As a result, consumers have continued to buy imports, and the trade deficit has only worsened.

So there will be no foreign earnings with which to buy imports of fuels and food.

The latter have become fearful that consumers will buy imports rather than domestic products.

People will thus buy fewer imports and more home-produced goods.

With foreign loans scarce, they trade goods to buy necessary imports and new technology.

A weaker dollar made it more expensive for Americans to buy imports, and thus tended to slow their growth.

With no foreign money, Zimbabweans could no longer buy imports.

We are told that this would at last reduce the trade deficit, as Americans buy fewer imports.

And consumers, laden with cash, bought imports in record volumes.

As far as buying imports from abroad, I find it hard to believe there will be changes.