chief export

Frequency: 8.015.5 per million words

The primary product a country sells abroad.

exportADJECTIVE + NOUN

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chief

Examples (10)

  • Oil is the country's chief export, accounting for 70% of revenue.
  • Coffee remains Brazil's chief export to international markets.
  • The nation's chief export has shifted from agriculture to technology.
  • Wheat became the region's chief export after the drought ended.
  • Tourism is now the island's chief export industry.
  • Manufacturing goods are Germany's chief export to Asia.
  • The chief export of this province is natural gas.
  • Textiles were once the chief export of this industrial city.
  • Fish processing is the chief export business here.
  • Software development has become India's chief export sector.