Like exporting, importing can be either indirect or direct.

和出口一样，进口可以是直接的也可以是间接的。

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It starts with the insight that exporting is a bit like films: failures far outnumber successes, but the successes are often spectacular.

该研究奠基于一个领悟：出口业有点像电影业，许多尝试只有少数成功，不过一旦成功通常就是辉煌的成功。

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Africa is mostly exporting oil and other unrefined natural resources, in return for cheap manufactured goods like perfume, clothes and computers.

非洲主要靠出口石油和其他未经提炼的自然资源换取诸如香水、服装和电脑等价格低廉的工业制成品。

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Since the Asian crisis, these countries have kept their currencies down, exporting like mad to restore their external balances.

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And we gave them a boost with a contract from the Small Business Administration so they can counsel the small businesses that spring from this cluster on things like patents and exporting, and getting these revolutionary products to market faster.

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But exporting popular cultural totems like Mickey Mouse, Coca-Cola, Levis jeans, and the iPhone, is one thing.

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