exporter

/ɛkˈspɔrɾər/

/ɛkˈspɔtə/

Other forms: exporters

An exporter is someone who sends goods out of a country to be sold. If you are in the import/export business, you bring goods from abroad into the country as well.

The story of exporters is the story of globalization. From early times, as merchants carrying goods along the spice route from Asia into Europe, and as present-day shapers of trade relations between China and the U.S., exporters have forced the expansion of exploration, the interweaving of cultural connections, and advances in transportation.

Definitions of exporter

1. noun

   a businessperson who transports goods abroad (for sale)
   type of:

   bourgeois, businessperson

   a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise