Import.
Import, der Bezug von Waren u. Dienstleistungen aus dem Ausland. Als Schutzmaßnahmen zugunsten der eig. Wirtsch. oder der Aufrechterhaltung einer aktiven Handelsbilanz dienen E.beschränkungen u. E.verbote.
1. A person (such as an actor or musician or celebrity) brought from a foreign country.
2. Goods or services bought from a foreign country.
Product or service that one country purchases from another for domestic consumption, or for processing and reexporting (Hong Kong, for example, is heavily dependent on imports for its export business). Imports may be visible (goods) or invisible (services). If an importing country does not have a counterbalancing value of exports, it may experience balance-of-payments difficulties and accordingly consider restricting imports by some form of protectionism (such as an import tariff or import quotas).
ETYM Latin influxus, from influere, influxum, to flow in: cf. French influx. Related to Influent.
1. The act of flowing in.
2. A coming in; infusion; intromission; introduction; importation in abundance; also, that which flows or comes in.