But imports of goods, excluding oil, also expanded sharply, by 14.5 percent.
There are also taxes on the import of certain goods.
Yet imports of nonoil goods rose by 0.6 percent to a record $117.4 billion.
In 1990 its imports of goods and services was about 25%.
Another point on which the colonies found themselves more similar than different was the booming import of British goods.
In November, imports of goods and services rose by 2.5 percent, to a record $71.69 billion.
That all imports of foreign goods be discouraged as much as possible.
The second broad goal is to increase Japanese imports of manufactured goods by a third.
The import of unfinished goods was not subject to the tax.
Will it not be necessary, in the end, to block imports of Chinese goods altogether?