0 a person, country, or company that buys products from another country in order to sell them: --
He is an importer of African foodstuffs.
1 a person or company that buys goods from another country in order to sell them: --
The FDA is requiring distributors and importers of produce to register with the government.
3 a country that borrows money or gets investment from another country: --
Consequently, importers of pollution-intensive goods have an incentive to try to link trade negotiations to global environmental agreements.
Market runners frequently become involved in the trade as hired hands of resellers or importers.
Recent growth rates of cereal and livestock production in the developing countries have generally been below those demands, with agricultural exporters becoming importers.
The market estimates of competing manufacturers, importers and distributors, were found to be wholly unreliable and to vary by as much as 300%.
One implication of this hypothesis is that, as dirty industries move to the pollution havens, industrialized countries will become importers of the dirty industries.
In contrast, by relying on several countries for energy, an importer can, in principle, reduce the risks of disruptions.
By assumption, the importers and exporters invoice in local currency.
At the same time the primary importer and distributor for each brand was ascertained by informal inquiry amongst retail traders.
