Import is an ancient way of trade

International relations at the present stagedevelopment could not exist without the exchange of goods and services. A country in need of oil can only get it through buying and importing from another land. This process is called import of goods. Import is the purchase, importation of goods, services, technologies from outside the state for its further sale on the domestic market.

How long has the import been?

This word came into use much later thanthe activity itself. Import is not only the delivery of goods by airplanes or laden rail and road transport. It is not worth thinking that the people did not trade at the time of the non-existent modern deployed system of importing goods. The very word "import" came from the Latin "importo" - I enter. Remember that the textbooks on history described the famous trade route "from the Varangians to the Greeks." One of the most trading countries in ancient times was Greece, infertile rocks of which did not allow it to grow fertile crops. For the opportunity to trade in the markets of Athens, they paid a contribution. That's how the modern import of goods was laid. Modern imports are made, given many factors, and is a rather difficult procedure. In order to avoid the import of firearms and narcotic substances, the customs authorities carefully check the imported goods. The procedure is simplified with the help of a firm or an intermediary person.

To clear the goods for the person living in thiscountry, it's easier. Modern firms involved in the procedure for importing goods, do so without the participation of the importer, thereby facilitating its activities. By signing the contract, these companies take full responsibility for the passage of customs control, payment, and sometimes delivery to the site.

Tourist import

Tourist imports to Russia arean integral part of market relations. If you have not heard about this, I will explain. Tourist import is the importation into a certain country of impressions about it and the export of money from it. Export - this is the opposite of the export of impressions and the importation of money. This is a very interesting export, because it differs from the usual cash flow, which moves in the opposite direction. Coming to Russia, the tourist leaves here a certain amount of money, paying for various services or buying goods and souvenirs. Instead, he takes out of the country an impression of her. In the Russian Federation, the problem arose of recognizing travel companies as providing export services. But the Tax Code does not hurry to recognize them as such, and this will contradict the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), to which the country can not enter.

And the article of the first GATS clearly states that companies providing tourist services to citizens of another country are considered export.

Let's return to importing goods from abroad. As you saw, imports are a very important part of the world economy. The exchange of goods and services ensures the stability of the domestic economic situation in the country. Widely known in Soviet times, the word "deficit" has already been forgotten due to the trade relations of modern world states.

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