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。
According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, China has become one of the world's largest importers of agricultural products, and the country continues to play a key role in promoting global trade growth amid climatic and geopolitical challenges disrupting international trade.
农业农村部表示，中国已成为世界上最大的农产品进口国之一，在气候和地缘政治挑战扰乱国际贸易的情况下，中国继续在促进全球贸易增长方面发挥关键作用。
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%。
Zhu Jianmin, president of Liaoning Oxiranchem Group, one of the country's largest ethylene importers, and a member of the alliance, said the company will soon expand its ethylene downstream production facility in Tianjin.
作为该联盟成员之一、中国最大乙烯进口商之一的辽宁奥克化学集团总裁朱建民表示，公司很快将扩大其在天津的乙烯下游生产设施。
"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.
There are consultancies, e-commerce businesses, traders, importers and exporters, app producers, writers, editors and engineers.
"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.
We also want to better understand importers' logistics and their shipping requirements," said Frederick Smith, chairman and CEO of FedEx Corp.
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.
Reddington expects these routes to benefit importers and exporters around the world for their Asia-Pacific operations, as they could obtain a stronger competitive advantage with less transit time.
"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.
Michelle Meyrick, MIE's international events director, said that the trade fair brings together retailers, manufacturers, distributors, importers and exporters in Kenya with their counterparts from China, and that it is experiencing tremendous success in forging trade links between the two countries.
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.
According to Han Xiaoping, chief information officer of China Energy Net Consulting, China and Russia complement each other as producers and exporters on the one hand and importers and suppliers on the other, which creates a perfect atmosphere for win-win deals.
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.
When infrastructure projects like roads and railways become operational, costs will fall for both importers and exporters, and trade will become more active.
The US has been a net importer of natural gas for 60 years, which is expected to change this year because of LNG exports.
That report also said that China and India were the two fastest-growing importers of LNG.
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.
Under the new rules, importers dealing in crude oil, iron ore, copper ore concentrates and potash fertilizer have been directed to report their orders and shipments to authorities.
Sahai believes that showcasing of Indian products and their appreciation by Chinese importers will not only help secure better market access for Indian traders, but will also boost exports and contribute to reduction in India's trade deficit with China and other countries.
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.
Customs vows better logistics network to help exporters, importers save costsChina's Customs authorities will expand the functionality of the "single window system" and enable more exporters to benefit from free trade deals, putting the country's economic growth on a firmer footing, said officials on Thursday.
Speaking at a news conference in Beijing, Dang said the government will continue to deepen regional logistics integration to help both exporters and importers save operational costs, especially in the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta regions.
The ministry decided to launch the investigation in April after receiving an application submitted jointly by the China Chamber of Commerce of the Import and Export of Foodstuffs, Native Produce and Animal By-Products; the China Chamber of Commerce of Metals, Minerals & Chemicals Importers & Exporters; and the China Chamber of Commerce for the Import and Export of Textiles.
The country, as the world's largest soybean importer, imported a total of 91.08 million tons of soybeans last year.
Bagersh said people in China, especially the youth, are shifting to drinking coffee, a situation propelling Chinese coffee importers to establish business relations with their Ethiopian counterparts.
"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.
"For fruit importers, time is money and every hour is precious.
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.
It revealed that tariffs under Sections 232 and 301 had resulted in a nearly one-to-one increase in prices of US imports, and that US importers have borne almost the full burden of Section 301 tariffs.
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.
Based on statistics released for the first 11 months, major importers worldwide all saw their imports grow by double digits.
"The rising volume of exports is a very big incentive to increase growth rates, particularly given the expectation of a return to global trade movement and the eagerness of most countries and importers to resume trade with China," said Adel.
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.
Another measure introduced by Customs is a "two-step customs declaration" process, which allows importers to complete the final step after delivery of goods has been taken, with an application rate of 20.02 percent in the first 11 months of 2022.
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.
Processing trade involves Chinese importers of raw materials who process them in China and then export the produced goods, riding export-friendly regulations and related infrastructure like special export zones.
Pragmatic approaches will be taken to improve trade facilitation, reduce costs for importers and exporters, foster new forms of trade, and diversify markets, said the customs.
Noting that the existing one-time production of Ethiopia's agricultural export commodities often affects business relations with foreign importers due to supply interruptions as exporters wait for the next production season ahead of export, Asmare said the CIIE offers constant opportunities to regularly meet new customers.
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.
The law, which went into force in the United States in late June, presumes that all goods from Xinjiang have been tainted by "forced labor" unless importers can prove otherwise.
With extensive coverage of different industries, the CIIE will help Rijk Zwaan approach more clients, including supermarkets, importers and exporters, according to Ren Yuanyuan, team leader for marketing and communication at Rijk Zwaan (Qingdao) Agricultural Services Co.
During the discussions, an agreement has been reached to hold the first Ethiopia-Djibouti Railway Promotion Fair in October this year in order to best connect investors, exporters and importers, maximize revenue for EDR and boost trade between the two countries, according to the ministry.
For sea freight, East China's Huzhou has launched a pre-arrival declaration model, which allows importers to finish declaration, license verification and duty payments before their cargo enters ports.
Taking effect in January, the implementation of the megapact has not only brought tax cuts to foreign importers, but will also encourage China-based manufacturers to ship more goods to other RCEP markets in the coming years.
"As Chinese importers face multiple pressures, the RCEP is expected to provide more growth room for the nation's exports through creating new market demand with tariff concessions," said Zhou Mi, a senior researcher at the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation in Beijing.
“由于中国进口商面临多重压力，RCEP有望通过关税优惠创造新的市场需求，为中国出口提供更多的增长空间，”北京中国国际贸易与经济合作研究院高级研究员周密表示。
Shanghai-based China COSCO Shipping Corp, the country's largest shipping group, launched special service guides for its units such as container shipping and logistics businesses in Shanghai, to meet demand from both importers and exporters in the Yangtze River Delta region during the city's contagion containment period.
The implementation of the mega pact not only has brought tax cuts to foreign importers, but also will encourage domestic manufacturers to ship more goods to other RCEP markets in the coming years.