Import: Definition and additional resources from BNET
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Business Definition for: Import

  • a product or service brought into another country from its country of origin either for sale or for use in manufacturing

Wiktionary Definition for: Import

  • #Something brought in from a foreign country, especially for sale or trade.
  • #The practice of importing.
  • #(''uncountable'') significance Significance, importance.
  • Ex:''It was a matter of great '''import'''.''
  • #To bring (something) in from a foreign country, especially for sale or trade.
  • #To load an file into an software application for use as a resource in a greater data file.

Additional Resources

Importing Part One: Offer Unique Products But Be Prepared For Challenges
Importing process is an important activity to make the business successful that requires raw material from outside the country. Entrepreneurs looking to import goods need to devote a significant amount of time to research, from investigating the market for a particular product to the costs, such as duties and...
Tags: Finance, Strategy, Taxes, Strategic Planning, Entrepreneurship, Financial Planning, Management, Free Trade
Case studies 2003-01-01
Import And Export Text Data With Outlook
Using a text file is helpful when the converters that are provided with Outlook do not directly match the format of the data that you want to import. Most programs can export and import text files, so you can often use a text file as a common file format to...
Tags: Office Suites, Microsoft Office, Groupware, Microsoft Outlook, Software, Enterprise Software
White papers
Import XML Data
Before you import XML data into a worksheet, consider that there are several ways to import and several commands you can use. In this paper there is a table to help you decide which method of importing XML data is the best approach for you and different ways to import...
Tags: XML-Data
White papers
Import-Export Assistant
The Import-Export Assistant job description template includes the following job summary: To provide support for the import/export administrator, and to prepare import/export documents in compliance with customs regulations and company procedures. Additional information available includes essential job functions, additional responsibilities, and education and experience requirements.
Tags: Job, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management
Tools & templates 2007-09-09
The Endogenous Trade Policy Formation And Outsourcing
This paper considers the formation of trade policies when a domestic firm outsources the intermediate input from its foreign final good competitor. This paper considers three policy instruments when the intra-industry trade occurs: domestic specific subsidy on intermediate import, domestic specific tariff on final import, and foreign specific tariff on...
Tags: Finance, Tariff, Import, Free Trade, Subsidy, Outsourcing
White papers 2005-09-01
Import Or Link To Data In A Text File
You can bring data from a text file into Microsoft Office Access 2007 in two ways. If you want a copy of the data that you can edit within Access, import the file into a new or existing table by using the Import Text Wizard. If you simply want to...
Tags: Office Suites, Software, Enterprise Software, Data Management, Databases, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Access
White papers
Coors launches import division with Lion Nathan - Adolph Coors Co.; Unibev Ltd.; Lion Nathan Ltd
The Coors Brewing Co. has announced the formation of Unibev Ltd., a new arm of its International Import Division, with a stated mission to "develop and implement strategies to increase Coors' share of the U.S. import and specialty beer market."
Tags: Coors, Molson Coors Brewing Co.
Research articles 1993-05-10
Sample Import Export Manager Resume
This is the sample resume for applying for the post of import export manager. This template will provide you the relevant idea for preparing an import export manager's resume.
Tags: Manager, Best Sample Resume
Tools & templates 2008-01-01
IOC's Oil Import Loans Down by US$798 Million
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd IOC, the largest commercial enterprise in India, has announced that during the financial year that ended on March 31st 2002 its oil import loans were reduced by US$798 million to US$1.36 billion, compared to the oil import loans in the previous year.
Tags: International Olympic Committee
Research articles 2003-04-08
Import-Export Administrator
The Import-Export Administrator job description template includes the following job summary: To supervise and direct all aspects of the import/export operations, working with both domestic and foreign shippers, and coordinating necessary paperwork and documentation in compliance with tariff and customs regulations. Additional information available includes essential job functions, additional responsibilities,...
Tags: Job, Administrator, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management
Tools & templates 2007-09-09
Automatic Duck.(Tool wise: snapshots of new hardware, software and notable upgrade)
Automatic Duck recently released Automatic Duck Pro Import 2.0 for both Windows and Mac OS X. Automatic Duck Pro Import 2.0 lets editors and graphic artists import edited sequences, complete with keyframed effects, from Avid editing systems and Final Automatic Duck recently released Automatic Duck Pro...
Tags: Avid Technology Inc., hardware, software, tool
Research articles 2003-12-01
Save The Details Of An Import Or Export Operation As A Specification
When you run an import wizard or export wizard in Microsoft Office Access 2007, you can save the settings you used as a specification so that you can repeat the operation at any time. A specification contains all the information Access needs to repeat the operation without your having to...
Tags: Specification, Import, Operation
White papers
FICS Servicing Customers Can Now Import Directly into Fannie Mae's MBS Reporting System
FICS Among the First to Complete Testing for Import of MBS Pools
Tags: Fannie Mae
Research articles 2007-08-13
The Impact of Trade Liberalization on Import Demand
This paper empirically analyzes the effects of trade reforms on import demand and derives their implications on economic development in Turkey, a country that underwent sudden and substantial trade liberalization in the mid-1980s. The tool for this analysis is the estimation of disaggregated import demand elasticities. The adoption of a...
Tags: Liberalization, Florida International University, Analysis, Free Trade, Finance
White papers 2004-04-12
Import From A Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services List
You can use the Import from Windows SharePoint Services Wizard in Access 2003 to import data from lists or views of a list in Windows SharePoint Services. If the wizard doesn't start, it could be due to the fact that Access is running in sandbox mode but Microsoft Jet 4.0...
Tags: Operating Systems, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Access, Microsoft Windows Sharepoint Services, Databases, Software, Office Suites, Enterprise Software, Data Management
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Import Data From A Sharepoint List
You can import and analyze data from a list on a Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 or Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 site. For example, you can import a parts inventory list from a SharePoint site and then create a PivotChart report in Microsoft Office Excel 2007 to summarize and compare...
Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Windows Sharepoint Services, Groupware, Microsoft Windows, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems
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Import Or Export Text Files
There are two ways to import data from a text file by using Microsoft Office Excel: You can open the text file in Excel, or you can import the text file as an external data range. To export data from Excel to a text file, use the Save As command.
Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel, Office Suites, Software
White papers
Sheep (Dec 7).(tariff)(Brief Article)
Community import tariff quotas for 2005 for sheep, goats, sheepmeat and goatmeat: It was agreed to open the sheepmeat import quotas for 2006. This included the annual ... Community import tariff quotas for 2005 for sheep, goats, sheepmeat and goatmeat: It was agreed to open the...
Tags: Digital Equipment Corp., tariff
Research articles 2005-12-23
Remedia to import Heinz. (H.J. Heinz Co. canned food products)
Beginning next month, the Remedia company will import and market Heinz products, previously imported by Supersol. Heinz officials will arrive in Israel shortly to sign the import agreement. Heinz is best known for its ketchup, baked beans, mustard, a Beginning next month, the Remedia company will...
Tags: food, H.J. Heinz Co.
Research articles 1993-11-12
SPEED Channel's TUNER TRANSFORMATION and Chevy to Present JIN, Ruff Ryders Latest Hip Hop Star, a Fully Modified Custom Street Ride at XM Satellite Radio's Hot Import Nights
WASHINGTON -- Hot Import Nights:
Tags: XM Satellite Radio Inc.
Research articles 2005-06-20
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