An export in international trade is a good produced in one country that is sold into another country or a service provided in one country for a national or resident of another country. The seller of such goods or the service provider is an exporter; the foreign buyers is an importer. Services that figure in international trade include financial, accounting and other professional services, tourism, education as well as intellectual property rights.
Vessel at Altenwerder Container Terminal (Hamburg)
International trade is the exchange of capital, goods, and services across international borders or territories because there is a need or want of goods or services.
The ancient Silk Road trade routes across Eurasia
Ports play an important role in facilitating international trade. The Port of New York and New Jersey grew from the original harbor at the convergence of the Hudson River and the East River at the Upper New York Bay.