chief, important, main, major, principal
biggest, largest
Coffee is the country's biggest export.

record
The industry has achieved record exports in the past year.

total
In 2001 total exports were valued at $2 billion.

net
British, US, etc.
world
The US share of world exports has declined.

illegal
We must stop the illegal export of live animals.

live
lambs for live export

capital, commodity
agricultural, farm, industrial, manufactured, manufacturing
arms, banana, beef, coal, coffee, food, grain, oil, timber, etc.

level, value, volume

boost, encourage, expand, increase, promote
limit, reduce, restrict
plans to restrict the export of arms to certain countries

control
allow
ban, prohibit
prevent, stop

grow, increase, rise
Oil exports have risen steadily.

drop, fall
be valued at sth, total sth
Exports will total $30 billion by 2036.

account for sth
Oil exports account for nearly 80% of the country's foreign earnings.

go to
89% of Mexican exports go to the US.

crop, goods
business, industry, trade
market, sector
earnings, revenue, sales, value
figures, performance
a strong export performance

growth
controls, licence/license, quota, restrictions, subsidy, tax
a call for tougher art export controls

ban
an export ban on live cattle

drive
the export drive by Japanese industry

order
how to win more export orders

for export
This is where the fruit is packaged for export.

export from
exports from the EU to Canada

export of
the export of cattle
exports of beef

export to

a ban on exports
to place a ban on exports of toxic waste

a decline in exports, a fall in exports
an increase in exports, a rise in exports

widely
The local wine was widely exported.

abroad (esp. BrE), overseas (esp. AmE)
illegally, legally
illegally exported works of art

from
Last year 2 000 birds were exported from the island.

to
The country exports sugar to Europe.

Export is used with these nouns as the subject:
country

Export is used with these nouns as the object:
file, goods, job, oil, produce, product, slave, waste