Bringing goods or products into a country from another country for sale, or bringing in something important like an idea or technology.
From Latin 'importare' (in- 'in' + portare 'to carry'). Originally meant physically carrying goods into a place; the meaning extended to any kind of introduction of foreign materials or ideas.
Global trade started with importing spices—they were so valuable that European powers literally competed and fought wars over spice-importing routes, making it one of history's most important economic activities!
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