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import

noun (BRINGING IN)
 
 
/ˈɪm.pɔːt/ US  /-pɔːrt/

Definition

C1 [C] goods bought by one country from another: restrictions on foreign importsBuying C2 [U] (also importation) the action of bringing goods or fashions into a country: the illegal importation of drugs an import licence import dutiesBuying
(Definition of import noun (BRINGING IN) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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