importer

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Putin is likely to push for increased energy exports to China, the world’s largest oil importer, which seeks to diversify its sources and keep prices low.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

China is a large net importer, and as oil prices rise and it loses access to discounted Iranian barrels, the cost to import barrels has risen sharply.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

Canada became a net importer of U.S. electricity for the first time in March 2024, said Heather Exner-Pirot, director of energy and natural resources at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, a conservative-leaning think tank.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

China is the world’s largest soybean importer, relying heavily on imports to feed its massive hog and poultry industries.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

The Dancies came too and S. B. Whitebait, who was well over sixty, and Maurice A. Flink and the Hammerheads and Beluga the tobacco importer and Beluga's girls.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald