importers
Overseas goods procurers
Importers are businesses or individuals that bring goods into a country from abroad for sale or use.
The term applies across scales—from massive freight companies shipping containers of electronics to small retailers sourcing specialty foods: Coffee importers source beans from dozens of countries.
An importer handles customs, tariffs, and logistics that domestic suppliers don't face.
Bulk goods merchants
- distributorsEntities that supply retailers
- suppliersThose who furnish goods
- merchantsThose who conduct commerce
- dealersThose who sell merchandise
vendors · brokers · buyers · retailers · resellers · consignees · purchasers · inventory
Transporting goods to destinations
- freightGoods being transported
- cargoTransported goods
- containersObjects for holding things
- warehousingStoring goods commercially
distribution · transportation · delivery · tracking · haulage · consolidation · pallets · intermodal
Concerning relations among countries
- cross-borderSpanning national boundaries
- foreignFrom another nation
- overseasIn foreign countries
- multinationalOperating across multiple countries
globalization · quotas · regulations · sourcing · procurement · bilateral · commerce · marketplace
Traditional practices or import taxes
- dutyRequired moral task
- levyCompulsory government charge
- taxationCompulsory government revenue collection
- exciseRemove by cutting
protectionism · VAT · anti-dumping · countervailing · assessment · classification · valuation · surcharge
wholesalers
Bulk goods merchants
- distributorsEntities that supply retailers
- suppliersThose who furnish goods
- merchantsThose who conduct commerce
dealers · vendors · brokers · buyers · retailers · resellers · consignees · purchasers · inventory · procurement
shipping
Transporting goods to destinations
- freightGoods being transported
- cargoTransported goods
- containersObjects for holding things
warehousing · distribution · transportation · delivery · tracking · haulage · consolidation · pallets · intermodal · couriers
international
Concerning relations among countries
- cross-borderSpanning national boundaries
- foreignFrom another nation
- overseasIn foreign countries
multinational · globalization · quotas · regulations · sourcing · procurement · bilateral · commerce · marketplace · exchange
customs
Traditional practices or import taxes
- dutyRequired moral task
- levyCompulsory government charge
- taxationCompulsory government revenue collection
excise · protectionism · VAT · anti-dumping · countervailing · assessment · classification · valuation · surcharge · exemption
- B2B supplierswholesalers, distributors, manufacturers, vendors, brokers
- tradetrade balance, free trade, trade barriers, customs, trade deficit
- business contactsclient, colleagues, colleague, contact, coworker
- merchantstraders, merchant, merchants, retailers, vendors
- trade historycommerce, merchant, trade routes, traders, colonial economy
- commodity tradingfutures, spot price, traders, trading, buyers
- imported cheeseCheese from another country
- imported winesAlcoholic drinks from abroad