South America imports tea, for example (4,2)
I believe the answer is:
such as
'for example' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'south america imports tea' is the wordplay.
'south' becomes 's' ('S' can be a synonym of 'south').
'america' becomes 'us' (abbreviation for the United States).
'imports' is an insertion indicator.
'tea' becomes 'cha' (cha is a type of tea).
'us' going around 'cha' is 'uchas'.
's'+'uchas'='SUCH AS'
(Other definitions for such as that I've seen before include "For example" , "Like" .)