export earnings

collocation in English

meaningsofexportandearnings

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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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earnings
noun[plural]
uk
/ˈɜː.nɪŋz/us
/ˈɝː.nɪŋz/
the amount of money that someone is paid ...
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(Definition ofexportandearningsfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofexport earnings

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It has been implied, however, that this behaviour was mainly the effect of growingexportearnings, rather than increasing exports.
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The most important export crop is cocoa, which generated 20 per cent of totalexportearningsin 1992.
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This put the burden back on agriculture and timber to provide the bulk of theexportearnings.
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Because conch is the second largest species caught and exported, this rapid decline in harvest significantly undermines fishexportearningsand fisherman income.
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This was because improved grossexportearningswould be offset, or more than offset, by the high import-content of the renovative investments needed to produce each additional tonne of sugar.
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Specifically, the sawmillers preferred to enjoy the tax rebates based on volumes exported, and could retain 20-35 per cent of theexportearningsin an external account.
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This has a double benefit in terms of species and habitat conservation: it not only supplements wildlifeexportearnings, but also reduces consumption from habitat conversion activities.
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Wood processing firms could enjoy the retention of 20 per cent and 35 per cent ofexportearnings, for lumber and value added products, respectively, in an external account.
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It is as well to realise how important the so-called invisibleexportearningsare from brokerage and commodity trading.
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The estimate was that it generated added value of about £25 billion, withexportearningsof nearly £7 billion.
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As a consequence, commodity prices have slumped andexportearningshave declined.
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They identified 41 countries with a total population of 700 million people, which all had external debts valued at more than double theirexportearnings.
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The object is to increase ourexportearningsby encouraging tourists to spend their currency in this country instead of abroad.
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It has happened partly because it is a way of increasingexportearningsand the indebtedness of that country.
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It is that the greater part of ourexportearningsare gained by manufacturing industry, and we must concentrate financial encouragement on manufacturing industry.
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In my view, the most important agreement reached concerned the establishment of a scheme to stabiliseexportearnings.
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Exportearningsare about £200 million, and import savings about £100 million so far.
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