import license
Foreign goods permit
An import license is an official document granting permission to bring specific goods into a country.
Governments require them to control trade in restricted items—weapons, certain agricultural products, endangered species, or goods subject to quotas: The company waited months for an import license before shipping the machinery.
- international tradeExchange across national boundaries
- tariffTax on traded goods
- trade barrierRestriction on imports
- quotaFixed assigned amount
- embargoOfficial prohibition on trade
regulatory body · shipping manifest · bill of lading · trade sanctions · permit · customs clearance · customs regulations · customs duty · importer · compliance · licensing authority · customs broker · port of entry · container · manifest · certificate · paper · red tape
- tradetrade balance, free trade, trade barriers, customs, trade deficit
- approvalsapproved, approve, authorizing, certification, endorsing
- paperworkinvoice, permit, documents, filing, files
- permits and licenseslicenses, building permit, work permit, licensure, gun permit
- Car Importscar imports
- Credentialscredential, credentials, degree, diploma, certificate
import licenseimport ban
Prohibition on foreign goods
import restriction · trade embargo · trade sanction · import tariff · smuggling