While most years China's agricultural production is sufficient to feed the country, in down years, China has to import grain.

He imported grain from the provinces, recharged car batteries, and owned a thriving bar next to his home.

The village now had to import grain from the Swiss Plateau.

If we stop importing grain, that will more than offset the debt service.

This effectively ended the war, since Athens could not import grain or communicate with its empire without control of the sea.

Today, the Government has to import grain to feed the urban population.

In 1988 the United States had to import grain for the first time.

"Why, then, are you importing grain on such a scale?"

China continued to import grain and other agricultural products.

At the same time, the Government had to import grain to satisfy an almost unlimited demand for bread, which cost almost nothing.