General Motors, Ford and Chrysler now import not only components but entire cars from Asia.

Kirbal had mentioned that he imported electronic components and traveled through Sri Lanka to sell them.

However, many exporters import the materials and components used in their exported goods rather than buy them locally.

So it is importing components that are assembled in Irvine, and it plans to move complete manufacturing here as soon as possible.

He also managed to import some conventional arms and components.

Companies have not been importing the raw material, components and machinery they need, largely because modest size businesses have had difficulty finding financing.

Over the 1970s and 1980s, they evolved a pattern of importing components from Japan and exporting assembled products to the United States.

If you're a company in Nebraska importing key components of your small manufacturing business, there's a bunch of things that can mess up...

But that estimate has risen sharply because most rely on importing components, and the rouble has since halved in value.

Under the new rules, carmakers may import components with 0.3pc duty in return for investment agreements to build those 300,000 cars locally per year.