美国全国零售商联合会6日发布研究报告说，进口商品大幅削减了美国家庭的购物成本，进口活动也为美国创造了大量的就业岗位。

The national retail federation 6 released the report said,Imports to slash the shopping cost American families,Import activities have created lots of jobs in the United States.

　　美国全国零售商联合会首席执行官马修·谢伊说，美国零售商销售的数以百万计的商品都来自国外，美国制造业也强烈依靠进口零部件和原材料来创造出口，进口对美国经济所有部门来说都是好事。

The national retail federation chief executive Matthew shea said,U.S. retailers selling millions of goods from abroad,The U.S. manufacturing sector also strongly depend on imported components and raw materials to create export,Import all departments of the U.S. economy is a good thing.

　　该协会发布的研究报告说，过去10年来进口大幅削减了消费品价格，电视机价格下降87%，电脑价格下降75%，玩具价格下降43%，餐具价格下降33%。

The association said in a research report,Imports over the past decade to slash the prices of consumer goods,The TV price fell by 87%,Computer prices fell by 75%,Toy prices fell by 43%,Tableware prices fell by 33%.

　　报告还说，美国要是没有贸易保护主义关税，进口就会帮助消费者节省更多的钱。比如，鞋类关税高达48%、服装关税32%、床上用品关税21%，而包括床上用品在内的家庭装饰品、衣服和鞋等都属于美国进口额最多的前10种商品。

The report also said,If there were no protectionist tariffs the United States,Imports will help consumers save more money.Such as the,Footwear tariffs as high as 48%/Clothing tariffs by 32%/Bedding 21% tariffs,, including bedding, home decoration/Clothes and shoes and so on are the top 10 U.S. imports of goods.

　　报告指出，进口为美国创造了1600万就业岗位，相当于美国就业总人数的9%，其中零售业就占了180万。此外，超过半数的直接进口都是中小企业完成的，这些企业是美国创造就业的主力军。另外，美国制造业也依靠进口原材料和中间产品降低生产成本，进而在国内外市场保持竞争力。美国60%以上的进口物品流向工厂和农场。

According to the report,Imports have created 16 million jobs in the United States,Equivalent to 9% of the total employment in the United States,The retail sector accounts for $1.8 million.In addition,More than half of the import is done for small and medium-sized enterprises directly,These enterprises are the mainstay of American jobs.In addition,The U.S. manufacturing sector also rely on imports of raw materials and intermediate products to reduce production costs,To remain competitive in domestic and foreign market.The United States imports more than 60% of the flow to the factories and farms.