China became a net importer of thermal coal this year.
今年中国成为热煤净进口国。
China was a net importer of oil products for the first time.
中国首次成为了石油产品的净进口国。
Germany became a net importer of pellets for the first time in 2016.
德国在2016年第一次成为颗粒的净进口国。
In 2005 the UK became a net importer of oil for the first time since 1979.
2005年英国从1979年算起第一次变成了石油纯进口国。
Although Iran is a net exporter of oil, it is a net importer of refined products.
尽管伊朗是个石油净出口国，但它也是精炼石油产品的净进口国。
China's booming market has also turned the country into a net importer of the metal.
繁荣的市场使得中国成为了锡的纯进口国。
For the past 15 years, America has been a net importer of capital, not an exporter.
在过去的15年里，美国已变成一个资本净进口国，而不是出口国。
Since 2007 the country has been a net importer of food, after decades of self-sufficiency.
自2007年开始，在经历了几十年的粮食自给后，南非成为粮食净进口国。
According to the theory of comparative advantage, China should be a net importer of grain.
按照比较优势理论，我国应净进口粮食这一土地密集型产品。
But there is another side to the equation: someone must act as a net importer and someone must let their currency rise.
但是别忘了等式的另外一边：一些国家必须扮演净进口国的角色而且它们还要让本国货币升值。
First, as a large net importer of raw materials it will benefit from the plunge in commodity prices, unlike Latin America.
首先，不同于拉丁美洲，作为原材料经净进口经济体，它将受益于商品价格骤降。
The world and events are much bigger than we can ever plan for. Japan is a major net importer and consumer of oil-thus oil prices fall.
这个事件是远超乎我们的计划的，日本是世界主要的出口商和石油客户，所以石油在跌。
Even when a country has become a exporter of hardware technology, she will remain a net importer of software technology for a long time.
既使一个国家成立硬件出口国，在很长时间内这个国家也是软件的纯进口国。
In an extraordinary reversal, last year Japan became a net importer of televisions and stereos (albeit often with a Japanese brand on the casing).
然而去年却有了一个非凡的逆转——日本变成了电视机和音响的净进口国(尽管机器的外壳上通常印着日本商标)。
China's hunger for energy turned it into a net importer in 2009 of the thermal coal that fuels power stations, a trend that is set to continue.
在2009年，中国对能源的渴望使其成为电煤的净进口国，以供发电站作为燃料。而且这一趋势将继续下去。
Asia has two other advantages. First, as a large net importer of raw materials it will benefit from the plunge in commodity prices, unlike Latin America.
亚洲国家有两方便的优势，第一，作为最大的净原材料进口地区，将受益于大宗原材料商品跳水，不像拉丁美洲那样（出口原材料价格下跌导致收入下降）。
It is expected that North America will continue to be a net importer of nitrogen and that the region will move into increasing phosphate deficit while remaining a primary supplier of potash.
预计北美将继续作为氮肥的净进口国，而该区域在继续作为主要钾肥供应者的同时，却显示出氮肥日益短缺的趋势。
From being a net exporter of agricultural products in 1981, we became a food importer.
1981年，我们还是一个农产品净出口国，如今我们已成为一个粮食进口国。
Malaysia will probably be a net oil importer by 2014 (gas is more abundant).
马来西亚有可能在2014年成为一石油净进口国(天然气仍较丰富)。
Over the past 13 years, China has moved from being a net exporter of oil to become the world's second-biggest importer, relying on foreign sources for 40% of its demand.
在过去的13年中，中国已从一个单纯的石油出口国变成世界第二大石油进口国，其40%的资源依靠国外进口。
Meanwhile the biggest consumer of sugar, India, has had a dismal monsoon season and has gone from being a net exporter of sugar to an importer.
同时糖类的最大消费国印度刚经历了一次灾难性的雨季，从糖类净出口国变为糖类进口国。
Meanwhile the biggest consumer of sugar, India, has had a dismal monsoon season and has gone from being a net exporter of sugar to an importer.
同时糖类的最大消费国印度刚经历了一次灾难性的雨季，从糖类净出口国变为糖类进口国。
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