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# Importation Trade
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## Definition
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The commercial activity of bringing foreign goods into a country for
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domestic consumption, often restricted by tariffs and prohibitions but
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occasionally liberalized during periods of scarcity.
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## Source Chapter
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Book IV, Chapter 5
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## Context
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Smith discusses how importation trade can help supply the home market during
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scarcity, but argues that the inland trade is generally more important for
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national prosperity than foreign trade.
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## Economic Domain
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Exchange
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