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Meanings of importation in English

Portuguese
importação
Catalan
importació

Commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country.

importação
Portuguese
importação
Catalan
importació

The commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country.

importação
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Examples for "importing"
Examples for "importing"
1
Russia has also decided to stop importing some New Zealand dairy products.
The Irish Times
2
The principal importing countries were France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom.
Pubmed
3
Place bought by Manice family about 1800 who began importing fine trees.
The new yorker
4
It is a cost saving to oil importing countries, such as Ireland.
The Irish Times
5
Food-importing nations and private investors have been securing land abroad for agriculture.
The Irish Times
Usage of importation in English
1
That means local transmission, not only importation of a case, said Cassone.
Reuters
2
Quantifying parasite importation has therefore become a priority for national control programs.
Pubmed
3
Inconsistencies with the narrative of the sources; importation of priests and Levites.
Prolegomena to the History of Israel
4
Commercial importation Q: What are the steps involved in clearing commercial shipment?
Jamaica Observer
5
The embargo, by cutting off importation of British goods, encouraged home manufactures.
A Brief History of the United States
6
A compromise likewise took place in regard to the importation of slaves.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 3 of 4
7
Another question was in regard to the importation of Chinamen into Manila.
The Story of the Philippines / Natural Riches, Industrial Resour...
8
Not until Brazil abolished slavery in 1888 did the importation wholly cease.
The Negro
9
In 1858 the entire importation into Great Britain was forty-four thousand tons.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 46, August, 1861 / A Magazi...
10
But unfortunately their importation into the U.S. was banned in the eighties.
True blue
11
In 1778, notwithstanding the importation, they appear to have been reduced to
The Slave Trade, Domestic and Foreign / Why It Exists, and How I...
12
They inquired into supply and demand, capital and rent, importation and prohibition.
Bouvard and Pécuchet: A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life, par...
13
The Revenue are investigating the importation of duty-free cigarettes using the Internet.
The Irish Times
14
Article 170 prohibits the importation of munitions of every kind into Germany.
The Riddle of the Rhine: Chemical Strategy in Peace and War
15
A compromise likewise took place with regard to the importation of slaves.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 3 of 4
16
This story, like the preceding, is clearly an importation from the Occident.
Filipino Popular Tales
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Translations for importation
Portuguese
importação
Importation through the time
Importation across language varieties
New Zealand
Common
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
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