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importation /ɪmpɔːˈteɪʃ(ə)n/noun [mass noun]1The bringing of goods or services into a country from abroad for sale: manufacturers fought to restrict the importation of cheap foreign goods the government takes a tough stance on illegal drug importation...- Congress has determined the value of imported goods to be their customs' value upon importation.
- The Federal Noxious Weed Law (1974) controls the importation of weed species into the United States.
- Commercial loans for the importation of equipment are allowed up to 100 per cent of the amount invested.
2The introduction of an idea from a different place or context: his avid importation of ideas from European and Asian thinkers...- Globalisation, he admits, does mean 'the importation of Western culture' into poor countries.
- He is referring to the internationalisation of English fiction that took place in the 1980s, but there was also importation from a native English tradition.
- Jumping and weight throwing he regarded as traditional Irish events; racing and cycling were dismissed as English importations.
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