mysqlimport error

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whey when I execute this statment
cursor.execute("""mysqlimport merchandise 1.txt""")
I get this error
ProgrammingError: (1064, "You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check
the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right
syntax to use near 'mysqlimport merchandise 1.txt' at line 1")
      args = (1064, "You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check
the...se near 'mysqlimport merchandise 1.txt' at line 1")