I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ chief , important , main , major , principal
▪ biggest , largest
▪
Coffee is the country's biggest ~.
▪ record
▪
The industry has achieved record ~s in the past year.
▪ total
▪
In 2001 total ~s were valued at $2 billion.
▪ net
▪ British , US , etc.
▪ world
▪
The US share of world ~s has declined.
▪ illegal
▪
We must stop the illegal ~ of live animals.
▪ live
▪
lambs for live ~
▪ capital , commodity
▪ agricultural , farm , industrial , manufactured , manufacturing
▪ arms , banana , beef , coal , coffee , food , grain , oil , timber , etc.
… OF EXPORTS
▪ level , value , volume
VERB + EXPORT
▪ boost , encourage , expand , increase , promote
▪ limit , reduce , restrict
▪
plans to restrict the ~ of arms to certain countries
▪ control
▪ allow
▪ ban , prohibit
▪ prevent , stop
EXPORT + VERB
▪ grow , increase , rise
▪
Oil ~s have risen steadily.
▪ drop , fall
▪ be valued at sth , total sth
▪
Exports will total $30 billion by 2036.
▪ account for sth
▪
Oil ~s account for nearly 80% of the country's foreign earnings.
▪ go to
▪
89% of Mexican ~s go to the US.
EXPORT + NOUN
▪ crop , goods
▪ business , industry , trade
▪ market , sector
▪ earnings , revenue , sales , value
▪ figures , performance
▪
a strong ~ performance
▪ growth
▪ controls , licence/license , quota , restrictions , subsidy , tax
▪
a call for tougher art ~ controls
▪ ban
▪
an ~ ban on live cattle
▪ drive
▪
the ~ drive by Japanese industry
▪ order
▪
how to win more ~ orders
PREPOSITION
▪ for ~
▪
This is where the fruit is packaged for ~.
▪ ~ from
▪
~s from the EU to Canada
▪ ~ of
▪
the ~ of cattle
▪
~s of beef
▪ ~ to
PHRASES
▪ a ban on ~s
▪
to place a ban on ~s of toxic waste
▪ a decline in ~s , a fall in ~s
▪ an increase in ~s , a rise in ~s
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ widely
▪
The local wine was widely ~ed.
▪ abroad ( esp. BrE ), overseas ( esp. AmE )
▪ illegally , legally
▪
illegally ~ed works of art
PREPOSITION
▪ from
▪
Last year 2 000 birds were ~ed from the island.
▪ to
▪
The country ~s sugar to Europe.
Export is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ country
Export is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ file , ↑ goods , ↑ job , ↑ oil , ↑ produce , ↑ product , ↑ slave , ↑ waste