import export
Cross-border goods movement
Import export refers to the business of international trade—bringing goods into a country (importing) and sending goods out to other countries (exporting).
The phrase typically appears as a compound describing companies, businesses, or industries engaged in both activities: He runs an import export business dealing in textiles.
Someone might vaguely describe their work as "import export" when they want to avoid specifics about what exactly they trade or how.
- cargo shippingTransporting goods by vessel
- container shipVessel carrying standardized freight boxes
- shipping laneDesignated ocean travel path
- countertradeExchange without money
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
export controls · embargo · trade sanctions · trade war · globalization · bill of lading · export license · free trade agreement · tariff · letter of credit · trade balance · trade policy · trade deal · customs declaration · duty free · trade surplus · import duties · supply chain
- freightcargo, cargo ships, air freight, freight rates, bulk freight
- produce tradewholesale, wholesaler, distributor, broker, buyer
- South African EconomyAnglo American, De Beers, mining industry, diamond mining, gold trade
- Trade Termstariffs, imports, exports, customs, quotas
- servicescleaning services, streaming, delivery services, salon, bellhop
- business termsfranchising, revenue stream, board meeting, gross margin, markdown
import exportdomestic trade
Commerce within national boundaries
local economy · interstate commerce · local commerce · local trade · self-sufficiency
import exportautarky
Complete economic independence
economic isolation · self-sufficiency · protectionism · trade embargo · isolationism