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# Foreign Commodities
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## Definition
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Goods produced in other countries and imported for domestic consumption,
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often competing with locally manufactured products in the home market.
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## Source Chapter
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Book IV, Chapter 5
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## Context
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Smith notes that while bounties may give some advantage in purchasing
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foreign commodities due to the degradation of silver, they provide no
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benefit for home made goods and actually make them more expensive.
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## Economic Domain
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Exchange
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