exporting

Shipping goods overseas

Exporting is sending goods or services to another country for sale or trade.

The term extends to any transfer outward: exporting data moves it from one program or system to another, exporting jobs shifts employment overseas.

The region's economy depends on exporting timber.

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logistics

shipping

Transporting goods to destinations

consignment · dispatch · forwarding · manifest · port · dock · warehouse · pallet · carrier · vessel

trade

importing

Receiving foreign goods

  • tariffsTaxes on imports
  • customsTraditional practices or import taxes
  • dutyRequired moral task

quota · commodities · protectionism · sanctions · embargo · dumping · countervailing · bilateral · multilateral · WTO

economy

GDP

National output abbreviation

automotive · pharmaceuticals · commodities · industrialization

digital

data

Facts for analysis

  • filesStored data collections
  • formatsArrangements or structures
  • CSVComma-structured data file

PDF · XML · JSON · spreadsheet · database · software · media · video · audio · compression

Categories
Opposites
trade direction

exportingimporting

Receiving foreign goods

import · bringing in · procurement

economic activity

exportingimporting

Receiving foreign goods

consuming · purchasing · acquiring · receiving · demanding

movement/retention

exportingimporting

Receiving foreign goods

retaining · keeping · domestic consumption · hoarding · stockpiling

Family

reexporting

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G