verbs increase imports The company increased imports in order to cut domestic production costs. luxury imports Higher duties were placed on luxury imports. essential imports The country had problems paying for its essential imports. agricultural imports Restrictions on agricultural imports remain in place. rice/sugar etc imports There is pressure on the country to reduce its rice imports. oil/coal/food imports The country is dependent on oil imports for almost all its basic energy needs. Japanese/French etc imports (=goods from Japan, France etc ) Japanese imports rose by 5% last year. cheap imports Farmers are complaining about cheap imports flooding the market. 3 formal importance or meaning → significance a matter of no great import COLLOCATIONS ADJECTIVES/NOUN + imports foreign imports Foreign imports into Britain continued to grow in the 1970s. ○ noun 1 PE BUY a product that is brought from one country into another so that it can be sold there, or the business of doing this OPP export a ban on beef imports the abolition of import duties (=taxes ) import from cheap imports from Asia American demand for Japanese imports (=goods from Japan ) the import of electrical goods ► see thesaurus at product 2 something new or different that is brought to a place where it did not previously exist The beetle is thought to be a European import.Export ≠ import exporter ≠ importer exportation ≠ importationĮxport ≠ import From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Economics import im‧port 1 / ˈɪmpɔːt $ -ɔːrt /
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