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2010.01.28(Review of 2006.08.23 edition)
From plodding camels carrying their burdens along the Silk Road to today's high-tech freighters criss-crossing the oceans, there have always been fortunes to be made and adventures to be had through international trade!
IMPORT / EXPORT 輸入する・輸入品／輸出する・輸出品
- To import a foreign product is to bring it into your own country for sale.
Such a product is called an import.
To export a product is to send it to another country for sale.
Such a product is called an export. - import とは、販売目的で、外国製品を自国に持ち込む、つまり、輸入する、という意味です。
輸入品のことも import と言います。
export とは、販売目的で、自国の製品をほかの国に送る、つまり、輸出する、という意味です。
輸出品のことも export と言います。
- The company imports tropical hardwood furniture from Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brazil.
- I buy my olive oil at Berlitz Imports. They carry premium imported foods from around the world.
- Japan relies on imports for most of its energy needs.
- (a Kenyan coffee grower)
We have only a small share of the domestic market. We export most of our coffee beans. - Our products are exported to over 50 countries.
- The region's agricultural exports grew by 5% last year.
It's been fun!