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Australian beef exports to the Middle East increase by 59%
Bureau insists Aurora contract legal - Rep. John Salazar, Lower Ark District still question using Fry-Ark Project to export water from valley
Car imports up 13 percent in November - The value of new car imports rose 25% to $213 million in November
Corn rises as Argentina halts export permits
Essential elements to further enhance and develop export markets
Export growth slows - Import growth was also slower in August-October than in May-July
Food exports up 5 percent - Food exports to China rose 120% to $18 million in January-September
High-tech companies report significant market share loss to imports
Import shift from Asia raises Mid-South's value
In push to export democracy, U.S. gives Egypt a pass
January-September drug exports up 50 percent - Pharmaceutical exports to the US rose 72% to $1.84 billion
Latin American farmers can thank health-conscious U.S. consumers for a booming export business
Pharmaceuticals make up 5.1 percent of total exports - Exports of goods rose 36% in 2000-05
Russian imports driving crab prices way down
Shares drop for products made in U.S. - A nonprofit's study says imports are beating them in almost all engineered and industrial categories
Soybean exports to Japan a cash crop for Windsor facility
Toys, trinkets still expose children to lead - Countries that export toys don't always manufacture them under U.S. standards
Trade Commission drops most steel import tariffs
Venture features imports, braids and fades

Car imports up 13 percent in November - The value of new car imports rose 25% to $213 million in November
Imports of cars, electrical and durable goods rose in November due to the stronger shekel, which gained 8.5 percent against the dollar compared with November 2005, the Central Bureau of Statistics reported today. The value of new car imports rose 25 percent to $213 million in November. The value of white goods imports rose 9.5 percent to $25 million, while the value of home electronic entertainment products imports rose 12 percent to $28 million.

Car imports rose 13 percent to 12,129 units; commercial vehicles imports rose 25 percent to 1,242 units, and trucks and tractors imports rose 5.9 percent to 560 units. Imports of motorcycles and scooters fell 7 percent to 943 units.

Electrical goods imports also rose. Imports of refrigerators rose 25 percent, to 16,245 units; imports of washing machines rose 11 percent, to 19,285 units; imports of dishwashers rose 5.2 percent to 4,932 units; imports of DVDs rose 38 percent to 35,314 units, and imports of clothes dryers rose 38 percent, to 10,976 units.

Television imports fell 1 percent to 32,592 units, while imports of VCRs fell 22 percent to 1,690 units.

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