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importation

DEFINITIONS OF: importation

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n the commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country

Synonyms:
importing
Types:
smuggling
secretly importing prohibited goods or goods on which duty is due
gunrunning
the smuggling of guns and ammunition into a country secretly and illegally
Type of:
commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)

n commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country

Synonyms:
import
Antonyms:
export, exportation
commodities (goods or services) sold to a foreign country
Type of:
commodity, good, trade good
articles of commerce
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