But an increasing proportion even of agricultural imports are tariff-free.

For the same reason, they oppose unilateral elimination of tariffs on agricultural imports.

Agricultural imports are habitually reviewed for safety and health, especially during crises such as bird flu outbreaks in other parts of the world.

The ratio of agricultural imports to other imports was expected to rise in the late 1980s and 1990s.

In the 1970s agricultural imports accounted for about 30 percent of total imports.