Word: importers
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...developing world. But the 42 countries of sub-Saharan Africa owe a total of $80 billion, mostly to foreign governments and organizations like the World Bank. Because of the low prices that African nations are receiving for such key exports as coffee, tea and oil, they cannot import enough food for their drought-stricken populations, much less make payments on foreign debt...
...Manufacturers and unions alike are howling for protection. Adrià Serra, president of Spain's textile trade group Consejo Intertextil Espa?ol, says unless urgent action is taken, the import flood will spell "a disaster." Mario Maselli, owner of Emmetex, a textile producer in the Italian town of Prato, complains that "this is ever more a market where one side battles with two hands and the other has one hand tied behind its back...
Polyresin toilet seats from ATH Import dress up the commode with butterflies, fish and other decorative 3-D scenes. It's your money...
...antelope or reindeer, with heart-shaped leaves festooning their antlers. From 4th century Datong, in Shanxi province, comes a bronze cup decorated with vines and with the early-Christian motif of a boy carrying a lamb. The cup looks Roman, but is likely an expertly cast copy of an import...
...Actually, he's a duck, and a rather cowardly one at that. Well, he's sort of a duck, if ducks had arms and legs and wore vests. He's the central character of Joann Sfar and Lewis Trondheim's delightful sword and sorcery comedy series, "Dungeon," a French import, the second volume of which has just been released by NBM ($15). Imagine if the Muppets did Middle Earth and you'll have a pretty good idea of what makes "Dungeon" so charming and so wildly popular in other parts of the world...