Besides, the growth of import sales is slowing.
The General Motors Corporation sold 2,448 imported cars, down 42.7 percent, while Ford's import sales fell 45.4 percent, to 1,030 cars.
Within a year, Hyundai trailed only Toyota, Nissan and Honda among all foreign car makers in import sales in the United States.
Companies with transplant operations are selling more American-made vehicles at the expense of import sales.
In the United Kingdom, the album entered the top 75 three weeks before its official release, on import sales alone.
He quickly saw the potential for the American market and retained an agent to facilitate his import sales.
In the United Kingdom, the song originally entered the Top 40 purely on import sales.
Toyota actually posted increases for vehicles it manufactures in North America, but a drop in import sales more than offset that improvement.
Actually, the Big Three no longer exist as such in California, which trails only Connecticut and Washington D.C. in the percentage of import sales.
It represents only about 1.5 percent of import sales, which, in turn, are less than 5 percent of total United States beer sales.