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local content

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UK/ˌləʊ.kəl ˈkɒn.tent/
US/ˌloʊ.kəl ˈkɑːn.tent/

Meanings

  1. noununcountablebusiness

    The share of a product, project or service that is made, supplied or staffed within a particular country or region.

    Grammar: Uncountable, often followed by a percentage or requirement: local content rules.

    Patterns

    • local content requirement
    • a percentage of local content

    The government demanded sixty percent local content in the new rail project.

    Cars built with high local content qualify for a lower tax rate.

    The mining company trained workers to raise its local content.

  2. noununcountable

    Television, radio or online material that is made in and about the area where it is shown or heard.

    Grammar: Uncountable: the station airs more local content.

    Patterns

    • produce local content

    The channel airs two hours of local content each evening.

    Viewers asked for more local content and fewer imported shows.

    The app promotes local content such as neighborhood news and events.

Common combinations

local content requirement
A local content requirement forced the firm to hire nearby suppliers.
increase local content
The studio aims to increase local content to half of its schedule.
high local content
Products with high local content get preferential treatment.
local content rules
Trade partners complained that local content rules hurt imports.
produce local content
Small publishers produce local content for community websites.

Synonyms and how they differ

domestic content
This stresses the national level, while local content can be a smaller region as well.
home-grown programming
This applies only to media, whereas local content also covers manufacturing and supply chains.
local sourcing
This describes the act of buying nearby, while local content measures how much of a product ended up local.

Opposites

imported content

Word family

locally adverb
in or near the area concerned
localize verb
to adapt something for a region
localization noun
the process of adapting to a place

Commonly confused: local content or local contents?

local content vs local contents

This is not the usual form; the noun is uncountable, so use local content, not local contents.

Practice

The law says at least forty percent of the parts must come from nearby factories. This rule is a ___ requirement.

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