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An export in international trade is a good produced in one country that is sold into another country or a service provided in one country for a national or resident of another country. The seller of such goods or the service provider is an exporter ; the foreign buyers is an importer . [ 1 ]
The United States has had export controls since the American Revolution, although the modern export control regimes can be traced back to the Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917. A significant piece of legislation was the Export Control Act of 1940 which inter alia aimed to restrict shipments of material to pre-war Japan.
Service exports refer to the cross-border sale or supply of services by residents of one country to residents of another country. Some countries have significantly high export figures relative to their economy's size (i.e. Netherlands, Singapore and UAE) due to their high amount of re-exports.
A person cannot, without a license or exception, export or re-export foreign-made commodities, software, or technology that incorporates controlled US-origin commodities, software, or technology if the items require a license and incorporate or are combined with more than a minimal amount of controlled US content, as defined in Title 15 of the ...
In export-led growth (such as oil and early industrial goods), the balance of trade will shift towards exports during an economic expansion. [citation needed] However, with domestic demand-led growth (as in the United States and Australia) the trade balance will shift towards imports at the same stage in the business cycle.
The following list sorts countries and some territories by their exports of services.According to the World Trade Organization (WTO), service exports refer to the cross-border sale or supply of services by residents of one country to residents of another country.
Import and export of formats, data conversion from one file type to another; Import/Export, a 2007 Austrian film; An import statement allows a computer programming module to access the exposed (exported) capabilities of another module; Import–export (logic), a form of deductive argument in classical logic
The definitions and methodological concepts applied for the various statistical collections on international trade often differ in terms of definition (e.g. special trade vs. general trade) and coverage (reporting thresholds, inclusion of trade in services, estimates for smuggled goods and cross-border provision of illegal services).