Legal Definition and Related Resources of Import

To bring goods into a country from outside the geographical and political limits of that country. Also, presume as in the phrase import a consideration in a contract , meaning thereby that, in the absence of evidence on the point , the law will presume a consideration.

Any resource, intermediate good, or final good or service that buyers in one country purchase from sellers in another country.

noun

• connotation
• consequence
• drift
• essence
• gist
• gravity
• idea
• importance
• matter
• meaning
• meaningfulness
• moment
• pith
• point
• purport
• sense
• seriousness
• significance
• significatio
• signification
• substance
• sum
• tenor
• vis
• weight
• weightiness

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Mentioned in these terms

Commerce, Conduct, Customs, Equivalent, Immediately, Include, Jurisdiction, Public Policy, Residence, Transaction.

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Legal English Vocabulary: Import in Spanish

Online translation of the English legal term import into Spanish: Importación (English to Spanish translation) . More about legal dictionary from english to spanish online.

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Import in Global Commerce Policy

In this regard, import is: a good or a service bought by residents of one country from residents in another in return, normally, for foreign exchange. See also barter and countertrade.[1]

Importin the wold Encyclopedia

For an introductory overview on international trade policy, see this entry.

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Notes and References

1. Dictionary of Trade Policy, “Import” entry (OAS)

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See Also

• International Trade
• Trade Regulation
• International Economic Law
• Export License
• International Trade Law
• Foreign Trade
• Safeguard

Hierarchical Display of Import

Trade > Trade > Trading operation
Trade > Tariff policy > Common tariff policy > Countervailing charge
Trade > Tariff policy > EU customs procedure > Free circulation
Business And Competition > Competition > Restriction on competition > Monopoly > Import monopoly
Finance > Taxation > Tax on consumption > Import tax
Trade > Tariff policy > Customs regulations > Customs valuation

Meaning of Import

Overview and more information about Import

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Translation of Import

• Spanish: Importación
• French: Importation
• German: Einfuhr
• Italian: Importazione
• Portuguese: Importação
• Polish: Import

Thesaurus of Import

Trade > Trade > Trading operation > Import
Trade > Tariff policy > Common tariff policy > Countervailing charge > Import
Trade > Tariff policy > EU customs procedure > Free circulation > Import
Business And Competition > Competition > Restriction on competition > Monopoly > Import monopoly > Import
Finance > Taxation > Tax on consumption > Import tax > Import
Trade > Tariff policy > Customs regulations > Customs valuation > Import

See also

• Countervailing charge
• Free circulation
• Import monopoly
• Import tax
• Customs valuation

• Re-import
• Outward processing
• Import (EU)