export
verb
uk/ɪkˈspɔːt/ us [ I or T ] COMMERCE, ECONOMICS
to send goods to another country for sale:
Last year, the US exported $93 million worth of wine.
export sth to sth French cheeses are exported to many different countries.
The exchange rate is making it difficult for farms and factories to export.
Oil companies had contracts with an exporting countries that fixed prices and volumes.
See also
re-export
[ T ]
to put something from one country into use in other countries:
export sth to sth He believes the state's educational model can be exported to other states.
American culture has been exported all over the world.
[ T ] IT
to copy a large amount of information on a computer either to a different part of the computer's storage space or to another form of storage such as a CD, so that it can be used for a different purpose:
If they had all the right tools on the same platform they would not need to export data.
export sth to/into sth The only way to do this is to export the data into a spreadsheet.
export sth from sth This article tells you how to import and export files from UNIX to other systems.
exportable
adjective uk/ɪkˈspɔːtəbl̩/ us/-ˈspɔːrṱə-/
The value of the new television technology to the company is that it is highly exportable to other countries.
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import noun
export
noun
COMMERCE, ECONOMICS, TRANSPORT uk/ˈekspɔːt/ us [ C, usually plural ]
a product that you sell in another country:
Coffee is one of Brazil's main exports.
oil/arms/beef exports
increase/boost/promote exports We plan to increase our exports over the next five years.
ban/halt/control exports
a decline/growth in exports
See also
invisible exports
visible exports
[ U ]
the activity or business of sending goods to another country in order to sell them there:
the export of sth The ruling banned the export of live cattle.
Most of their crops are grown for export.
an export company/business
See also
direct export
indirect export
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import verb
import-export