed anti-dumping tariffs on imports of distillers' grains (DDGS), a byproduct of ethanol production, and hiked the tariffs on imports of the fuel, helping domestic ethanol producers.
The South Asian nation's imports from Saudi Arabia were up 1.9 percent to about 811,000 bpd, but the big mover was imports from Iraq, up a massive 45 percent to 1.13 million bpd.
The ability to deliver Russian metal against the SHFE contract has fuelled a sharp rise in such imports, almost 22016,215 tonnes in the first quarter compared with total refined imports of 2950,2000 tonnes.
China, last week, proposed a set of differentiated tariffs on $22.1 billion worth of U.S. imports, retaliating to the Trump administration's plans of 20.5 percent tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports.
CHINA SCRAP: China's imports of scrap metal in May rose 218% from the previous month to 2920,000 tonnes, customs data showed on Sunday, with scrap aluminium imports were the highest since March 2018.
U.S. crude imports rose last week by 1.8 million bpd to 8.3 million bpd as imports into the Gulf Coast alone hit 4.1 million bpd last week, the highest rate since November 2013.
After the Trump administration imposed tariffs on steel and aluminium imports in March, in mid-April China announced a 179% preliminary anti-dumping duty on imports of American sorghum, a niche animal feed.
The review of copper scrap imports is part of a broader crackdown by China authorities on imports of foreign waste as it looks to cut pollution from heavy industries to clear its skies.
Despite a rising tide of criticism from Republican lawmakers about the proposed 25 percent tariff on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum imports, Trump on Tuesday reiterated his plan for the tariffs.
U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on the remaining $300 billion of Chinese imports still free of them, and to raise tariffs on European and Japanese auto imports to 25%.
However, in volume terms, imports in the January-July period are up only 3.2 million tonnes, in other words, the gain in imports is less than half of the loss of domestic output.
U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said on Monday that anti-subsidy tariffs averaging around 18.483 percent would be imposed, affecting $5 billion worth of imports of softwood lumber imports from Canada, Reuters reported.
Trump has also said he would press ahead with hefty tariffs on $4.23 billion of Chinese imports and threatened to impose a 20 percent duty on all imports of European Union-assembled cars.
In the first four months of 23, U.S. imports of Chinese steel products were 2506,2518.64 tonnes, representing 323 percent of total imports and down from 232,26.9 tonnes for the same period last year.
Fallacies about imports and the trade deficit, as well as the myth of manufacturing decline, form the basis for Navarro's policy prescriptions, which include subsidizing exports and taxing imports to achieve trade balance.
While the initial Rota 2030 bill provided fiscal incentives for both local industry as well as auto imports, Congress excluded the incentives for imports, raising the possibility the program will also be questioned.
Imports of Chinese coated, corrosion resistant steel have surged 45 percent this year and make up 51 percent of total EU imports of the product, according to data cited by investment bank Jefferies.
Also casting a cloud over wider sentiment was a Reuters report on Thursday that customs at China's Dalian port banned imports of Australian coal and would cap overall coal imports from all sources.
"With a border adjustment tax, we would tax imports – just like more than 160 other countries that have either a value-added tax on imports, a border adjustment tax, or both," he said.
Not least because the Trump administration has just raised the trade stakes further with a new probe into steel imports in the U.S. How long before it does the same for aluminium imports?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. International Trade Commission said on Tuesday that the dumping of biodiesel imports from Argentina and Indonesia harms American producers, a move that locks in place duties on the imports.
China stopped importing Nigerian crude in the fourth quarter, according to Chinese customs figures, and while China's overall imports rose by 12 percent in 2017, imports from Saudi Arabia rose just 3203 percent.
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's Trade Ministry will implement a reciprocal reduction in tariffs on U.S. imports this week, after the United States halved tariffs on Turkish steel imports, two Turkish sources said on Tuesday.
That partly reflects strong imports from Peru (up 40 percent) but also higher imports from second-tier suppliers such as Russia (up 218 percent), Myanmar (up 149 percent) and Iran (up 55 percent).
If China in turn increases tariffs on US imports, that could undermine the strength of medical device suppliers: The US currently makes up more than 30% of China's med device and diagnostics imports.
Trump last week announced a plan to impose a 25 percent tariff on steel imports and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum imports, a move that shook both Washington, D.C., and global markets.
U.S. imports of Chinese alloy sheet surged by 731 percent between 2007 and 2017, with Chinese product accounting for nearly 0003 percent of total imports last year, according to the U.S. Aluminum Association.
Trump invoked national security to impose tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum from around the world, and has threatened to use the same statute to justify tariffs on imports of foreign cars.
Besides imposing another $200 billion in tariffs on Chinese imports into the United States as early as next week, Trump has asked the Commerce Department to determine whether auto imports endanger national security.
Trump has also said he would press ahead with hefty tariffs on $50 billion of Chinese imports and threatened to impose a 20 percent duty on all imports of European Union-assembled cars.
While the Trump administration has imposed tariffs on around $22020 billion of steel and aluminum imports, the new tariffs could be levied on up to $351 billion of automobile and auto part imports.
China is a distant second to Japan with an 8 percent share of titanium sponge metal imports, but accounted for 523 percent of imports of titanium dioxide, used as a pigment in paints.
In a 2010 study, nearly 40 percent of United States imports from Mexico were United States value-added, while about 25 percent of United States imports from Canada were United States value-added.
From 1997 to 1998, the first year imports were permitted, 13 million pounds of avocados were sent to the U.S. The delicious creamy avocados were a hit and imports have since increased exponentially.
China soybean imports from Brazil vs the United States - here China's total soybean imports rose in July from the same month last year, as some U.S. cargoes arrived, and on better crush margins.
Imposing national security tariffs on auto and auto-part imports would parallel his controversial decision last year to put duties on steel and aluminum imports from around the world using the same law.
China's imports via Hong Kong has steadily decreased this year in the wake of anti-government protests in the former British colony, and China has boosted gold imports from Shanghai instead this year.
And this chart also clearly demonstrates the close relationship between global trade and Chinese trade, the red line and blue line represent global imports and global exports, and yellow line represents Chinese imports.
Then, along came the bombshell announcement on Thursday morning from the President that he was also going ahead with a massive 25% tariff on steel imports and a 10% tariff on aluminum imports.
If the president picks a fight with China and raises tariffs on $60 billion of imports, that's about a 10 percent tariff on most Chinese imports to the U.S. That will be meaningful.
The proposed measures, which come under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, would impose a 25 percent levy on all steel imports and a 10 percent levy on aluminum imports.
Nigeria imports roughly 22021,000 tonnes of gasoline every month, accounting for 60 percent of West African imports of the fuel, meaning its choices on fuel quality are likely to impact the entire region.
At the start of the month, Trump denounced the U.S. trade deficit with other countries and proposed plans to levy tariffs of 25 percent on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum imports.
According to a 2017 report by the UK's Royal Institute of International Affairs, India was responsible for 10.3% of global arms imports between 2000 and 2016, with Russia supplying 72% of those imports.
China said late on Sunday it will slap an extra 15 percent tariff on ethanol imports from the United States, as part of its response to U.S. duties on aluminium and steel imports.
The request to Beijing comes amid a heated international debate on trade policy after Trump announced a 25 percent tariff on steel imports and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum imports last Thursday.
Trump vowed on Thursday to impose a 25 percent tariff on steel imports and 10 percent tariff on aluminum imports, although he said there would be exemptions for NAFTA partners Mexico and Canada.
While the decline in imports would be a positive in the calculation of gross domestic product, weak imports suggest domestic demand was struggling to regain speed after slowing sharply in the first quarter.
Usually tariffs are limited to a specific product or category of products, and to imports from specific countries, but you can also apply across-the-board tariffs to all imports from all countries.
PAID AT CUSTOMS A tariff is a tax on imports.
Effectively, imports would be taxed, and exports would be subsidised.
India's gold imports in April rose 21.4% to $3.97 billion.
While Indonesian exports grew again in 20183, China's imports collapsed.
China contributed to more than a third of the imports.
Imports from the world's No. 2 economy fell 6.1 percent.
Goods imports rose 1.2 percent to $214.1 billion in March.
Nigeria imposes tariffs of up to 70% on car imports.
Component production for vehicles is one of Mexico's biggest imports.
Instead, they've turned to craft beer and, increasingly, Mexican imports.
In May, imports fell just 0.3 percent year on year.
These days, the city imports 90 percent of its seafood.
The trade deficit also narrowed unusually sharply as imports plunged.
The AFCD has been trying to stop the illegal imports.
The products represent about $50 billion of estimated 2018 imports.
China's imports in the first five months jumped 262 percent.
The smuggling flouts U.N. sanctions that strictly limit oil imports.
There were declines in imports of industrial supplies and materials.
Imports dipped 0.1 percent in March from a year earlier.
And it's not just tariffs on imports that can hurt.
Where Trump could be wrong is imports and government spending.
What if we put a 22018 percent tariff on imports?
Until recently, imports were saddled with a 25 percent tariff.
India meets 80 percent of its oil needs from imports.
Imports rose 10.2 percent versus a forecast 11.4 percent gain.
That would take total imports to 700 MW a month.
Tuesday's report provided no further details on the possible imports.
The surge in US imports makes the message even clearer.
It banned all coal imports from North Korea from Feb.
Imports were up a smaller 0.4 percent to $258.4 billion.
The result: extreme inflation, making imports of basic goods unaffordable.
Imports fell 15.3 percent to $379.6 during the same period.
This has led to shortages of foreign exchange, squeezing imports.
Britain has a surplus of scrap but imports galvanised steel.
Last July, Trump began gradually imposing tariffs on Chinese imports.
Do we ban imports of sugar beet that use neonics?
India meets 80 percent of its fuel needs through imports.
The Beatles and the Stones — but, of course, they're imports.
New Orders, Production, Imports, Exports and Employment are all contracting.
Tighter supplies have lifted West Coast fuel prices, encouraging imports.
Almost a third of its imports are covered by aid.
Food and medicine imports have been steady in recent months.
Imports of goods from China fell 2.7 percent in November.
Tesla currently imports all the cars it sells in China.
Britain exports old, creaky people and imports young, taxpaying ones.
It is dependent on imports from mainland France and Europe.
By contrast, Chinese imports rose 60% over the same period.
It limits private sector imports to 805,200 tonnes a year.
Rising wages have boosted Hungary's and Romania's inflation and imports.
A similar probe into aluminium imports was announced this week.
It also halved tariffs on Turkish steel imports to 25%.
A weak pound has pushed up the cost of imports.
Most of Norway's imports came from Sweden, followed by Denmark.
The corresponding fall for aluminium imports was 27% (see chart).
Taiwan, Greece and Italy stopped imports despite being given waivers.
However, imports retreated, implying that domestic consumption was still weak.
Overall, this is offset by a corresponding adjustment to imports.
It's a favorable positioning for Heineken, with Mexican imports surging.
Next year also imports would remain around this year's level.
Imports of industrial supplies and materials fell by $1.2 billion.
But imports rose more: up 1.2 percent to $240.3 billion.
South Korea has cut oil imports from Iran by 40%.
Los Angeles imports about 85 percent of its drinking water.
Net imports this year are on course to fall again.
U.S. imports were worth just over $1 billion last year.
The sanctions stopped short of banning oil imports from Venezuela.
Sugar imports rose 16.1 percent to 190,000 tonnes in September.
It estimated 2016 rebar imports from Taiwan at $53 million.
In January China stopped receiving imports of recyclable plastic waste.
Imports missed the Bloomberg median forecast of a 0.2% increase.
Although American exports increased to $2.3trn, imports surged to $2.9trn.
Such imports are more than 70 percent of the total.
These sidelines do not provide enough money to sustain imports.
Alberta retaliated on Tuesday by halting imports of B.C. wine.
China's coal imports dropped 10.5 percent in May from April.
China now imports 2003,000 tonnes of "phoenix claws" every year.
China already banned coal imports at small ports in July.
But imports of automobiles and industrial supplies and materials fell.
Imports from China hit their highest level in a year.
It imports a limited range of Nestle products from abroad.
China's iron ore imports reached 93 million tons in September.
Lower crude imports were responsible for the draws, data showed.
As the cost of imports has risen, inflation has jumped.
India imports less than $500m of Pakistani goods a year.
For a graphic on China's shifting oil imports, click here.
That led to retaliation against U.S. agriculture and other imports.
Its total imports were worth about $4 billion in 20193.
And imports are not the only claim on Argentina's dollars.
European imports from Russia hit a record high in 2017.
China imports more than a third of all U.S. soybeans.
Some ejiao firms plan to replace imports with Chinese donkeys.
Local produce had been losing out to cheaper foreign imports.
Julian Sarkar runs Zanos Aromas, which imports ingredients for fragrances.
Net U.S. crude imports fell last week by 71,000 bpd.
All three also rely relatively heavily on imports from Britain.
For a graphic on China crude oil imports click reut.
Nigerian exports will become relatively cheap, but imports more expensive.
China banned all imports of North Korean coal on Feb.
Oil imports from Iran have declined for the past months.
Imports from the United States plunged 30% year on year.
Net U.S. crude imports fell last week by 495,000 bpd.
Other estimates, however, point to higher imports for the year.
Imports include vehicles and vehicle parts, jewellery and precious metals.
Oil and cellphones and consumer goods imports fell the hardest.
"We are in talks to allow fuel imports," he said.
Imports in December fell 2018 percent from a year ago.
Imports in December fell 7.6 percent from a year ago.
Crude oil imports increased by $2.2 billion, reflecting higher prices.
To view a graphic on LNG imports rising, click: reut.
He predicted that imports would fall 30 percent this year.
The retailer imports about 20% of its merchandise from China.
The imports that year were down 55 percent from 2015.
The border tax imposes levies on imports, while exempting exports.
Last August limits on cattle imports sent beef prices soaring.
The imports were down from December's record 8.57 million bpd.
The state giant produces and imports gasoline consumed within Mexico.
China suspended coal imports from North Korea earlier this year.
China's LNG imports last year were about 54 million tonnes.
Traders said predicting the scale of potential imports was tricky.
Chinese authorities suspended coal imports from North Korea in February.
Imports had risen in recent months on higher oil prices.
One of America's largest imports from Canada is crude oil.
Imports fell faster, by 19 percent, on low oil prices.
Imports from the Philippines were higher at 3.3 million tonnes.
In Nevada, 46.4 percent of foreign imports come from China.
Graphic on the seasonality of Philippines nickel ore imports: tmsnrt.
Imports of industrial supplies and materials increased by $2.4 billion.
Other estimates, however, point to higher imports for the year.
The company imports roughly 1 million bpd of crude oil.
It's growing very fast — they will be sucking in imports.
China suspended coal imports from North Korea for the year.
Around 80 percent of Yemen's food imports arrive via Hodeidah.
Both exports and imports figures for August were revised down.
Imports of good hit a record $2.6 trillion last year.
A rise in imports helped boost GDP for the quarter.
When the currency is devalued, all imports become more expensive.
In September, imports contracted 2.26 percent from a year earlier.
India imports almost 80 percent of the crude it consumes.
For the first half, concentrate imports have surged 34.7 percent.
So if today Chinese imports are cheaper, why not continue?
Crude oil imports dropped by $1.4 billion, reflecting lower prices.
It is not clear where future imports will come from.
China, meanwhile, maintained its high pace of natural gas imports.
Brazil last year imposed a tariff on U.S. ethanol imports.
Pier 1 Imports falling behind competitors like Target and Amazon.
Despite its struggles, Pier 1 Imports was the clear winner.
With imports weak, that resulted in a smaller trade deficit.
The U.S. is the largest market for Japanese car imports.
Washington is imposing more tariffs on Chinese imports from Sept.
Coal imports fell for a sixth straight month in December.
But now imports on the whole are getting cheaper again.
Up to eight percent of consumption is met by imports.
Net U.S. crude imports fell last week by 252,000 bpd.
But copper, coal and soybean imports all fell from August.
By 2020, imports could reach 4.6 million tonnes, he said.
LNG imports surged almost 50 percent in the same period.
The products Smith imports are distributed across the United States.
Australia, France and the Netherlands banned lion trophy imports outright.
Japan imports around 11 million tons of LPG a year.
Americans are enriched by imports even more than by exports.
Net U.S. crude imports rose last week by 500,000 bpd.
The European Union should reduce its tariffs on American imports.
The country imports about 800 tonnes of gold a year.
The first 220006 gigawatts of imports each year are exempt.
Meanwhile, the president is threatening tariffs on European auto imports.
A significant portion of Turkey's oil imports come from Iran.
GRAPHIC: Iranian oil imports of 287 countries given waivers - tmsnrt.
Imports of cars and some other products are still banned.
Tesla currently imports vehicles from the United States to China.
Yemen imports roughly 90 percent of its food, it said.
India spends around $10 billion annually on vegetable oil imports.
What we export is the cost of getting those imports.
Most of Pemex's gasoline imports come from the United States.
Falling foreign currency reserves, which it uses to buy imports.
Source: IHS Mark China continues to dominate U.S. electronics imports.
Nestle also imports food products for sale in Cuban stores.
Britain also takes pipeline gas from Norway and imports LNG.
Specifically, the border adjustment plan that would raise tax imports.
That's very different than a tax levied on all imports.
France's grid operator has said it will boost power imports.
Imports of concentrates slid 34 percent in the first quarter.
Yemen imports about 90% of its food, mostly by sea.
He's also threatened to do the same on auto imports.
Graphic on China's imports of copper concentrates and scrap: tmsnrt.
It would reduce imports from, and exports to, each other.
That equates to 65 percent of total global soybean imports.
That would limit Asian imports of Venezuelan oil even more.
"For imports I don't see any major changes," he said.
They continue to outpace agricultural imports, which have also risen.
Blocking imports from Canada in the name of national security?
He's now considering 20 percent tax on all Mexican imports .
China is Vietnam's biggest trade partner and source of imports.
Fresh vegetable imports rose to 31.1 percent from 209.4 percent.
China has retaliated with its own tariffs on U.S. imports.
U.S. whiskey imports are in second place but growing rapidly.

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