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import

 
/ˈɪm·pɔrt/, /-poʊrt/ n [C] (PRODUCT)

Definition

something bought and taken into a country from another: Imports of foreign cars are at an all-time high.
(Definition of import n (PRODUCT) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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