export trade

Selling goods abroad

Export trade is the business of selling goods or services to foreign countries.

The term encompasses both the commercial activity itself and the economic sector built around it: The nation's export trade depends heavily on agricultural products.

Countries develop export trade policies to balance their international commerce.

Opposites
direction of international commerce

export tradeimports

Goods brought in

importing · trade deficit

market scope

export tradedomestic trade

Commerce within national boundaries

domestic sales · local commerce · home market · home sales · local trade

Family

trade, export, trading, exporter, exportation

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