- [uncountable] the selling and transporting of goods to another country
- a ban on the export of live cattle
- for export Then the fruit is packaged for export.
- export earnings/subsidies
- an export licence
- Their main export market is the United States.
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyb1- yards where thousands of cars await export
- plans to restrict the export of arms to certain countries
- a call for tougher art export controls
- a strong export performance
- how to win more export orders
- the export drive by Japanese industry
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- chief
- important
- main
- …
- level
- value
- volume
- …
- boost
- encourage
- expand
- …
- grow
- increase
- rise
- …
- crop
- goods
- business
- …
- for export
- export from
- export of
- …
- a ban on exports
- a decline in exports
- a fall in exports
- …
- [countable, usually plural] a product that is sold to another country
- the country’s major exports
- a fall in the value of exports
- Oil exports have risen steadily.
- The country's share of world exports of goods and services was 5.8 per cent.
- exports to something Australia wants to increase its agricultural exports to Asia.
- exports (from something) (to something) exports from the United States to the European Union
Extra Examples- The majority 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 will total $30 billion by 2036.
- Scottish exports destined for Western Europe
- The US share of world exports has declined.
- The industry has achieved record exports in the past year.
- exports of beef
- There is a ban on exports of toxic waste
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- chief
- important
- main
- …
- level
- value
- volume
- …
- boost
- encourage
- expand
- …
- grow
- increase
- rise
- …
- crop
- goods
- business
- …
- for export
- export from
- export of
- …
- a ban on exports
- a decline in exports
- a fall in exports
- …
opposite import
Collocations The economyThe economyManaging the economy
- handle/run/manage the economy
- boost investment/spending/employment/growth
- stimulate demand/the economy/industry
- cut/reduce investment/spending/borrowing
- reduce/curb/control/keep down inflation
- create/fuel growth/demand/a boom/a bubble
- encourage/foster/promote/stimulate/stifle innovation/competition
- encourage/work with/compete with the private sector
- increase/boost/promote US/agricultural exports
- ban/restrict/block cheap/foreign imports
- the economy grows/expands/shrinks/contracts/slows (down)/recovers/improves/is booming
- enjoy an economic/housing/property boom
- push up/drive up prices/costs/inflation
- damage/hurt/destroy industry/the economy
- cause/lead to/go into/avoid/escape recession
- experience/suffer a recession/downturn
- fight/combat inflation/deflation/unemployment
- cause/create inflation/poverty/unemployment
- create/burst a housing/stock market bubble
- cause/trigger a stock market crash/the collapse of the banking system
- face/be plunged into a financial/an economic crisis
- be caught in/experience cycles of boom and bust
- cut/reduce/slash/increase/double the defence/education/aid budget
- increase/boost/slash/cut public spending
- increase/put up/raise/cut/lower/reduce taxes
- raise/cut/lower/reduce interest rates
- ease/loosen/tighten monetary policy
- balance the (state/federal) budget
- achieve/maintain a balanced budget
- run a ($4 trillion) budget deficit/surplus
- impose taxes/austerity measures
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