Thank you, Howie and Issac, right, I think my language sense is gettting better, otherwise, I would have been living in a "cave" :)

> They are saying imports *to* the US which means that the US is banning
> imports from Myanmar.  It's strange phrasing...
  
> ----- Original Message -----
  
> From: Chunshen (Don) Li
  
> To: CF-Community
  
> Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2004 1:22 PM
  
> Subject: English Question
>
>
  
> In the following quote from an article in the NYT, does the author
> mean "their exports to" for the word, "imports"?  Or is that proper
> American English?  It sounds confusing to me.  Thanks.
>
  
> "The State Department estimates that Myanmar lost about $200 million
> in the first year of the ban on imports to the United States."
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