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Importer

What is an Importer?

An importer is a person or company who engages in bringing in goods into a country from foreign entity for the purpose of trade. In this context, the receiving nation is known as an importing country.

On the opposite, the nation that sends goods to another is an exporting country. And the person or organisation who performs the process is called an exporter.

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