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Export Live Ban Cattle Country’s Fruit Packaged Earnings
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(noun) |
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BrE / ˈekspɔːt / NAmE / ˈekspɔːrt / |
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- a ban on the export of live cattle
- then the fruit is packaged for export.
- export earnings
- an export licence
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export(noun)BrE / ˈekspɔːt / NAmE / ˈekspɔːrt / - the selling and transporting of goods to another country
- a ban on the export of live cattle
- Then the fruit is packaged for export.
- export earnings
- an export licence
- a product that is sold to another country
- the country’s major exports
- a fall in the value of exports
Extra Examples- 89% of Mexican exports go to the US.
- Coconut is one of the staple exports of the islands.
- Coffee is the country’s biggest export.
- Earnings from the sale of banking, insurance and other services to foreigners are described as ‘invisible exports’.
- Exports totalled $10 billion in 2002.
- Exports will total $30 billion by 2036.
- In 2001 total exports were valued at $2 billion.
- Oil exports account for nearly 80% of the country’s foreign earnings.
- Oil exports have risen steadily.
- Scottish exports destined for Western Europe
- The US share of world exports has declined.
- The industry has achieved record exports in the past year.
- This is where the fruit is packaged for export.
- We must stop the illegal export of live animals.
- a call for tougher art export controls
- a strong export performance
- an export ban on live cattle
- exports from the EU to Canada
- exports of beef
- how to win more export orders
- lambs for live export
- plans to restrict the export of arms to certain countries
- the export drive by Japanese industry
- the export of cattle
- to place a ban on exports of toxic waste
- yards where thousands of cars await export
- the country’s major exports
Word Origin- late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘take away’): from Latin exportare, from ex- ‘out’ + portare ‘carry’. Current senses date from the 17th cent.
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