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[Truthowl]

Is there any detailed info about importing exporting?

Specifically I just built a colony on a planet that has no farmland. So I apparently have to haul food there manually. But from my last play through I remember getting information about imports. So I'm wondering if my colony will import it's own food since it knows it can't produce it. Also, considering this I'd like to know what does get imported and why?

 

[Dragon239]

It'll all be imported automatically, you just need to build a spaceport for it to actually be able to trade.

The colony will import things to satisfy the "Demands" an industry has (which you can see via hovering your cursor over the industry). Note that it only needs to import the highest demand needed.
For example if, say, your Patrol HQ needs 3 Fuel but your Orbital Station needs 4, it'll import 4 Fuel, and that'll feed both. Not that you have to do anything either way, really.

[CrashToDesktop]

Yes, a colony will import any materials it lacks, including those needed to run other facilities.  You can bring up the colony management screen and hover over the resources on the right hand side to find out where it's coming from and how much.

[Truthowl]

Thank you for the information, both of you.