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export + NOUN
an export market
• The US is Scotland’s second largest export market after France.
export trade
• Most of its export trade is with Russia.
export earnings/revenue
(= the money a company or country makes from exports )
• Oil and gas provide 40% of Norway’s export earnings.
export sales/figures
(= the total number of products that are sold to other countries )
• Export sales exceeded 50% of the company’s total turnover. • Hong Kong is a major trading power, with annual export figures rivalling those of Germany.
an export licence
(= an official document giving you permission to sell something to another country )
• You will have to submit an application for an export licence.
export controls/restrictions/quotas
(= official limits on the number of exports )
• The European Parliament wants tougher export controls on certain goods. • The number of goods subject to import and export quotas is being reduced.
an export ban
( also a ban on exports )
• During the crisis, France imposed an export ban on British beef. • The ban on exports was lifted in June.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + export
the major/main/principal export
• Agricultural products are the country’s principal exports.
oil/agricultural/manufacturing exports
• Oil exports from Iraq have resumed.
British/US etc exports
• Higher tariffs will affect a wide range of British exports.
invisible exports
(= services that are exported, such as banking or insurance, rather than a product )
• The City of London is important to the invisible exports of this country.
verbs
boost exports
(= increase them )
• The measures should boost exports and create employment.
encourage exports
(= make them more likely to exist )
• Kenya used subsidies to encourage exports.
reduce exports
• OPEC has threatened to reduce exports of oil to the West.
restrict exports
(= limit or control them )
• The government threatened to restrict exports because of weak demand.
ban exports
(= stop them completely )
• In retaliation, Britain banned exports of cloth to France.
exports increase/rise/grow
• Electronics exports grew more slowly than in previous years.
exports fall/decline/drop
• Exports of gas and oil continued to fall while imports of raw materials have risen.
exports account for something
(= form a particular part of a total )
• Exports currently account for 37% of sales.
phrases
a growth/rise/increase in exports
• The electronics sector has seen a 16% growth in exports.
a fall/decline/drop in exports
• There has been a decline in exports and an increase in oil prices.
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noun ADJ. important, main, major, principal, staple Coconut is one of the staple exports of the islands. | record The industry has achieved record exports in the past year. | total In 2001 total exports were valued at $2 billion. | British, US, etc. | world The US share of world exports has declined. | illegal, illicit stopping the illegal export of live animals | live lambs for live export | invisible Earnings from the sale of banking, insurance and other services to foreigners are described as ‘invisible exports’. | capital, commodity | agricultural, industrial, manufactured, manufacturing | arms, art, banana, beef, coal, coffee, food, grain, oil, timber, etc. QUANT. level, value, volume VERB + EXPORT boost, encourage, expand, increase, promote | reduce, restrict plans to restrict the export of arms to certain countries | allow | ban, prohibit | achieve | prevent, stop | await yards where thousands of cars await export EXPORT + VERB grow, increase, rise Oil exports have risen steadily. | drop, fall | be valued at sth, total sth Exports totalled $10 billion in 2002. | account for sth Oil exports account for nearly 80% of the country's foreign earnings. | be destined for sth Scottish exports destined for Western Europe EXPORT + NOUN crop, goods | business, industry, trade | market, sector | earnings, revenue, sales | figures, performance a strong export performance | growth | controls, licence, quota, restrictions a call for tougher art export controls | ban an export ban on live cattle | drive the export drive by Japanese industry | order how to win more export orders PREP. for ~ This is where the fruit is packaged for export. | ~ from exports from the EU to Canada | ~ to PHRASES a ban on exports to place a ban on exports of toxic waste | a decline/fall in exports, an increase/a rise in exportsPER CENT (for more verbs), verb ADV. widely a French breed of cattle that has been exported widely | illegally illegally exported works of art PREP. from Last year 2,000 birds were exported from the island. | to The country exports sugar to Europe.
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