Word: imported
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Shah's lead in giving up some of their property to the peasants. In recent years the cost of living has risen steadily. The nation's foreign exchange has been drained dangerously by a government indulgence which lets favored army officers and the country's rich import luxury goods ranging from Cadillacs to air conditioners...
...Netherlands, Rotterdam Shipbuilder Cornelis Verolme, who needs 1,800 workers, plans to import Chinese from Hong Kong, some of them refugees from Red China, train them and send them to new yards in Brazil and Ireland. The refugee from Communism, if he has the right skill, is a wanted man. East German workers often cross to West Berlin, look at the help-wanted ads, then write letters for jobs. If accepted, they move West...
Still on its timetable, the European Common Market last week cut tariffs between its six member nations another 10%. The second 10% cut since the market got going, it will be followed by a third at the end of the year. Import quotas will not be completely abolished until the end of 1961, but voluntary liberalization has already brought free flow of a big range of industrial and consumer goods. The system is working so well-trade among the Six was up 29% and trade with the rest of the world up 8% last year-that West Germany will soon...
Most U.S. merchants could detect no concerted shunning of Japanese goods by their customers. Big U.S. companies that import from Japan-such as Sears, Roebuck, Woolworth, Montgomery Ward-all insist that they intend to continue importing Japanese goods. Said a top executive of Boston's William Filene's Sons: "From the corporate point of view, to stop selling Japanese goods would be like closing school because a couple of kids had broken some windows...
...buying habits. Japanese goods since the war have gained wide U.S. acceptance for quality at a lower price. Guided by U.S. know-how, Japanese manufacturers have gone far to overcome the reputation for shoddiness formerly attached to the "Made in Japan" label. Says an official of Chadwick-Miller Importers Inc. of Boston: "Since the war, we find Japanese quality is excellent, considering price." Besides, points out Seiki Tozaki, president of C. Itoh & Co., a Japanese import-export firm in Manhattan, "international trade is a two-way street. If you buy from us, we will buy from you." Japan...