major export
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmajorandexport
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major
adjective
uk/ˈmeɪ.dʒər/us/ˈmeɪ.dʒɚ/
more important, bigger, or more serious 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 ofmajorandexportfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofmajor export
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It seems that silver, not gold, was themajorexport-bullion commodity in the 17th century.
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Onemajorexportindustry - petroleum - was taken from foreign hands and managed with the aim of subsidising industry and urban growth.
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Indeed, as table 1 indicates, in 1997 while themajorexportcrops received 66 per cent of pesticides, the non-export crops only used 26 per cent.
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We keep in touch with companies concerned withmajorexportcontracts.
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Potentially, the aircraft industry can continue to be one of the country'smajorexportearners and, just as important, import savers.
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It has demonstrated its ability to compete by winningmajorexportorders.
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The onlymajorexportis tobacco and there is only a tiny manufacturing sector.
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It is a pity that he should seek to damage amajorexportdrive just as it is getting under way.
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It is amajorexportbusiness for the country.
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They can tender formajorexportcontracts, thus earning overseas currency that the country needs, only if they have a sound home market.
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This is and has been for some years amajorexportservice industry which makes a significant contribution to our balance of payments.
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Declining prices ofmajorexportcommodities and high international interest rates were two obvious examples.
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In effect, it is one of ourmajorexportindustries.
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Books are the onlymajorexportwhich normally are sent by post; most others are sent by freight.
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It is amajorexportearner, a major defence industry and a major technological leader.
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It employs about 50,000 people and, as he says, is amajorexportearner.
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More importantly, there are the barriers that have been put up against ourmajorexportproduct—whisky.
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Sadly, one of ourmajorexportindustries is the provision of sophisticated weaponry.
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That is, if not an unknown, a major controversy in ourmajorexportaffairs today.
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The answer is: because textiles are amajorexportfor them.
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