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General Imports

Term · Economic statistics · MLC-T-ECS-000796

Measures the total physical arrivals of merchandise from foreign countries, whether such merchandise enters consumption channels immediately or is entered into bonded warehouses or a Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) under Customs custody.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ECS-000796
FieldEconomic statistics
SubjectForeign trade
ReferencesU.S. Census Bureau Glossary
See alsoForeign Trade Zone; Statistics about Foreign Trade
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ECS-000796",
  "term": "General Imports",
  "field": "Economic statistics",
  "definition": "Measures the total physical arrivals of merchandise from foreign countries, whether such merchandise enters consumption channels immediately or is entered into bonded warehouses or a Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) under Customs custody.",
  "subject": "Foreign trade",
  "see_also": [
    "Foreign Trade Zone",
    "Statistics about Foreign Trade"
  ],
  "references": [
    "U.S. Census Bureau Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/economic-statistics/general-imports/"
}

Record 796 of 2,177 in Economic statistics terminology (MLC-0116). Request the full dataset.