export trade

Trade in connection with goods or produce sent abroad. In order to preserve equality among the States, in their commercial relations, the Constitution of the United States provides that "no tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any State." Art. I., § 9. And to prevent a pernicious interference with the commerce of the nation, the 10th section of the 1st article of the Constitution contains the following prohibition: "No State shall, without the consent of Congre , lay any imposts or duties on imports or exports, except what may be absolutely nece ary for executing its inspection laws; and the net produce of all duties and imposts, laid by any State on imports or exports, shall be for the use of the treasury of the United States; and all such laws shall be subject to the revision and control of the Congre ." ( Bouvier . ) ex-pört-a-ble, a . [Eng. export; -able.] That which may or can be exported; fit for exportation. ex-pör-tā-tion, s. [Fr., from Lat. exportatio , from export at us , pa. par. of exporto .] *1. The act of carrying or taking out or away. 2. The actor practice of exporting goods for sale; the act of sending or conveying to foreign countries commodities in the way of traffic. "To increase as much as po ible the exportation of the produce of domestic industry."- Smith : Wealth of Nations , bk. iv., ch. i.