BNET Business Dictionary
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
- 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...
- White papers
- U.S. import, export prices fall fifth straight month
- WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. import and export prices both fell for the fifth consecutive month in December, as costs for oil and many non-petroleum products tumbled, the U.S. Labor Department said on Wednesday. Import prices dropped 4.2 percent after falling by a revised 7.0 percent in November. The December drop...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Starting an Import Business
- Importing is pretty basic: You simply purchase goods from one country to sell in another. The rationale for importing is twofold:to obtain goods or materials from a source who either offers the lowest available price, or who provides the best quality for costto obtain raw materials, components, or finished goods...
- Articles 2007-10-29
- The Southland's Top Import Drag Racers to Compete at NHRA Import Finals in Pomona, Calif
- Sports Editors & Automotive Writers POMONA, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 24, 2001 The top import drag racers will compete Sept. 28-30 in a head-to-head competition with the best in the country at the MazdaR NHRAR Import World Finals presented by Toyo TiresR located at Pomona Raceway. This inaugural season-ending...
- Research articles 2001-09-24
- Import Prices Continue to Trend Higher
- Marc Chandler submits:Although the market was expecting an increase closer to 1%, US import prices rose 0.7% in October. The underlying trend, however, is clear: Import prices have risen in all but two months thus far in 2009.The fact that import prices are still off 5.7% from a year ago...
- External links 2009-11-13
- 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...
- Research articles 1993-11-12
- SINOPEC GROUP TO IMPORT 316,000-TON FINISHED OIL IN DEC
- AsiaInfo Services 11-27-2007 Sinopec Group to Import 316,000-ton Finished Oil in Dec BEIJING, Nov 27, 2007 SinoCast via COMTEX -- China Petrochemical Corporation, or Sinopec Group, revealed it would import 316,000 tons of finished oil in Dece AsiaInfo Services ...
- Research articles 2007-11-27
- EU IN DILEMMA WHEN FACING CHINESE TEXTILE IMPORT ISSUE
- AsiaInfo Services 08-19-2005 EU in Dilemma when Facing Chinese Textile Import Issue BEIJING, Aug 19, 2005 SinoCast via COMTEX -- EU is in a dilemma when handling the problem of Chinese textile import.European Commission said on August 16 that AsiaInfo...
- Research articles 2005-08-19
- Brazil: Brazil to import electric power from Bolivia.
- After to strike deals to import electric power energy from Paraguay an Argentina, and to be near an energy import agreement with Venezuela, Brazil sill start imports of electric power from Bolivia. Monteiro Aranha group, associated with Duke Energy, After to strike deals to import...
- Research articles 2000-04-03
- Take guesswork out of import costs.
- In a bold move to simplify the import process, UPS recently launched an import program offering a uniform cost structure in the US. Using their zone-pricing method, UPS has established set costs in US dollars for imported shipments. The program's g In a bold...
- Research articles 1999-07-01
- Perm it for import of secondhand storage batteries. (Business Climate).(Indonesian Association of Metal Foundry appeals to government )(Brief Article)
- The Indonesian Association of Metal Foundry Aplindo has appealed to the government to give permit for the import of secondhand storage batteries, like the permit for the import of chloro-flurocarbon CFC. Aplindo chairman A. Safiun pointed out tha The Indonesian Association of Metal Foundry Aplindo has...
- Research articles 2003-05-27
- Automatic Duck Pro Import AE 3.0: for when you've got to move it, move it.(ROI reviews)
- Automatic Duck Pro Import AE 3.0 is a plug-in for Adobe After Effects Mac or Windows that lets users import sequences from Avid or Apple Final Cut Pro editing systems or from Apple's Motion with complete translation of effects and layers into an Af Automatic Duck...
- Research articles 2005-08-01
- IMPORT BAN ON JAPANESE VEHICLES
- AsiaInfo Services 02-23-2001 Import ban on Japanese vehicles BEIJING, Feb 23, 2001 AsiaPort via COMTEX -- China has banned the import and use of Pajero V31 and V33 cross-country cars produced by Japan-based automaker Mitsubishi due to a serio AsiaInfo...
- Research articles 2001-02-23
- CHINA'S BIG AUTO GROUPS SEE IMBALANCED IMPORT & EXPORT
- AsiaInfo Services 07-26-2006 China's Big Auto Groups See Imbalanced Import & Export BEIJING, Jul 26, 2006 SinoCast via COMTEX -- China??s big automobile groups have been going through severely imbalanced import and export, with the ex AsiaInfo Services ...
- Research articles 2006-07-26
- EC HAS NO INTENTION TO RESUME IMPORT QUOTAS ON CHINESE TEXTILE
- AsiaInfo Services 05-25-2005 EC Has No Intention to Resume Import Quotas on Chinese Textile CHINA, May 25, 2005 SinoCast via COMTEX -- European Commission EC had no intention of resorting to resumption of import quotas on Chinese textile pr AsiaInfo...
- Research articles 2005-05-25
- EU HALTS SWEATER IMPORT FROM CHINA
- AsiaInfo Services 07-26-2005 EU Halts Sweater Import from China CHINA, Jul 26, 2005 SinoCast via COMTEX -- The European Commission EC announced on July 22 that it has stopped issuing licenses for sweater import from China since July 12.Acco AsiaInfo...
- Research articles 2005-07-26
- COMMENTS ON IMPORT TOLERANCES FOR FDA.(Brief Article)
- COMMENTS ON IMPORT TOLERANCES FOR FDA: The Food and Drug Administration is soliciting comments on issues related to the implementation of a proposed regulation to establish import tolerances for food products of animal origin with drugs that are used COMMENTS ON IMPORT TOLERANCES FOR FDA: The...
- Research articles 2001-08-13
- ZHEJIANG SAW SHARP RISE IN IMPORT OF ASPHALT
- AsiaInfo Services 05-03-2006 Zhejiang Saw Sharp Rise in Import of Asphalt HANGZHOU, May 03, 2006 SinoCast via COMTEX -- Zhejiang, an economically developed province in Eastern China, saw a sharp rise of 65% year on year in import of asphalt t...
- Research articles 2006-05-03
- IMPORT QUANTITY RESTRICTION ON 385 ITEMS PLANNED TO BE LIFTED
- AsiaInfo Services 04-03-1997 Import Quantity Restriction on 385 Items Planned to be Lifted CHINA, April 3, AsiaInfo Services, Inc -- China has presented a plan on the abolition of import quantity restriction on 385 items of products after she...
- Research articles 1997-04-03
- CHINA TO ESTABLISH IMPORT EARLY-WARNING SYSTEM
- AsiaInfo Services 04-24-2001 China to Establish Import Early-Warning System CHINA, Apr 24, 2001 AsiaPort via COMTEX -- n order to do the preparation well for entering WTO, China is to strengthen the reform of import management system by const AsiaInfo...
- Research articles 2001-04-24
