Collocations withimport
These are words often used in combination withimport.
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considerable import
Theoretically, their account raises two questions of considerable import.
From theCambridge English Corpus
import barrier
It is not a question merely of taxation; it is a question of rigidly building up an import barrier round a country in order to boost home industries.
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import substitution
This provides a valuable study of a place that had benefited under the previous paradigm of import substitution industrialisation.
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increased import
Furthermore, there was an increased import of coarse grains.
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net import
In 1920 the total net import was 19,909, and the total net import in 1924, the last completed year, was 79,600.
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oil import
For instance, oil import dependence ratios are measured as the share of imported oil to total energy imports.
From theCambridge English Corpus
total import
The average tariff rate is measured here as customs revenues (import duties only) as a share of total import values.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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