import

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import

Summary

import ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (365 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • import is a type of international trade[2].
  • import is a type of input[3].
  • import is a type of economic activity[4].
  • import's Commons category is recorded as Imports[5].
  • import is the opposite of export[6].
  • import is the opposite of export[7].
  • import comprises goods and services[8].
  • import's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Import[9].
  • import's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[10].
  • import's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • import's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 8[12].
  • import's main Wikidata property is recorded as P2136[13].
  • import's different from is recorded as data import[14].
  • import's practiced by is recorded as importer[15].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include international trade[2], input[3], and economic activity[4]. Recorded opposite of include export[6].

Use and Application

import comprises goods and services[8].

Why It Matters

import ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (365 views/month).[1] import has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] import is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . about.distributorvalve.ltd. about.distributorvalve.ltd. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has parts
    Subclass of international trade, input, economic activity
    Topic's main category Category:Import
    Practiced by importer
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 4558, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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