importing

Definitions of importing
  1. noun
    the commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country
    synonyms: importation
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    types:
    smuggling
    secretly importing prohibited goods or goods on which duty is due
    gunrunning
    the smuggling of guns and ammunition into a country secretly and illegally
    type of:
    commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
    transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)
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