overseas supplier
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overseas
adjective
adverb
uk/ˌəʊ.vəˈsiːz/us/ˌoʊ.vɚˈsiːz/
in, from, or to ...
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supplier
noun
uk/səˈplaɪ.ər/us/səˈplaɪ.ɚ/
a company, person, etc. that provides things that people want or need, especially over a long period ...
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We want arrangements which will ensure fair access to our market at reasonable prices, both to theoverseassupplierand to our home producer.
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If anoverseassuppliercan enforce an increase of cost for a basic commodity, the only result can be a lower standard of living in the country concerned.
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The wholesale price of bananas reflects the prices paid to our overseas suppliers which, because of market conditions, are at their highest ever levels.
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Under present conditions, some dumping could eventually give overseas suppliers a near monopoly of our home market.
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He was rather complaining that nobody had congratulated him on reaching agreement with these overseas suppliers.
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The purpose of the butter quota arrangements is to protect our traditional overseas suppliers from material injury by dumped and subsidised imports.
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Every softwood importer makes a monthly return of the contracts he has placed with overseas suppliers and the timber he has imported during the month.
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Without it, electronic equipment makers would be dependent on overseas suppliers, often their direct competitors.
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We, as an importing country, look to overseas suppliers to maintain a reasonable continuity of supply to our market.
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In addition, the electronics industry is experiencing ever-greater pressure from overseas suppliers and is having to contend with high interest rates and fluctuating exchange rates.
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We are consulting our major preferential overseas suppliers about suspending our import duties on fresh, chilled and frozen beef and veal.
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Some machine manufacturers find such a target unrealistic and unattainable and believe that this will make their products uncompetitive with overseas suppliers.
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We expect to conclude similar agreements with a number of our other overseas suppliers.
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This is our first formal contact in a large body with our overseas suppliers.
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In return, the overseas suppliers would have agreed not to exercise rights of unrestricted entry in terms of quantity.
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Do they now wish to denounce those agreements with our overseas suppliers?
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The generators would be at the mercy of overseas suppliers who have alternative forms of supply.
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Our overseas suppliers have also been concerned at their falling returns on our market.
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And this temporary change in our import arrangements has caused considerable difficulty and disruption not only to our overseas suppliers but also to traders.
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It would be contrary to normal practice to disclose the prices paid to individual overseas suppliers.
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