importation of food
collocation in Englishmeaningsofimportationandfood
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importation
noun
uk/ˌɪm.pɔːˈteɪ.ʃən/us/ˌɪm.pɔːrˈteɪ.ʃən/
the act of introducing new goods, customs, or ideas into a country from another country; something that is introduced in ...
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food
noun[C or U]
uk/fuːd/us/fuːd/
something that people and animals eat, or plants absorb, to keep ...
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Then there is the question of the home production or theimportationoffood.
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What consideration is he giving to banning theimportationoffoodfrom countries that are known to have endemic foot and mouth disease?
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No one ever suggested that the organised producer should do theimportationoffoodsupplies from abroad.
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Perhaps the most important way to improve our biosecurity is to take far tougher action to stop the illegalimportationoffood.
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There is no restriction on theimportationoffood, and removal does not bring down the price of food.
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That firm ought to be one which should find it possible to export tyres in return forimportationoffood.
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Incidentally, those industries help our export industry by reducing theimportationoffoodto the extent that we grow our foodstuffs at home.
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On theimportationoffoodsupplies, is he satisfied that food is being imported from foot and mouth disease-free countries?
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Six corridor groups have been established to supervise theimportationoffoodthrough the main regional ports and associated road and rail systems.
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The policy of this country for over a hundred years has been one of virtually freeimportationoffood.
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It is ludicrous to say that that will not seriously check theimportationoffoodinto this country in neutral bottoms.
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Monopolists of this kind have simply got the people by the throat with regard to theimportationoffoodinto this country.
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I believe that this will become very much more important when we realise that half our balance of payments deficit is represented by theimportationoffood.
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Agricultural and livestock production was practically destroyed, as the enormous sums allocated for theimportationoffoodprove.
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It was good for the national morale and for the national diet and it saved theimportationoffoodat the expense of ships that were being sunk by submarines.
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We are increasing theimportationoffoodrather than trying to increase our own production of food so that we do not take from the world's base food production.
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To that end agricultural policy at home, and the policy with regard to theimportationoffoodfrom abroad must work together, having regard to that supreme object.
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Side by side with this neglect of agriculture is the decline in the deadweight tonnage of shipping available forimportationoffoodand raw materials to this country.
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The profit from sugar encouraged the cultivation of cane and theimportationoffood.
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