Static imports do not affect annotations:

====================$ cat -n T.java
     1 import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
     2 import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;
     3
     4 @Retention(RUNTIME)
     5 @interface T {
     6 }
====================$ newjavac T.java
T.java:4: cannot find symbol
symbol : variable RUNTIME
location: @interface T
@Retention(RUNTIME)
           ^
1 error
====================$