Noun : the import of foreign cars. ,matters of great import. ,He felt the import of her words.    From Dictionary.com. 

I am interested in importing high quality fabric into the USA.    From Wordnik.com.  [Looking for high quality fabric] Reference

In policymaking circles, this is known as importing “virtual water.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [When a Billion Chinese Jump] Reference

And I would point out that Italian importing is 'up forty-five per cent since the war broke out.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dictators and Democrats] Reference

No, but taking back a portion at any rate of that which we are now importing from the United States.    From Wordnik.com.  [Empire Conditions and Imperial Defence] Reference

A few of us are interested in importing a few live chicks into Mexico (otherwise not available here).    From Wordnik.com.  [Importing Live Chickens into Mexico] Reference

So basically importing is shortcutting to a namespace so that you don't always need to fully-qualify the type name.    From Wordnik.com.  [ASP.NET Forums] Reference

She has spent much time, and thought, and money, in importing desirable citizens, and she has, as yet, nothing much to show for it.    From Wordnik.com.  ["The Nature Man"] Reference

It is an amazing thing to me in a country like this that we were importing from the United States telephone poles and railway ties.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Amateur Looks at the Canadian Economy] Reference

The new immigrant appears to be more interested in importing his or her culture here and demanding local acquiescence to those norms.    From Wordnik.com.  [Excluded From Expatriates] Reference

I suppose Canada has been following the precepts of our British economists in importing so many Scotchmen to look after education here.    From Wordnik.com.  [The One Thing Needful] Reference

I'm interested in importing a modest supply of energy and conservation products that I've not found in Mexico and am considering a retail outlet.    From Wordnik.com.  [HELP - Import Advice Needed] Reference

I am interested in importing from Mexico bareroot plant material, especially liriope muscari variegated, hostas, and other root, bulb, corm products.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wholesale Nurseries Mexico] Reference

For, from that time on, there sprang up in importing countries, a system of protective tariffs, quotas, and even total embargoes, against imported wheat.    From Wordnik.com.  [The State and Foreign Trade] Reference

This bird is called in the Shawnese dialect by a name importing “kind messenger,” which they deem always a true omen, whenever it appears, of bad news.    From Wordnik.com.  [The First White Man of the West]

A former minister in Mr. Thaksin's administration, Mr. Songkram first made his name importing plastic toys from Japan, and then learning to make them himself.    From Wordnik.com.  [Thailand Targets Protests' Financial Backing] Reference

There is no doubt that many of the goods which we are importing from the United States, we could get just as well, if not in some respects, better, from the United Kingdom.    From Wordnik.com.  [Our Economic Relations with the United Kingdom] Reference

The Mets never loved the idea of importing John Lackey.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN.com] Reference

If not, you’re right about being kinda screwed in importing your list.    From Wordnik.com.  [I’m switching to aWeber | Johnny B. Truant] Reference

We naturally use some expression importing a degree of wonder at such a fact.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Essay on the Evils of Popular Ignorance] Reference

The mine owners conceived the idea of importing indentured Chinese labourers from Hong Kong.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sidney Percival Bunting]

The FO is attracted to the idea of importing terror suspects since these wise old coves know better than us mere mortals.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Tangled Web] Reference

How is it, that if these English people cannot make a "berthe" fit to wear, they do not conceive the idea of importing such things from.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete] Reference

Besides very closely studying Brazil's production methods, Beijing is reported to be eying the idea of importing Brazilian ethanol as well.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE NEXT PETROLEUM] Reference

He said one short term solution was "importing" Cuban doctors.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

I think you'll find the term is more 'importing' than 'growing'.    From Wordnik.com.  [The world just went more mad] Reference

That doesn't even count her technical time, such as importing the hooks into Blogger and managing her web site.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dear Dog in Heaven, we're done] Reference

With a little help from biologists -- such as importing seeds from species-rich regions -- biodiversity has skyrocketed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conservation: Coming Back From the Brink] Reference

Without a word importing good or ill.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oedipus Trilogy] Reference

It can do things such as importing RTF files and inserting bullets.    From Wordnik.com.  [Softpedia - Windows - All] Reference

Rich countries including several EU nations are "importing" about a third of their CO2 emissions, says a study.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Alleged arms supplier of Philippine massacre clan arrested] Reference

The focus of PIE lies on the first steps in the imaging workflow, such as importing, renaming, viewing and tagging.    From Wordnik.com.  [Imaging Resource News Page] Reference

The wizard even helps you perform other tasks, such as importing lists and information from Excel to populate mailing labels.    From Wordnik.com.  [PCWorld] Reference

For the moment, there are some features that do not work properly, such as importing media, which might not go well on all devices.    From Wordnik.com.  [Softpedia News - Global] Reference

Some friends said Mayor delighted her with stories of such kind, that she suggested 'importing' the same concept to her island town.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

If you are doing any kind of importing and exporting within your application using the CSV format to get data in or out, look no further.    From Wordnik.com.  [Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz] Reference