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reexport

reexport

1 6.1
The sending of goods out of a country after people first bring them in from another country
  • noun
  • /ˌriːˈɛkspɔrt/
  • Specialized
: reexportación
  • The reexport share of Singapore's exports to China, for example, grew from 25 percent in 1995 to 53 percent in 2002, but the share of Indonesia's grew only from 11 percent to 24 percent.

Examples

  • The country benefited economically from the reexport of agricultural products that were initially imported.

  • To the extent that those differences have disappeared, so would the possibility of arbitrage and the economic rationale behind reexports.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Discounting the processing and reexport trade, China ran a $5 billion trade deficit in 2003, compared to a $20 billion surplus just five years earlier.

    Academic text (2004)
  • For example, reexports out of Canada to all of Western Europe, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and certain other countries are permissive for virtually everything.

    Academic text (1994)
  • The most typical case is that of so-called "reexports." In the context of Canada, this is a shipment out of Canada of goods that came to Canada from the United States.

    Academic text (1994)
  • The controls become more troublesome when they reach beyond what I call reexports to foreign, in this case Canadian, products that have U.S. content in them—either materials or components.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Many electronic devices are subject to reexport restrictions after being imported into the country.

  • In recent years, the reexport of luxury goods has increased significantly, boosting trade revenues.

Synonyms

export
vsreexport
202 2.7

A product or service sold to another country

applies instead to items that were first imported and then sent abroad unchanged
exportation
vsreexport
2 3.2

Sending goods to another country to sell them

refers specifically to sending previously imported items abroad often without altering them

Surface Forms

reexport singular
reexports plural

Morphology

reexport = export (transparent) = re + export

The prefix 're-' keeps its regular meaning 'again', so 'reexport' is readily understood as exporting again.

Etymology

The word reexport combines re- meaning 'again' and export meaning 'to send out of a country'. So a reexport is goods that are sent out again after they were imported, often without a big change.