main export

collocation in English

meaningsofmainandexport

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main
adjective[before noun]
uk
/meɪn/us
/meɪn/
larger, more important, or having more influence than others of the ...
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export
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈek.spɔːt/us
/ˈek.spɔːrt/
a product that you sell in another country, or the business of sending goods to another country in order to sell ...
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(Definition ofmainandexportfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmain export

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Further, coffee, which is amainexportgood, is a perennial crop.
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There is no better way of understanding the economic history of developing countries than to study themainexportproducts with which they have been associated.
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So we need the tools to ensure that this competitive advantage is adequately protected in ourmainexportmarkets.
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Themainexportaccess difficulties arise from non-tariff barriers in particular, rather than from generally recognised tariffs.
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The sledgehammer hit ourmainexportand growth sectors.
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Possibly they are ourmainexport, although increasingly the single malts are coming into favour all over the world.
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Again, how sad it is that the country that gave the world coffee is suffering so much from that commodity being itsmainexport.
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The production of the copper mines has fallen by about half, and copper is theirmainexport.
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I should like to turn now to themainexportdrive.
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These are not themainexportindustries and commodities making up our exports.
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Take ourmainexport- ing industry, the cotton trade.
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Some countries have traditionally depended on a single product for theirmainexportearnings.
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We will find not only our domestic market undermined, but ourmainexportmarkets, too.
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A very important part, because the building materials side of my industry is themainexportside.
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Itsmainexportis coffee, but coffee prices are at their lowest in 16 years.
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Its production is one of the keystones of our military defence, and the basis of ourmainexporttrades.
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In brief, it is a sought-after and attractive commodity, and often a country'smainexportproduct.
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These enterprises provide themainexportwealth of the country.
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Ourmainexportdrive is obviously a three-pronged drive.
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To what countries ought we in the national interest to look as ourmainexportmarkets?
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