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verb ADV. directly | illegally, legally | specially PREP. from The store's croissants are imported directly from France. | into These dogs are illegally imported into the country. | to goods that are imported to Britain, noun ADJ. main, major | foreign, overseas | cheap | annual The value of annual imports rose rapidly. | net the UK's net imports of food | total | essential | luxury | illegal | agricultural, car, coal, energy, food, grain, oil, steel, etc. VERB + IMPORT boost, increase pressure on the government to stimulate the faltering economy and boost imports | curb, cut, reduce, restrict | discourage | control | block, prevent, stop | ban, prohibit The government decided to prohibit the import of toxic waste. | finance Most of their oil revenues are used to finance imports of consumer and capital goods. | replace The industry aims both to increase exports and replace imports. IMPORT + VERB grow, increase, rise | drop, fall | be valued at sth, total sth Imports were valued at £516 million last month. | account for sth Imports of foodstuffs accounted for a small proportion of total imports. IMPORT + NOUN ban, control, restrictions | duty, tariff | price rising import prices | licence | quota A restricted import quota was set for meat products. | penetration greater import penetration of the domestic market PREP. ~ from America has cut its oil imports from the Middle East by 73%. | ~ into Special duties were imposed on imports into the republic. PHRASES a ban/restriction on imports, the demand for imports, a fall/rise in importsPER CENT (for more verbs)
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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Phrase(s): import something (from something) ((in)to something)
to buy and transport something from a foreign place into a country. • We imported the carpets from the Orient into this country. • They imported wine into this country from France. • I imported this from Germany.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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import
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + imports
foreign imports
• Foreign imports into Britain continued to grow in the 1970s.
cheap imports
• Farmers are complaining about cheap imports flooding the market.
Japanese/French etc imports
(= goods from Japan, France etc )
• Japanese imports rose by 5% last year.
oil/coal/food imports
• The country is dependent on oil imports for almost all its basic energy needs.
rice/sugar etc imports
• There is pressure on the country to reduce its rice imports.
agricultural imports
• Restrictions on agricultural imports remain in place.
essential imports
• The country had problems paying for its essential imports.
luxury imports
• Higher duties were placed on luxury imports.
verbs
increase imports
• The company increased imports in order to cut domestic production costs.
reduce/cut imports
• New investment will reduce imports and save jobs.
control/restrict imports
(= reduce or put a limit on them )
• The scheme aims to control imports of cheap goods.
ban imports
(= make them illegal )
• The organization wants the government to ban imports of exotic birds.
imports increase/rise/grow
• Imports increased by 13 percent last year.
imports fall/drop
• Imports of consumer goods fell sharply in December.
an import ban
• The US imposed an import ban on several types of fish.
import + NOUN
import restrictions/controls
(= laws which reduce or limit the amount of imports )
• Severe import controls were introduced.
import quotas
(= limits on the number of imports allowed )
• Each country introduced its own import quotas.
import taxes/duties/tariffs
• The US imposed huge import duties on products from Europe.
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