import substitution

collocation in English

meaningsofimportandsubstitution

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import
noun
uk
/ˈɪm.pɔːt/
us
/ˈɪm.pɔːrt/
goods bought by one country ...
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substitution
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌsʌb.stɪˈtʃuː.ʃən/
us
/ˌsʌb.stəˈtuː.ʃən/
the use of one person or thing instead ...
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(Definition ofimportandsubstitutionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofimport substitution

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This provides a valuable study of a place that had benefited under the previous paradigm ofimportsubstitutionindustrialisation.
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In the 1950s and 1960s the penchant was for models of industrialisation,importsubstitutionand programme to eliminate economic dependency.
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The marginalised sectors of the population, having lost out as a result of long-standingimportsubstitution policies, were responsive to neopopulist discourse.
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The progress ofimportsubstitutionwas gradual but sustained.
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Local autonomy and sustainable development: testingimportsubstitutionin localizing food systems.
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The revolutionary government began with a highly ambitiousimportsubstitutiondevelopment strategy that quickly produced an unsustainable balance of payments deficit.
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The question was nonetheless equated strictly in terms of electricity substitution andimportsubstitution.
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Large domestic groups, which grew significantly underimportsubstitutionindustrialisation, controlled the pace of economic reform and became indispensable allies of foreign capital.
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The temporary disappearance of external competition in the internal market acted as a strong stimulus toimportsubstitution, and new outlets, abandoned by the belligerent nations, were taken over.
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The industrial policies only affectedimportsubstitutionindustries, but these companies had many deficiencies, for example, limited foreign competitiveness, which accelerated the dual structure of the national industry.
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He fails to understand the economic debate about the relationship ofimportsubstitutionpolicies and regionalism, not recognising the conflict between national and regional economic interests.
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Dependent on sugar exports for 88 per cent of its foreign exchange, the government realised that the country was too small to support muchimportsubstitutionindustrialisation.
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Cheap labour and primary products from the poor world will become increasingly vulnerable to the labour substitution andimportsubstitutionwhich are likely in the rich world.
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That means that we must increase our exports and thatimportsubstitutionis involved.
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There is nothing like sanctions for encouragingimportsubstitution.
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We have to go in for realimportsubstitution.
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