The
importer is responsible for paying all customs duties and taxes.
进口商需承担所有的关税和税费。
The company imports electronics from Asia on a large scale.
该公司大规模从亚洲进口电子产品。
The
importer had to obtain a special license to import medicine.
进口商需要获得特殊许可证才能进口药品。
The quality of the imported goods didn't meet our standards, so we sent them back.
进口的商品质量不符合我们的标准，所以我们退回了。
The
importer is required to provide an invoice for the imported goods.
进口商必须提供进口商品的发票。
The government imposed a temporary ban on the importation of beef.
政府对牛肉进口实施了临时禁令。
The
importer had to pay a deposit before the goods were released from customs.
在货物从海关释放前，进口商需支付押金。
We're negotiating with potential
importers to secure a long-term supply contract.
我们正在与潜在的进口商谈判，以确保长期供应合同。
The
importer had to comply with strict regulations regarding food safety.
进口商必须遵守严格的食物安全规定。
The shipment was delayed due to issues with the
importer's documentation.
由于进口商的文件问题，运输延误了。
In order to realize this potential, we need to strengthen our investment in the market, not just as an importer, but really look to the future to build assets in China, for China," he added.
为了实现这一潜力，我们需要加强对市场的投资，不仅仅是作为进口商，而是真正着眼于未来，为中国在中国建立资产，”他补充道。
China is the largest importer of New Zealand red meat, demonstrating its preference for New Zealand as a country of origin for the product category," Limmer said.
中国是新西兰红肉的最大进口国，这表明中国更喜欢新西兰作为该产品类别的原产国。”Limmer说。
Its certificate of origin is a document provided by an exporter to prove the origin of goods at the request of an importer under the framework of the RCEP agreement.
其原产地证书是出口商应进口商的要求，在RCEP协定框架下提供的证明货物原产地的文件。
As the largest importer of oil and gas across the world, China is attractive to foreign firms that will compete for the offer, experts said.
专家表示，作为全球最大的油气进口国，中国市场对参与竞标的外资企业具有很大吸引力。
China, the world's top iron ore importer, imported 1.17 billion tons of the commodity last year, up 9.5 percent on a yearly basis, according to the General Administration of Customs.
中国海关总署的数据显示，作为全球最大的铁矿石进口国，中国去年进口了11.7亿吨铁矿石，同比增长9.5%。
"China is the world's largest importer of commodities and hence we will see more commodity deals being undertaken in yuan, especially iron ore," said Chen Derong, chairman of China Baowu Group.
However, despite China's position as the world's top iron ore importer, Chinese steel enterprises have little say in the pricing of the raw material.
As the world's largest importer of iron ore, China opened the DCE iron ore futures to international investors in May 2018.
As a matter of fact, Mengniu has always been a CIIE exhibitor, as it holds a majority stake of Yashili International, a Hong Kong-listed dairy importer that has attended the expo twice in the name of its New Zealand subsidiary.
China, the world's largest importer of crude oil and gas, imported 440 million tons of crude oil in 2018, a year-on-year increase of 11 percent, with its foreign oil dependency ratio reaching 69.8 percent.
Data from Eurostat, or the European Statistical Office, shows that China has been the second-largest partner of the European Union in terms of exports, and has also been the largest importer of EU goods.
The complementary roles as importer and producer of natural gas have created win-win deals that could bridge the demand-supply gap among many countries.
"According to Van Beurden, Shell is not just an importer of gas, but also a strong gas producer in China.
Mongolia has rich natural resources and has an important role in the BRI," he said, adding that Southeast Asia, a key steel importer, would be another focus area.
China has become the world's largest crude and gas importer, importing 440 million tons of crude oil and 125.4 billion cubic meters of gas in 2018, up 11 percent and 31.7 percent year-on-year.
Nasser said the company sees tremendous opportunities and has increased its exports to China, the world's biggest oil importer.
"Shell, as an importer of gas, as well as a very strong domestic producer of gas, will continue to work with the country's State-owned enterprises to understand how we can participate in other projects, either directly through investment or technical services, to help domestic players develop domestic resources.
China National Offshore Oil Corp, the nation's largest producer of offshore oil and gas, produced 27.73 billion cubic meters of natural gas and imported 26.42 million tons of liquefied natural gas in 2018, making it the country's second-largest natural gas supplier and biggest LNG importer in the country.
China has become the world's largest crude and gas importer, importing 440 million metric tons of crude oil and 125.4 billion cubic meters of gas in 2018, up 11 percent and 31.7 percent year-on-year.
The demand for natural gas is growing fast and China has recently become the second-largest LNG importer, but there are still several hoops to jump through the efforts to increase the ratio of natural gas in the total energy mix, he said.
他说，天然气需求正在快速增长，中国已迅速成为全球第二大液化天然气进口国，但在努力提高天然气在整体能源结构中的比例方面，仍有许多难关需要克服。
Being the largest crude and gas importer worldwide, China imported 440 million metric tons of crude oil in 2018, up 11 percent year-on-year leading to a foreign oil dependence ratio of 69.8 percent, according to China National Petroleum Corp's Economics and Technology Research Institute.
The country is now the biggest crude and gas importer in the world, importing 440 million tons of crude oil in 2018, a year-on-year increase of 11 percent, and 125.4 billion cu m of gas, a year-on-year increase of 31.7 percent.
As the government is stepping up efforts to boost domestic energy supply, the country's major national oil companies, including CNPC, China National Offshore Oil Corp and China Petroleum and Chemical Corp, the country's biggest geothermal developer, have been enhancing oil and gas exploration recently, aiming to increase domestic oil and natural gas production at the world's largest crude oil importer.
The country will be a major importer of commodity chemicals over the next decade, while international companies can provide the sophisticated products needed for the next stages of China's economic development, it said.
According to Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency, China is expected to surpass Japan by December to become the world's biggest natural gas importer, with the gas import quantity gap set to widen further.
We expect to see a strong primary uptrend in the next few years as China is currently the world's biggest importer for raw cobalt products.
"Poly Group, which started in 1984 as an importer of special equipment, has seen its business expand to cover cultural and arts operations, international trade and services, real estate development, and production and sales of civil explosive goods, with operations located in more than 100 countries around the world," Xu said.
China is now the world's second-largest economy and the world's second-largest importer.
China is the world's largest cotton importer, bringing in over 1.1 million tons last year.
"Shell is currently the world's largest private LNG producer, and the partnership with China, the world's second-largest LNG importer, is complementary," said Zhang Xinsheng, executive chairman of Shell in China.
It is the first physical contract after the launch of Shanghai crude futures contract, which has further boosted the viability of China's first crude futures contract, as the world's largest oil importer aims at creating a benchmark to rival global price markers Brent and West Texas Intermediate (WTI), it said.
China imported 419.6 million metric tons of crude oil in 2017, surpassing the United States to become the world's biggest importer.
Al Jaber added that "energy cooperation is an increasingly important aspect of the UAE's relations with China, the No 1 oil importer globally and a major growth market for our products and petrochemicals.
China imported 419.6 million metric tons of crude oil last year, surpassing the United States to become the world's No 1 importer.
Customs data showed that crude oil imports stood at 420 million tons in 2017, surpassing the US to become the world's largest importer of crude oil.
Also, Scottish craft brewer Innis & Gunn announced a deal with Chinese beer importer Dxcel International to distribute its beers in the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.
That's a 20 percent decrease from 2017, thanks to rising global supply and moderating demand from top importer China, as its steel sector shrinks.
According to the CEO, the facility is critically important as the Yangtze River Delta is a huge importer and exporter, and a major hub for this part of China.
The country overtook South Korea to become the world's second-largest LNG importer in 2017, as the country's demand for natural gas continues rising sharply, according to data compiled by S&P Global Platts.
"China is tracking to become the world's largest cheese importer in the years ahead.
"Earlier this year, Scottish craft brewer Innis & Gunn announced a deal with Chinese beer importer Dxcel International to distribute its beer brands in the Chinese mainland, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau.
"While China is the world's largest oil and gas importer, the United States is expected to become one of the top oil and gas exporters with its increasing exploration of shale oil and shale gas, he said.
Platts Analytics forecasts that China will surpass South Korea to become the world's second-largest LNG importer next year.
The deal draws a more direct link between a large Chinese food importer and farmers in the world's largest corn exporter and second biggest soybean exporter.
Growmark hopes to solidify ties to a huge market in China, the world's top soybean importer and major buyer of other agricultural goods.
Tan Jiansheng, CGN vice-general manager, told China Daily earlier that the company's investment in Britain, including Hinkley Point C in Somerset, Bradwell power station in Essex and a power station at Sizewell in Suffolk, shows that China is shifting from being a nuclear technology importer to an exporter.
The US has been a net importer of natural gas for 60 years, which is expected to change this year because of LNG exports.
China overtook the US as the world's biggest oil importer in October, and it surpassed Canada as the top buyer of US crude in February.
According to Tan Jiansheng, CGN's vice-general manager, the company's investment in Britain, including Hinkley Point C in Somerset, Bradwell power station in Essex and a power station at Sizewell in Suffolk, marks China's shift from a nuclear technology importer to an exporter.
China has emerged as the world's foremost importer of agricultural products, while the US holds the position of the largest agricultural exporter.
With subsidiaries in Southeast Asian nations such as Cambodia, Vietnam and Myanmar, Seduno Group, an importer and exporter of textiles and apparel in Ningbo, is another notable company on the list.
"As a fruit importer, the RCEP agreement brings real benefits to me.
Meanwhile, China is also the world's leading importer of blueberries, bringing in — mainly from Peru and Chile — 42,847 tons of the blue fruit last year, a year-on-year increase of 45 percent, the report showed.
With China ascending the value chain, it has evolved into more of an exporter than an importer of intermediate goods utilized by manufacturers in other regions.
Meanwhile, as China moves up the value chain, the country is becoming more of an exporter than an importer of intermediate goods used by manufacturers elsewhere, helping strengthen the connectivity and thus the competitiveness of global supply chains, according to a report released by banking and financial services group HSBC earlier this year.
The country, as the world's largest soybean importer, imported a total of 91.08 million tons of soybeans last year.
"The Ethiopia Coffee and Tea Authority recently announced that the East African nation earned $1.1 billion between June 2022 and April 2023 and China became the seventh-largest importer of Ethiopian coffee during the period.
As durians enter their peak season for ripeness and sales, Liu Yudong, an importer of Southeast Asian fruits in Southwest China's Yunnan province, anticipates a productive year with decent profits.
Developed economies stand to benefit because China is a major importer of technology, said the economist.
It was the first time that China — the world's second-biggest importer of LNG — had used its currency for such a purchase, as the global commodities trade has long been based on US dollar-denominated transactions.
He pointed out that China is a major importer of products for other economies, especially countries across Asia and the Middle East.
China has become the second-largest importer of agricultural products from Africa, according to the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation.
"Energy cooperation between the two countries is complementary, as Russia is a major oil and gas exporter while China is a major energy importer," he said.
China becomes Vietnam's biggest importer of agricultural productsHANOI — Despite a gloomy global picture featuring rising fuel prices, inflation and disruptions to supply chains, two-way trade between China and Vietnam last year achieved high growth thanks to the implementation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership.
The Agency of Foreign Trade under the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade shared Nghia's view, saying that fruit and vegetable export turnover is expected to become bigger in the future because durian has been allowed to enter China, the biggest importer of Vietnamese fruits and vegetables, under official quotas since September.
In its monthly oil market report released on Tuesday, OPEC stuck to its global oil demand forecast for this year despite an improving economic outlook in top crude importer China.
As China moves up the value chain, the country is becoming more of an exporter than importer of intermediate goods used by manufacturers elsewhere, helping strengthen the connectivity and hence competitiveness of regional supply chains, according to a report by HSBC.
Between 2018 to 2021, China imported close to 282,554 metric tons of Ethiopia's sesame seeds, making it the largest importer of the commodity, said the EPOSPEA.
China has become the eighth largest importer of Ethiopian coffee during the first ten months of the 2021/2022 fiscal year, according to ECTA.
China was the second-biggest importer of Thai goods under the RCEP at 453.95 million baht, after Japan's 540.36 million baht.
The certificate of origin is a document provided by an exporter to prove the origin of goods at the request of an importer under the framework of the RCEP agreement.
According to Italian media, China has become the largest foreign importer of Italian marble, concentrating almost half of international sales, as well as the world's fastest-growing market for Italian cheese.
- Increased international competitiveness in the area of intellectual property (IP) is one of China's achievements in transforming from a big IP importer to an innovator, said the National Intellectual Property Administration Wednesday in Beijing.
Noting that China is by far the world's largest exporter of goods and the second largest importer, Rockwell said that China's goods exports in 2020 witnessed "almost a ten-fold increase on what we saw when China was the year before it became a WTO member.
A main reason behind the surge was the growth in bilateral trade between Germany and its largest importer China.
China is both a major exporter and a major importer.
In recent weeks, raw material prices and the producer price index－PPI－in China have risen sharply to multiyear highs as the country is a major importer and consumer of a broad range of industrial commodities.
They offer a variety of tastes at reasonable prices," said Ismatullaev Bekzod, an importer in Uzbekistan.
The country began importing solid waste as a source of raw materials in the 1980s, and for years it has been the world's largest importer.
This could mean rising inflationary pressure for China, a major importer of energy and commodities.
"Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, our Indian chili imports have grown this year with the help of the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor," said Song Weijie, general manager of an importer in the eastern Chinese city of Xiamen.
As the world's second largest importer, China's outstanding economic performance will cement domestic demand and consequently transfer into the rise in demand for products from international manufacturers and providers through the means of international trade, he said.
The nation is on track to become the top importer of LNG worldwide in 2023, as Chinese companies agree to buy more on a long-term basis than any other single nation for a third straight year, Bloomberg said.
While the export market is diversifying, Europe remains the largest importer of Chinese photovoltaic products, accounting for around 52.9 percent of the total export value.
China, which has proactively opened its market to the outside world, has become a primary trading partner of over 140 countries and regions, becoming the world's second-largest importer for 14 consecutive years, data from CCPIT showed.
SinoGrain, China's State-owned importer, reportedly purchased 600,000 metric tons of soybean from its US supplier on Nov 7.
This was the largest single-day soybean purchase by the world's top soybean importer since late July.
"China is the world's largest importer of agricultural products, while the US is the largest exporter.
China is on track to become the top importer of LNG worldwide in 2023, as Chinese companies agree to buy more on a long-term basis than any single nation for the third straight year, data compiled by Bloomberg reveal.
Kunshan, a major coffee importer and processor, imported 185 million yuan worth of coffee beans in the first five months of this year, a year-on-year growth of 206.5 percent, Customs data showed.
Luo Zuoxian, head of intelligence and research at the Sinopec Economics and Development Research Institute, believes energy cooperation between the two countries is complementary, as Russia is a major oil and gas exporter while China is a major energy importer.
Thanks to the ever-optimizing anti-COVID-19 policies and sound momentum of economic recovery in China — the world's largest importer of natural gas — the country's consumption of the hydrocarbon this year is expected to rebound by 5 to 7 percent, led by the industrial sector, the IEA said.
China National Offshore Oil Corp, the country's top importer of LNG last year, imported 26.69 million tons of the hydrocarbon last year, accounting for around 43 percent of China's total LNG imports.
France is the world's largest exporter of cosmetics and China is the largest importer for French cosmetics.
China National Offshore Oil Corp was the nation's top importer of LNG last year with 26.69 million tons, accounting for around 43 percent of the country's total LNG imports.
"If it rebounds, and I believe it will rebound with the economy growing in China, it will have a significant impact on the markets because China is the number one oil and number one LNG (liquefied natural gas) importer in the world," he said.
China is the world's largest importer of iron ore, with imports exceeding 917 million tons in the first 10 months of 2022.
The country became the world's largest LNG importer for the first time in 2021.
China surpassed Japan as the world's largest importer of liquefied natural gas, accounting for close to 60 percent of the growth in global LNG demand in 2021, according to BP's Statistical Review of World Energy 2022.
Luo said that while high international oil prices might result in China, the world's largest crude oil importer, spending more on fossil fuels, they may also add more momentum to the development of renewable energy.