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Workers dumped large burlap sacks of the [_ARG1 imported] material into a huge bin , poured in cotton and acetate fibers and mechanically mixed the dry fibers in a process used * * to make filters .
It found that of the 73 % who *T*-51 import , 10 % *T*-1 said 0 [_ARG0 they] [_rel imported] [_ARG1 more] [_ARGM-TMP in October] and 12 % *T*-1 said 0 they imported less than the previous month .
It found that of the 73 % who *T*-51 import , 10 % *T*-1 said 0 they imported more in October and 12 % *T*-1 said 0 [_ARG0 they] [_rel imported] [_ARG1 less than the previous month] .
It found that of [_ARG0 the 73 %] who *T*-51 [_rel import] , 10 % *T*-1 said 0 they imported more in October and 12 % *T*-1 said 0 they imported less than the previous month .
In Seoul , officials began *-1 visiting about 26,000 cigarette stalls *-1 to remove illegal posters and signboards advertising [_rel imported] [_ARG1 cigarettes] .
She adds that some technological advances trail those in the U.S. because [_ARG0 the Japanese] [_ARGM-TMP still] [_rel import] [_ARG1 basic operating systems] from [_ARG2-from American companies] .
Kofcoh is a New York holding company for [_ARG0 Rosalco Inc.] , which *T*-1 [_rel imports] [_ARG1 furniture and other items] .
[_ARGM-DIS By contrast] , [_ARG0 the Comex] [_ARGM-TMP in July] [_rel imported] [_ARG1 a highly regarded outsider , Arnold F. Staloff ,] [_ARGM-ADV as its president] .
Consumers would still be able *-2 to buy some food and household goods at subsidized prices , but luxury and [_rel imported] [_ARG1 items] , including food , would be sold *-1 at market prices .
First they set up [_ARG0 overseas merchandising offices] 0 *T*-1 to [_rel import] [_ARG1 items] and track new fashion trends .
When all else fails *T*-1 , Gucci Gulch -- the fabled halls of the Capitol inhabited * by lobbyists and their [_rel imported] [_ARG1 shoes] -- offers a welcome environment for fallen officials .
Japan has been testing [_rel imported] [_ARG1 food] from [_ARG2-from Europe] since the April 1986 Chernobyl accident in the Soviet Union , the spokesman said 0 *T*-1 .
`` We believe that the vast majority of [_rel imported] [_ARG1 material] is safe .
But there is a small risk that [_ARG1 some *ICH*-2] were [_rel imported] *-1 [_ARGM-MNR with high radiation levels] . ''
With Japan running enormous trade surpluses against much of the world , they think that [_ARG0 Japan] should meet the increased domestic demand by *-1 [_rel importing] [_ARG1 more] .
Japanese auto makers , for example , are increasing their production capacity in the U.S. ; the additional production should , in part , replace [_rel imported] [_ARG1 vehicles] with locally manufactured ones .
The more factories and robots Japanese manufacturers add *?* , the more they will be able *-1 to export *?* , and [_ARG1 the less] [_ARG0 their domestic customers] will need *-2 to [_rel import] *?* .
Though growers ca n't always keep the worm from the apple , they can protect themselves against the price vagaries of any one variety by *-1 diversifying -- into the [_ARGM-TMP recently] [_rel imported] [_ARG1 Gala] , a sweet New Zealand native ; the Esopus Spitzenburg , reportedly Thomas Jefferson 's favorite apple ; disease-resistant kinds like the Liberty .
Japan , the world 's third-largest liquor market after the U.S. and Britain , helped American companies in April when it lowered its tax on [_rel imported] [_ARG1 spirits] and levied a tax on many domestic products *T*-1 .
According to the NHTSA , the new regulations will prohibit [_ARG0 anyone other than an importer that *T*-1 has registered with the U.S. government , or a person who *T*-2 has a contract with a registered importer ,] from *-4 [_ARGM-TMP permanently] [_rel importing] [_ARG1 a vehicle that *T*-3 does n't meet the U.S. auto safety standards] .
The aim , says *T*-2 Mr. de Galle , is * to win market share from [_rel imported] [_ARG1 cigarettes] , and * to persuade smokers who *T*-1 are switching to blonde cigarettes *-4 to keep *-3 buying French .
That strip of concrete is backed *-1 up by a few one-story , air-conditioned shacks where a handful of American nationals -- buttressed * by [_rel imported] [_ARG1 food] , cold soft drinks and back issues of Sports Illustrated -- maintain radio contact with the outside world *T*-2 .
Mr. Kamm , the China trade expert , estimates that as much as 50 % of Guangdong 's exports is made *-1 up of processed [_rel imported] [_ARG1 raw] materials .
He does add , however , that transplanted Japanese car makers are boosting the levels of U.S.-made steel in their autos , instead of *-1 relying heavily on [_rel imported] [_ARG1 steel] .
Import competition for U.S. furs has risen sharply since furriers started *-1 aggressively marketing `` working-girl mink '' and similar lower-priced [_rel imported] [_ARG1 furs] in recent years .
A woman who *T*-1 once would have saved for two or three seasons *-2 to buy a U.S.-made mink can now get an [_rel imported] [_ARG1 mink] right away for less than $ 2,000 *U* .
But six years ago [_ARG0 he] also began *-1 [_rel importing] from [_ARG2-from the Far East] .
They also said 0 the dollar is leveling off after a rise this summer that *T*-1 helped *-2 to reduce the prices of [_rel imported] [_ARG1 goods] .
`` But [_ARG0 one] gets fed up with *-1 [_rel importing] [_ARG1 information and news] . ''
The Soviet purchases are close to *-1 exceeding what some analysts had expected the Soviet Union to buy *T*-2 this fall , the season in which it usually buys much of [_ARG1 the corn] 0 [_ARG0 it] [_rel imports] *T*-4 from [_ARG2-from the U.S.] *T*-3 .
In May 1987 , [_ARG0 Ford] began *-1 [_rel importing] [_ARG1 the Scorpio sedan *ICH*-3] from [_ARG2-from West Germany] [_ARGM-PNC 0 * to sell *T*-2 next to a redesigned XR4Ti in showrooms] .
The declines in investment and efficiency explain in part [_ARGM-CAU why] [_ARG0 Mexico] has been [_rel importing] [_ARG1 gasoline] [_ARGM-TMP this year] *T*-1 .
Some projections show [_ARG0 Mexico] [_rel importing] [_ARG1 crude] [_ARGM-TMP by the end of the century] , [_ARGM-ADV barring an overhaul of operations] .
* Taming the union complements previous moves *ICH*-1 by the government * to attract private investment in [_ARG1 petrochemicals] , which [_ARG0 Mexico] has been forced *-3 to [_rel import] *T*-2 [_ARGM-MNR in large quantities] in recent years .
Grand Met owns Bombay gin , the No. 3 imported gin in the U.S. ; rival Guinness PLC has the No. 1 [_rel imported] [_ARG1 brand] , Tanqueray .
Grand Met owns Bombay gin , the No. 3 [_rel imported] [_ARG1 gin] in the U.S. ; rival Guinness PLC has the No. 1 imported brand , Tanqueray .
Seagram 's gin is the world 's No. 2 gin brand , but the company does n't own any of [_ARG1 the major gin brands] [_rel imported] * [_ARGM-LOC in the U.S.] .
Among the brands for sale are *T*-1 Beefeater gin , the No. 2 [_rel imported] [_ARG1 gin] in the U.S. , and Laphroaig single-malt whiskey .
[_ARG1 The new beer , introduced * this week at a liquor industry convention ,] is [_rel imported] *-1 from [_ARG2-from Switzerland 's Cardinal brewery] .
Heidelberg 's first ads for the brand , which Sibra says 0 *T*-2 will compete with [_rel imported] [_ARG1 light] beer leader Amstel Light , feature the line `` The best tasting light beer 0 you 've ever seen *T*-1 .
Japan , the EC , Brazil , Mexico and South Korea provide about 80 % of [_ARG1 the steel] [_rel imported] * [_ARGM-DIR to the U.S.] [_ARGM-LOC under the quota program] .
Lexus sales were n't available ; [_ARG1 the cars] are [_rel imported] *-1 and Toyota reports their sales only at month-end .
Mr. Simmons said 0 the results signal a turnaround for the maker of wire and wire products , which *T*-1 has struggled *-2 to remain competitive in the face of lower-priced , [_rel imported] [_ARG1 steel] .