Sentences with phrase «food import bill»

Agric Minister Fifi Kwetey assured government is committed to improving upon agric production and cut down on the nation's food import bill.

Last year, the food import bill of our country was $ 1.5 billion.

«The fourth reason — When Kufuor was leaving office in 2008, the food import bill for our country was $ 600 million.

Nestle doesn't expect raw material prices to rise further this year, despite a recent FAO report that forecasts an increase of over 2 per cent in the world food import bill in 2006.

Not exact matches

Pepperoncini were among several items submitted for inclusion in the tariff - reduction bill by the Association of Food Industries, a New Jersey - based trade association for the U.S. food import indusFood Industries, a New Jersey - based trade association for the U.S. food import indusfood import industry.

«The backbone of the business is Italian specialty foods, but as time progressed, we went on to Italian commodities, and today, we import from Europe, South America and Asia,» Bill Sauro says.

Proponents of the bill, such as the Hemp Industries Association and the nonprofit advocacy group Vote Hemp, argue that hemp products — including food, body care products and textiles — are a multimillion - dollar industry that could benefit California's economy by allowing the raw materials to be grown here instead of importing hemp from overseas.