Import, the bringing of commodities and other material wealth from other countries in order to sell them on the domestic market of the importing country. The import of one country corresponds to the export of another country. Import items are foreign-made goods imported directly from the producing or from the intermediary country for personal consumption and for consumption by industrial, construction, agricultural and other enterprises, as well as for processing them for consumption inside the country or for eventual export. Depending on the established practice, a country’s customs statistics usually subdivides the import of commodities into special imports, consisting of goods imported for consumption inside the given country, and general imports, which also include transit goods. General imports cover all goods imported to a country, regardless of their origin and designation.