As someone has already pointed out, thee UK is an island nation which depends heavily upon imports of food.

The islands were dependent upon imports from a nail to a bucket of paint but they had little to offer in return.

We are a country of very poor natural resources and our standard of living depends upon high imports - it shouldn't but it does.

China also relied more upon foreign financing and imports.

Since the late nineteenth century, Germany, which has few natural resources, had relied heavily upon Russian imports of raw materials.

Since the late 19th century, it had relied heavily upon Russian imports of such materials.

Central African Republic did not produce mineral fuels in 2006 and depended upon imports for its energy requirements.

All three economies were dependent upon imports, especially oil and gas, from the rest of the Soviet Union.

The Commission was seeking control of the revenue raised from the tariffs imposed upon imports from third countries.

As I have already mentioned, certain countries are hugely dependent upon imports.