1821 C. R. Prinsep tr. J.-B. Say Treat. Polit. Econ. I. i. xxii. 472 The inconvenience falls upon the public, which is under the necessity of finding a new agent of circulation, either by a re-import of the metal-money [Fr. soit en fesant revenir de la monnaie métallique], or by the substitution of private paper.

1883 American 6 244 The amount available for reimport probably has been returned to us.

1928 Times 22 Dec. 11/3 The treaty accords reciprocal most-favoured-nation treatment to the nationals and goods of both parties in regard to Customs and internal duties based upon reimports and exports.

1996 A. Ginsberg in Spontaneous Mind (2001) 562 Get the drug companies out of the amphetamine business, 'cause they've been dumping amphetamines in Mexico for reimport into the United States.

1684 T. Burnet Theory of Earth i. ix. 122 Some have suppos'd a double current in the strait of Gibraltar, one that carri'd the water in, and another that brought it out; like the Arteries and Veins in our Body, the one exporting our bloud from the heart, and the other re-importing it.

1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the Second 22 Bid Day stand still,..reimport The Period past.

1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations II. iv. iv. 90 In those cases in which the goods..are really exported to some foreign country; and not clandestinely reimported into our own.

1847 Ld. Lindsay Sketches Hist. Christian Art I. 117 Like the fire of Prometheus, reimported from its sunny fountain in the east.

1853 P. Thompson in Assoc. Archit. Soc. Rep. & Papers 2 363 The wool of this country was..dyed, sent abroad, and reimported in the web.

1924 Jrnl. Hygiene 23 142 The diversion of trade routes, by lessening the chances of reimporting the virus, has helped in the past to keep the disease within bounds.

1992 Independent 6 Jan. 30/2 We supply French, Italian and Dutch farmers using the crate system with calves, which we then reimport as veal.