The opposite of exporting is to?

• A. Import
• B. Export
• C. Tariff
• D. Balance

Answer: (A)

Understanding trade terms: exporting means sending goods to another country for sale. The opposite action is importing, which is buying goods from abroad and bringing them into your country. So importing fits as the correct choice because it describes the activity of taking in goods from another country, the direct counterpart to exporting.

Think of it this way: if a country sells cars to another country, those cars are being exported; the buyers in the other country are importing them. A tariff is a tax on goods crossing borders, not the action of buying from another country. A balance refers to the overall difference between what a country exports and imports, not a specific action.